Controversial triple talaq bill comes for discussion in LS today
New Delhi: The politically sensitive bill which seeks to make the practice of instant triple talaq among Muslim men a penal offence will come up for discussion in LokSabha on Thursday. The LokSabha had last week on Thursday decided to take up the bill on December 27 after the Congress agreed to participate in the […]
Srinagar records minus 6.7 degrees Celsius, Lehshivers at minus 17.1C
Srinagar: The cold wave sweeping Kashmir intensified Wednesday as the mercury stayed several degrees below the freezing point, resulting in frozen water bodies and water supply lines in several residential areas. Leh town in Ladakh region recorded the lowest temperature this winter as mercury plummeted to minus 17.1C last night, a Met department official said. […]
Civilian killed in LoC firing in Rajouri
Jammu: A 55-year-old civilian was killed Wednesday in unprovoked firing by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, a defence spokesman said. “At around 1200 hours, Pakistan army initiated unprovoked firing in Noushera sector, resulting in fatal casualty of one civilian, Bodhraj, a resident of Deeingvillagle,” Jammu-based Army […]
Indonesia tsunami survivors remain jittery as deaths hit 429
Sumur (Indonesia):Panicked residents, police and soldiers in this remote fishing village clobbered by a devastating weekend tsunami ran to higher ground Tuesday, shouting “Water is coming! Water is coming!” and reciting verses from the Quran as emergency messages were broadcast over mosque speakers. It proved to be a false alarm, but a similar frenzy broke […]
Al-Qaeda attack at Christmas ceremony foiled in Pakistan
Lahore: Pakistani authorities on Wednesday claimed to have foiled a terrorist attack at a Christmas ceremony in Punjab province and arrested four al-Qaeda terrorists. According to the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), it got a credible information that four terrorists belonging to al-Qaeda were present near Francis Abad, Sheikhupura road Gujranwala, some 80-km from Lahore. “They […]
Art paints miseries of Kashmiris affected by strife
Kochi: The misery of thousands of people from two communities, caught in the ethnic strife in Kashmir three decades ago, has found portrayal at the Kochi Muziris Biennale in this coastal city. A Srinagar Biennale pavilion is part of the ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale here, the subcontinent’s biggest art festival of its kind. It is one […]
Congress was not inclined for second Presidential term for Kalaam, reveals book
New Delhi: A P J Abdul Kalam could have returned as the president in 2012 with the backing of the BJP and the Trinamool Congress but with no support from the Congress and its allies, he pulled himself out of the race, a new book claims. Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee was then chosen as the […]