Mehbooba hits out at PM for bringing nuclear bombs in political discourse
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for bringing nuclear bombs in the political discourse, saying if India has not kept the nuclear bomb for Diwali, Pakistan has not kept its for Eid. During a rally in Rajasthan’s Barmer Sunday, Modi had said India is no more afraid […]
Missing woman traced in Rajouri
Jammu: A 23-year-old woman, who went missing last week, was recovered Monday and handed over to her family in Rajouri district, police said. The woman, hailing from Manjakote, went missing on April 15 and was traced from Kotli Kalaban village of the border district, additional Superintendent of Police, Rajouri, Liaqat Ali said. He said a […]
Highway blockade: Govt announces partial relaxations
Srinagar: Bowing to the public pressure and non-compliance by various security agencies, the Jammu and Kashmir governor administration Saturday partially relaxed the two-day-a-week restrictions on the movement of civilian traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway which were put in place to facilitate movement of security forces’ convoys. On April 7, the administration had imposed the […]
Woman alleges sexual harassment by CJI
Gogoi says 'bigger force' wants to deactivate CJI office
New Delhi: Allegations of sexual harassment have cropped up against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi prompting him to convene an urgent extraordinary hearing on Saturday and assert that the charges by a former apex court staffer were “unbelievable” and part of a conspiracy by some “bigger force” to “deactivate” the CJI’s office. As the […]
On day 4, no traffic allowed on Jmu-Sgr highway
Banihal: The traffic on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was affected for the fourth consecutive day Saturday due to intermittent shooting of stones from a hillock overlooking the only all-weather road linking Kashmir Valley with rest of the country. No fresh vehicular traffic was allowed on the highway, either from Jammu or Srinagar, over the past three […]
Yasin Malik is on hunger strike against NIA custody, his condition is serious: Family
Srinagar: JKLF chief Yasin Malik’s family on Saturday alleged that he was “very ill” after he went on a hunger strike to protest against his “illegal” detention by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). A Delhi court had on April 10 sent Malik to NIA custody till April 22 in connection with a terror funding case. […]
Poll-related malpractices crippling democracy: Anna Hazare
Says India needs sweeping electoral reforms
Ralegan Siddhi: Anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare has called for large-scale electoral reforms in the country to remove poll-related malpractices and to cleanse the system. The 81-year-old activist lamented that lack of awareness among voters and focus of political parties on winning the elections by hook or crook has led to degeneration of politics, and he […]