Growth figures being manipulated by Modi govt: Yashwant Sinha
Kolkata: Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha on Saturday came down heavily on the Narendra Modi government saying that this was the first government after Independence which has been playing “mischief” with the developmental statistics. Addressing the opposition rally here, Sinha who quit the BJP recently said, under the present regime while praising the government was […]
PDP shows exit door to Altaf Bukhari
Says he was involved in anti-party activities
Srinagar: People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Saturday expelled businessman-turned-politician and former minister Altaf Bukhari from the party for anti-party activities. “Party today expelled Altaf Bukhari from the party for his anti-party activities,” the party said in a tweet. The PDP said the party had been watching Bukhari’s activities for some time and has expelled him from […]
Engage in ‘meaningful dialogue’ to resolve issues: UN chief to India-Pakistan
United Nations: United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday hoped that India and Pakistan will engage in a “meaningful dialogue” to resolve their issues. The UN chief also said he has been offering his “good offices in relation to the dialogue between the two countries that, until now, had no conditions of success.” Guterres […]
Mind your own business: Owaisi to Pakistan
Hyderabad: Asking Pakistan to stop meddling in Kashmir affairs, AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi Saturday said the valley was and will always be an integral part of India, even as he stressed the need to have a consistent policy for the region. The Hyderabad MP said whether it was the Congress or the BJP at the […]
Parliament to decide on extension to military courts: Pak Army
Islamabad: The Pakistan Army has said that the country’s parliament would decide about another extension in the tenure of the controversial military courts. The military courts were first set up in January 2015 for two years for speedy trial of militants after the 2014 Peshawar school attack that killed nearly 150 schoolchildren. Their tenure was […]
Special medical board treating Nawaz Sharif says he is not well
Lahore: A special medical board that examined Pakistan’s former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in Kot Lakhpat jail here has said that “he is not completely well” and more tests are required before suggesting treatment for him. The medical board comprising Shahid Hameed, Sajjad Ahmed and Hamid Khalil of the Punjab Institute of Cardiology, Lahore, had […]
Mehbooba seeks separatist leader’s release on humanitarian grounds
Srinagar: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday sought the release of separatist leader Shahid-ul-Islam, who is in the NIA’s custody, on humanitarian grounds as his wife was not feeling well. The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister spoke to Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh over phone after reports of Islam’s wife having suffered a brain […]
Newborn found dead in garbage dump
Kishtwar: A newborn baby girl was dead at a garbage dump here on Saturday, officials said. Sweepers of Municipal Committee Kishtwar found the body at a roadside dump in the town, when collecting garbage, they added. Upon being alerted, a police party rushed to the spot and shifted the body to District Hospital Kishtwar, they […]
Khardung La avalanche: Toll rises to seven
Leh: Two more bodies were recovered on Saturday from the site where an avalanche struck two trucks in Ladakh, taking the death toll to seven, officials said. “Another two bodies have been recovered at Khardungla avalanche site. In total, seven bodies have been recovered so far,” a State Disaster Management Department official said. He said […]
KP’s demand creation of a separate township within Kashmir
New Delhi: Some members of the Kashmiri Pandit community gathered at the Raj Ghat here Saturday to mark the 29th anniversary of their forced exile from Kashmir and demanded creation of a separate township in the valley for them. They took an oath to return to Kashmir Valley and appealed to the government to fulfill […]