Kashmir issue our top priority, says Pakistan

Says Kartarpur corridor ‘'high point of diplomacy' for Imran Khan govt
Says Kartarpur corridor ‘’high point of diplomacy’ for Imran Khan govt
Srinagar court issues bailable warrant against former MLA Abid Ansari

Srinagar: A court in Srinagar issued a bailable warrant against Peoples Conference (PC) leader and former Zadibal MLA Abid Ansari Thursday in a defamation case filed by senior PDP leader NaeemAkhtar. The court of Chief Judicial Magistrate issued the warrant against Ansari after he failed to appear before the court in connection with the criminal […]
LS passes Triple Talaq Bill amid protests

New Delhi: LokSabha Thursday passed the bill which criminalises the practice of instant triple talaq with the government rejecting the contention that it was aimed at targeting a particular community. The opposition, which had been demanding that the bill be referred to a ‘joint select committee’, staged a walkout when its demand was rejected by […]
Owaisi questions intention

New Delhi: AIMIM leader AsaduddinOwaisi Thursday questioned the intention of the government behind criminalising triple talaq while it has supported decriminalisation of homosexuality. Participating in a debate in the LokSabha on Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, the All India Majlis-e-IttehadulMuslimeen (AIMIM) MP said 100 per cent of Muslim population is against the […]
Women’s commission welcomes
New Delhi: The National Commission for Women Thursday welcomed the passage of the Triple Talaq bill in LokSabha. Reacting to the bill being passed by the lower house of Parliament, NCW chairperson Rekha Sharma said she has seen the sufferings of the Muslim women due to absence of this legislation. In a signature campaign launched […]
Shun ‘one child syndrome’ KP’s tell their youth

Say that the community is witnessing a dwindling population
Jammu: Expressing concern over their decreasing population, the Kashmiri Pandit leadership impressed upon the youth to go beyond the “one child syndrome” affecting the ethnic minority community of Kashmir. The community, which is set to enter 30 years of exile next year, also asked the youth to return to the corridors of democracy and academics […]
Delay in tabling CAG report in worrisome, say officials
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir accountant general (AG) is yet to make the CAG’s report for the year 2017-18 public, even as the year is nearing its end, a senior official said Thursday. The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) was submitted to Governor Satya Pal Malik long ago and it was supposed […]
Union Minister defends snooping order

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley hit out at the Congress, which along with other opposition parties attacked the government for “snooping on citizens” through its order authorising investigative agencies to intercept, monitor and decrypt information stored in any computer. The minister also lauded the National Investigation Agency (NAI) for cracking an ISIS terror […]
Bring law for construction of Ram Temple: Shiv Sena to Govt
New Delhi: NDA ally Shiv Sena Thursday demanded a law on construction of Ram temple, saying the government should be “daring” enough to bring the legislation on Ayodhya the way it has done on the triple talaq issue. Participating in the debate on triple talaq bill in LokSabha, ArvindSawant (Shiv Sena) said his party is […]
BSF seizes over 5 kg heroin along Indo-Pak border
Amritsar: The Border Security Force (BSF) seized 13 packets of heroin weighing over 5 kilograms in Amritsar sector along the Indo-Pak border, an official said Thursday. BSF troops, who were on patrol duty at Border Out Post in Bharopal village during the night hours on Wednesday, noticed suspicious movement of Pakistani smugglers, he said. The […]