NIA to probe Nagrota encounter case

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will probe the recent encounter at Nagrota in the Jammu region in which four militants of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), a Pakistan-based outfit, were killed by police, officials said on Friday. The anti-terror probe agency took over the case following a notification issued by the Centre. The gunmen […]

Three more JuD leaders face 15 year jail term

Lahore: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced three more leaders of Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed’s Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) to 15 years imprisonment each in two more terror financing cases. Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) Lahore Judge Ijaz Ahmad Buttar handed down the sentence to Abdul Salam bin Muhammad, Zafar Iqbal and Muhammad Ashraf on Thursday. JuD […]

Former JK interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma dies

New Delhi: Administrator of Lakshadweep Dineshwar Sharma passed away on Friday due to lung-related complications, officials said. He was 66. Sharma, a former director of the Intelligence Bureau, was appointed as the administrator of Lakshadweep in October 2019. Prior to this, he was an interlocutor for the Centre to Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra […]

JK, Ladakh to have Waqf boards soon: Union Minister

New Delhi: Waqf Boards will soon be established in the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, and the process for it has already started, Minority Affairs Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Friday. After chairing a Central Waqf Council meeting here, Naqvi in a statement said that Waqf Boards will be established in […]

Protesting farmers call for ‘Bharat Bandh’ on Dec 8

New Delhi: Hardening their position ahead of the fifth round of talks with the government, agitating farmers on Friday announced a ‘Bharat Bandh’ on December 8 and threatened to occupy toll plazas on that day. Addressing a press conference, farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chadoni said if the Centre does not accept their demands during Saturday’s […]

Don’t label protestors as ‘Khalistanis’, ‘anti-nationals’: Editors Guild to media

New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Friday expressed concerns over the news coverage of the farmers’ protests in Delhi, saying certain sections of the media were delegitimising the stir by labelling them “Khalistanis” and “anti-nationals” without any evidence. This goes against the tenets of responsible and ethical journalism, and such actions compromise […]

JuD spokesman jailed for 15 years

Lahore: A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has handed down 15 years jail term to Yahya Mujahid, spokesperson of the Hafiz Saeed’s Jammat-ud-Dawah (JuD), in a terror financing case. Mujahid was last month sentenced to 32 years in jail by the anti-terrorism court in two terror financing cases. Besides Mujahid, the ATC Lahore on Wednesday also awarded […]

India advises Pak to stop culture of hatred

Asks it to promote cultural peace in South Asia

United Nations: Pakistan must change its current “culture of hatred” against religions in India and stop its support to cross-border terrorism to advance a genuine culture of peace in South Asia and beyond, India has told the UN. Addressing the UN General Assembly session on ‘Culture of Peace’ on Wednesday, First Secretary in India’s Permanent […]