Lawyer who pleaded Pakistan’s case says ‘ICJ will never acquit Jadhav’
Days after India secured a stay on the execution of Kulbhushan Jadhav in ICJ, the lawyer who represented Pakistan said that India didn’t win the case and ICJ will never acquit Jadhav. The Britain-based lawyer Khawar Qureshi told this to a TV channel. On Saturday, media reports said that Pakistani Attorney General Ashtar Ausaf Ali […]
7 die in gunfight on LoC in Kupwara
Three soldiers and four militants were killed in over 36-hour-long encounter in the Nowgam sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday. Army said the ongoing operation started on Saturday against a group of militants who were trying to sneak into the Indian side at the Line of Control in Nowgam sector. There was […]
Now Amit Shah says ‘Kashmir problem’ centered around three valley districts
Amit Shah, the president of the BJP, on Sunday said the problem in Jammu and Kashmir was not widespread but centered around just “three and a half districts” in the valley. Addressing an Aaj Tak Editors round-table on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s completion of three years in office, Shah said the BJP government was […]
Rising from the ashes, a Wakf board school to be rebuild at the cost of Rs 2.75 crore
While the government has shown no interest so far to rebuild the schools that were mysteriously burnt during the widespread protests of last year, it has curiously allotted an amount of Rs 2.75 crore to Waqf Board for the reconstruction of school building in Anantnag torched during the same protests. Officials said the funds […]
Justice Katju believes Pakistan will now take Kashmir dispute to ICJ
Justice Markandey Katju believes Pakistan in all likelihood would take the Kashmir dispute before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) as India committed a grave error by taking the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav to ICJ. Former Supreme Court judge who had a newsy tenure at Press Council of India posted these observations on his Facebook wall […]
Congress to hold a conclave on Kashmir
The senior leaders of the Congress party are involved in frantic efforts to sign up various political parties for a grand meeting on Kashmir in the month of June. Some newspaper reports suggest that Dr Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister, is meeting politicians, mostly within the Congress, to evolve a consensus for the meeting. […]
Senior citizens plead with New Delhi for dialogue
A group of senior residents of Kashmir have written to the president of India and begged him to initiate a dialogue for a lasting solution of the Kashmir dispute. The group comprises of academics, doctors, advocates, journalists from all the three regions of the State and from different religious groups. “We, the group of […]
Senior citizens plead with New Delhi for dialogue
A group of senior residents of Kashmir have written to the president of India and begged him to initiate a dialogue for a lasting solution of the Kashmir dispute. The group comprises of academics, doctors, advocates, journalists from all the three regions of the State and from different religious groups. “We, the group of […]
Reporters Without Borders seeks lifting of ban on social media
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Indian authorities to restore access to social media platforms in Kashmir, blocked since bloody protests in the region last month, and urges an end to threats against journalists and citizen-journalists, a statement issued by the media body said. The government banned 22 social media sites on 26 […]
Reporters Without Borders seeks lifting of ban on social media
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Indian authorities to restore access to social media platforms in Kashmir, blocked since bloody protests in the region last month, and urges an end to threats against journalists and citizen-journalists, a statement issued by the media body said. The government banned 22 social media sites on 26 […]