Reversing the clock: NC to seek restoration of Prez, PM’s posts in JK: Omar
Says his party will revoke PSA, SRO 202 if elected to power
Says his party will revoke PSA, SRO 202 if elected to power
Modi hits out at Omar
Hyderabad: Prime Minister NarendraModi on Monday hit out at National Conference leader Omar Abdullah over his reported statement seeking a separate Prime Minister for Kashmir and asked the Congress and Mahagatbandhan leaders to make clear their stand. Addressing an election rally here, Modi said there were media reports that Abdullah has stated there should be […]
Pulwama encounter leaves four militants dead
Three army men, cop injured
Srinagar: Four militants belonging to a combined group of Lashkar-e-Taiba and HizbulMujahideen outfits, were killed, while three army jawans and a policeman were injured in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday morning, police said. Acting on a credible input about the presence of militants in Lassipora area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, […]
Geelani’s loses his Delhi house on ‘willful’ tax evasion charges
New Delhi: The Income Tax department has attached a house of hardline Kashmiri separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani located in Delhi in connection with an over Rs 3.62 crore tax evasion case against him. The flat is located in south Delhi’s Khirki Extension locality in Malviya Nagar. A Tax Recovery Officer (TRO) of the department […]
LoC hots up: BSF officer, girl killed during cross border shelling
Jammu: A BSF officer and a five-year-old girl were killed Monday as Pakistani troops resorted to heavy shelling on forward areas along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, officials said. Eleven persons, including six soldiers, were injured in the incident, they said. A BSF officer was killed in ceasefire violation by Pakistani army […]
Govt sets up tribunal to review ban on JeI, JKLF
New Delhi: The Centre has set up a tribunal, headed by Justice ChanderShekhar of the Delhi High Court, to adjudicate if there exists sufficient cause to ban the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir (JeI) and the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front-Yasin Malik (JKLF-Y) faction. The decision has been taken by the Home Ministry exercising the powers […]
Azhar listing: China claims positive progress, says issue will be resolved
Beijing: China on Monday claimed that “positive progress” has been made to resolve the issue of designating Pakistan-based JeMchiefMasoodAzhar as a global terrorist by the UN and accused the US of scuttling its efforts by taking the matter directly to the Security Council. China last week defended its repeated attempts to block the listing of […]
Musharraf gets a ‘warning’ from SC, asked to appear on May 2
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former military dictator Pervez Musharraf was ordered to appear before a special court on May 2 by the Supreme Court in the high treason case and warned him that he would lose the right of defence if he failed to turn up. A special court indicted General (retd) Musharraf for high treason in […]
