Army man posted in JK held for killing MP woman
Chhindwara: An army subedar has been arrested for allegedly killing his 24-year-old girlfriend in Madhya Pradesh’s Chhindwara district, police said Tuesday. The incident occurred in Gubrel village falling within Lavaghoghri police station limits, an official said. Superintendent of Police Manoj Rai identified the accused as Raman Dehariya (30), an Army Subedar posted in Jammu and […]
OIC references to JK: India rejects Makkah summit declaration
New Delhi: India on Monday rejected as “unacceptable” the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation’s reference to Jammu and Kashmir in a communique adopted at its summit meeting in the holy city of Makkah last week. In a strong reaction, Ministry of External Affairs Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the OIC has no locus standi in matters relating […]
Kathua rape-and-murder case: Judgment likely on June 10
Jammu: The verdict in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old nomadic girl in Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir is likely to be delivered on June 10, nearly a year after the trial began in a court in Pathankot, special public prosecutor J K Chopra said Monday. District and sessions judge Tejwinder Singh announced in […]
Markets come alive in Kashmir ahead of Eid festivities
Srinagar: Markets in Srinagar and elsewhere in the Kashmir valley wore a festive look Monday as people began shopping for Eid-ul-Fitr which will be celebrated this week to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Bakeries, confectioneries and toy shops witnessed heavy rush of customers as Muslims began the preparation for the Eid […]
Rajnath reviews security situation in valley, visits Siachen
Srinagar: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Monday reviewed security situation in the Kashmir valley during his maiden visit to Srinagar after assuming charge. Singh was accompanied by the Chief of Army Staff, General Bipin Rawat, and the Northern Army Commander, Lt Gen Ranbir Singh. They were received by Lt Gen K J S Dhillon, Chinar […]
Mehbooba seeks role for Pak in Kashmir resolution
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Monday described Pakistan as a “stakeholder” in “Kashmir problem” and batted for involving it too to solve the tangle. She also accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of resorting to “brute force” to “quick fix” the problem, which, she said, would be “ridiculously naive”. Since 1947, Kashmir has been looked […]
No mandatory teaching in Hindi, says Govt
Revises draft education policy
New Delhi/Chennai: Revising its draft education policy, the Centre Monday dropped the contentious provision of compulsory teaching of Hindi in non-Hindi speaking states after the three-language proposal sparked outrage, mainly in Tamil Nadu. The DMK and other parties in Tamil Nadu, which had strongly opposed the proposal in the 484-page draft National Education Policy(NEP) to […]
Doval becomes 1st NSA to be appointed for two consecutive terms
New Delhi: Ajit Doval began his second term as the National Security Advisor with an elevated stature equivalent to that of a Union Cabinet minister, according to an official order made public on Monday. A 1968-batch IPS officer who retired as Intelligence Bureau chief in 2005, Doval’s appointment is the first key posting announced by […]