Police claims arrest of JeM member
Says he was allegedly planning attacks on R Day
New Delhi: A man alleged to be a member of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) has been arrested on charges of planning to carry out terror strikes in the national capital during Republic Day celebrations, Delhi Police officials said Thursday. Abdul LatifGanai, alias Umair alias Dilawar, was arrested by Delhi Police’s Special Cell late night on January […]
No repression of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang China: Pak diplomat
Beijing: A senior Pakistani diplomat on Thursday put up a staunch defence of the controversial education camps in China’s volatile Xinjiang province where thousands of Uyghur Muslims have been reportedly detained, saying there is no forced labour or cultural and religious repression in the region. China recently took diplomats from 12 countries with large Muslim […]
Talks with the US enter fourth day in Qatar, says Taliban leadership
Kabul: Negotiations between the Taliban and US officials in Qatar entered a fourth straight day Thursday, according to the insurgents, as the two sides pursue a potential deal to bring an end to Afghanistan’s 17-year conflict. Taliban spokesman ZabihullahMujahid confirmed to AFP that “discussions are still ongoing”. “We will talk in detail later when we […]
Pak Army targets forward posts in Rajouri
Jammu: The Pakistan Army Thursday targeted forward posts and civilian areas along the LoC in Rajouri district with mortars and small arms, official said. The Indian Army is effectively retaliating, an official said. “Pakistan Army initiated unprovoked ceasefire violation by small arms fire and shelling with mortars in Sunderbani Sector since 0915 hours”, the Defence […]
GL teachers awaiting salaries for six months, urge guv to intervene
Jammu: General line teachers in Jammu and Kashmir, who are awaiting their salaries for the past six months, have urged Governor Satya Pal Malik to intervene in the matter. There are over 15,000 such teachers awaiting their wages for the past six months. “We are awaiting salaries for the past six months. We urge the […]
Jmu-Sgr highway reopened for stranded vehicles only
No fresh traffic will be allowed today
No fresh traffic will be allowed today
As weather improves in Kashmir, night temperature drops
Srinagar: A significant drop in night temperature was recorded in many places of Kashmir, while the summer capital Srinagar saw the minimum temperature hovering around freezing point, a MeT department official said Wednesday. The minimum temperature settled at minus 0.3 degrees Celsius in Srinagar Tuesday night, he said. Qazigund the gateway town to the Valley […]
Shah Faesal announces campaign for ‘clean politics’ in Kashmir
Resorts to crowd funding to raise political party
Srinagar: Former IAS officer Shah Faesal Wednesday launched a crowd funding campaign for “clean politics and corruption-free administration” in Jammu and Kashmir. The 2010-batch topper of the UPSC civil services exam said it was a people’s movement for change. “Be a part of this journey for clean politics and corruption-free administration in J&K. Support Shah […]
Mumbai attack case: Pak court temporarily halts hearing
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court has temporarily halted the hearing of the 2008 Mumbai attack case to let the prosecutor produce more witnesses. Ten Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants had sailed into Mumbai from Karachi and carried out coordinated attacks, killing 166 people and injuring over 300 in November 2008. The trial, underway in an anti-terrorism court in […]
Hindu woman-Muslim man marriage not ‘regular or valid’: SC
Says child born out of the relationship is legitimate
New Delhi: A marriage of a Hindu woman with a Muslim man is not a “regular or valid” but the child born out of such wedlock is legitimate, the Supreme Court has held. It also said that the legal effect of such an irregular marriage is that a wife is entitled to get dower but […]
