Forced Conversion: Court puts two Hindu girls in official protection
Islamabad: A Pakistani high court on Tuesday ordered official protection for the two Hindu girls due to concern about their safety as authorities widened a probe to ascertain if the teenage sisters were abducted, forcibly converted and married. The two girls, Raveena (13) and Reena (15), were allegedly kidnapped by a group of “influential” men […]
‘Ill health’ gets Nawaz Sharif out on bail for six weeks
Islamabad: In a relief to ailing Nawaz Sharif, Pakistan’s Supreme Court Tuesday granted bail to the jailed former prime minister for six weeks for seeking medical treatment within the country. Sharif, 69, is lodged in the KotLakhpat jail in Lahore since December last year, serving a 7-year imprisonment in the Al Azizia Steel Mills graft […]
GoAir team in Srinagar issues boarding passes with photos of PM, Gujarat CM
Former JK chief minister Omar Abdullah tweeted on Monday evening
New Delhi: GoAir has withdrawn its boarding passes with photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, the airline said on Tuesday, a day after Air India rolled back its passes with images of the two leaders. The airline had taken a “cue from the Election Code of Conduct”, a GoAir […]
Pak praise by Omar on Sharda Peeth irks BJP
Jammu: The BJP Tuesday criticised National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah for praising Pakistan’s decision to open the Sharda Peeth, situated in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, to pilgrims and said the region is under illegal occupation of the neighbouring country and India will take it back. It also condemned human rights violations of minorities in Pakistan […]
Minimum income guarantee scheme will cover over 20 crore poor people: Mir
Jammu: JKPCC chief G A Mir Tuesday said ‘minimum income guarantee scheme’ announced by the Congress president Rahul Gandhi will be the biggest direct benefit scheme in the world covering over 25 crore poor people. In a big poll promise that he described as a “groundbreaking” measure to end poverty, Gandhi Monday said 20 per […]
BSP leader, 16 others join Congress in Jammu
Jammu: BSP state general secretary A S Mottan and 16 others, including retired officers, sarpanches and social activists, joined the Congress here Tuesday in the presence of Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief and former tourism minister Gulam Ahmed Mir. Mottan was accompanied by his supporters, who joined the Congress too at an event at the […]
LoC continues to witness exchange of gunfire
Jammu: The Pakistani army Tuesday resorted to shelling and small arms fire on forward posts and villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri, a defence spokesperson said. “At about 1750 hours, Pakistan initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by shelling with mortars and firing of small arms along the LoC in Nowshera sector,” he said, […]
