Srinagar parts observe shutdown to protest attacks on Kashmiris
Srinagar: A shutdown was observed in Lal Chowk city centre and adjoining areas here on Friday as a mark of protest against the attacks on Kashmiri people in Jammu and outside the state in the aftermath of the Pulwama suicide car bombing. Shopkeepers in Lal Chowk, Maisuma, Residency Road and other adjoining areas downed their […]
Journalist from Kashmir beaten up
It is a case of road rage: Police
Pune: In another incident of assault on Kashmiris after the Pulwama attack, a 24-year-old journalist from the northern state was beaten up here, but local police said it was an incident of road rage. Police Friday said the journalist was thrashed by two men Thursday night during a squabble at a traffic signal. Jibran Nazir, […]
Editors Guild condemns abuse, intimidation of journalists
New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India on Friday condemned incidents of abuse and intimidation of senior journalists in the run-up to the parliamentary election and urged the government to take necessary steps to bring the abusers to book. The strong condemnation from the Editors Guild comes days after alleged harassment of journalist Barkha Dutt […]
Avalanche hits Kashmir’s Gurez sector
Srinagar: An avalanche hit a village in Gurez sector of Kashmir’s Bandipora district, officials said on Friday. There were no reports of loss of life. “A snow avalanche hit village Khandiyal in Gurez last night (Thursday),” officials of the Disaster Management Department here said. They said many houses were damaged due to the avalanche. “However, […]
Arun Jaitley resumes charge as Finance Minister, attends CCS meet
New Delhi: Arun Jaitley, who returned from the US last week after undergoing medical treatment, resumed charge as Finance Minister on Friday. He is currently attending a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security to discuss the Pulwama attack that killed at least 37 CRPF personnel. In his absence, the charge of the Finance Ministry […]
Shah lambasts DMK-Congress combine, says its synonymous with
Ramanathapuram (TN): Tearing into the DMK-Congress combine, BJP president Amit Shah Friday reminded the country about the 2G spectrum and other scams during the previous UPA regime and sought to know how such an alliance can give good governance. He dared presidents of DMK M K Stalin and Congress Rahul Gandhi to give an account […]
Killings of Youth Cong activists ‘heinous’, guilty will face action: Vijayan
Kasaragod/Kottayam: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Friday termed as “heinous” the recent killings of two Youth Congress activists in Kasaragod and said stern action would be taken against the guilty. The Youth Congress workers, Kripesh (24) and Sarath Lal (21), were allegedly waylaid and hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Kasargod district late on […]
Cong will try to build Ram temple if elected to power: Rawat
Dehradun: Describing Congress as the only party which had taken serious steps in the past towards construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya, AICC general secretary Harish Rawat said Friday that the party will try its best to fulfill the demand if it comes to power at the Centre after the Lok Sabha polls. “My […]