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 […]
Post-poll alliance possible after election results, says Rahul
New Delhi: A post-poll alliance is ‘absolutely’ possible after the LokSabha elections as all the opposition parties are ‘united’ in defeating the BJP in the interest of the country, Congress President Rahul Gandhi has said. Stating that the ‘job no. 1’ is to defeat Prime Minister NarendraModi, Gandhi also said secular formations are in place […]
Pak boys dream to fly ‘grounded’ by police
Lahore: A Pakistani student who attempted to operate a “flying machine” he built has been taken into “protective custody” by police in Punjab province, a media report said Monday. Police detained Fayaz, a matriculation student, who was about to “fly” his device in the fields of a village in Muhammad Nagar of Arifwala, Punjab province. […]
Two revenue officials booked for illegally transferring forest land to ‘beneficiaries’
Jammu: Two revenue officials were Monday booked on corruption charges for allegedly transferring a huge chunk of forest and state land in the Darhal belt of Rajouri district to private beneficiaries, an Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) official said. A case under various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act and the Ranbir Penal Code was registered […]