Being unfair
The Sikh community living in Kashmir Valley has been alleging discrimination by the administration and has been demanding their share in all spheres of life including jobs in government sector. Their demands for rehabilitation have been one of the main claims the community has been making since the past two decades now. The Sikhs have […]
Extremism is Deception
By Peer Faizan Bashir This Saturday evening, I ran into the audio clip which was being widely shared on social media. There was this empathetic conversation between a father and his militant son. Father not enjoining on his son to relinquish the fight-and save the precious life, but hold onto his religious belief! And, die […]
Bodies of slain CRPF men reach New Delhi
New Delhi: A military plane carrying the mortal remains of the CRPF men killed in a terror attack in Pulwama arrived here on Friday evening, officials said. The bodies were received by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and senior officials of the CRPF at the Palam Technical area, they said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress president Rahul […]
Pulwama attack: Govt calls all-party meeting tomorrow
New Delhi: An all-party meeting will be held on Saturday to brief political parties on the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed, officials said. The meeting has been convened by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and invitations have been extended to all major political parties. The parties will be […]
Won’t make any ’emotional decision’ on India’s withdrawal of MFN status: Pak
Islamabad: Pakistan will not make any “emotional decision” following India announced the withdrawal of the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to the country and respond to it after due deliberation, a senior official said on Friday. India on Friday revoked the MFN status to Pakistan in the aftermath of Pulwama terror attack. Forty CRPF personnel […]
Pulwama attack: India Inc seeks stringent action against perpetrators
Mumbai: Captains of industry Friday joined fellow Indians in expressing solidarity in condemning the Pulwama terror attack and sought stringent action against the perpetrators. Sajjan Jindal, chief of the diversified JSW Group, demanded abolition of Article 370 which grants special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, by calling an emergency session of Parliament. […]
Five gamblers arrested in Bandipora: Police
Srinagar: J&K Police Friday said that it raided a gambling site in Bandipora and arrested 5 gamblers from the spot. “Five persons identified as Jahangir Ahmad Magary, Farooq Ahmad, Manzoor Ahmad, residents of Sumbal, Naseer Ahmad @tanza and Nazir Ahmad Hajam, both residents of Tangpora Sumbal were arrested following input about gambling activities in Tangpora […]
It is time to strike inside Pakistan: Uddhav Thackeray
Mumbai: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray Friday said the Pulwama terror attack has shown that it is now time to “strike inside Pakistan”. If an intelligence failure led to the terrorist attack on the CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir, those who were in charge should be removed, he said. After surgical strikes of 2016, […]
Pulwama attack: JK Congress calls for ‘appropriate and effective response’
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Congress passed a resolution on Friday, calling for “an appropriate and effective response” to avenge the killings of 40 CRPF personnel in a terror attack in Pulwama. At a meeting here, the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee adopted the resolution, saying “the party solidly stands in […]
Pulwama attack fallout: Ajmer Sharif chief asks govt not to allow Pak devotees to visit shrine
Ajmer: Condemning the terror attack on a CRPF convoy in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama, Ajmer Sharif Dargah dewan Syed Zainul Abedin Ali Khan Friday urged the government to not allow devotees from Pakistan to visit the shrine. Ali Khan, the descendant of Sufi saint Hazrat Khwaja Moinuddin Hassan Chishti, paid tribute to the personnel killed […]