Nirbhaya case: Delhi court issues fresh death warrants for March 3 against 4 convicts
New Delhi: A Delhi court Monday issued fresh death warrants for March 3 at 6 am against the four death row convicts in the Nirbhaya gang rape and murder case. Additional Session Judge Dharmender Rana issued fresh warrants against death row convicts — Mukesh Kumar Singh (32), Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay Kumar Sharma (26) and […]
Journalists continue to be harassed in Kashmir: Kashmir Press Club
Srinagar: Kashmir Press Club (KPC) on Monday took serious note of the continuous harassment of journalists in the Valley. On Sunday night, a multimedia journalist Kamran Yousuf working with the ‘Newsclick’ was picked up from his home by the police. Recalling the details, Kamran said that a police party led by Dysp and SHO Pulwama […]
Rape accused who fled from police custody rearrested
Jammu: A rape accused who had escaped from a police station in Jammu district, has been nabbed from Samba, officials said on Monday. The 35-year old man was arrested for allegedly kidnapping and raping a girl on January 22. He managed to escape from Bari Brahamana police station on February 5, they said. Four police […]
Important for India and Pak to ‘de-escalate, both militarily and verbally’: UN chief Guterres
Islamabad: UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Sunday it was important for India and Pakistan to de-escalate “militarily and verbally” and exercise “maximum restraint” as he began his four-day visit to the country, amidst tense relationship between the two nuclear armed neighbours. Addressing a press conference after his meeting with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood […]
Geelani stable, conscious: Dir SKIMS
SRINAGAR: According to Director, SKIMS, Dr. A. G. Ahangar, the condition of senior political leader, Syed Ali Geelani is stable and he is conscious, cooperative and oriented. A team of doctors is monitoring his condition.
Police description of Mehbooba as ‘daddy’s girl’ not part of order containing grounds for detention under PSA
Srinagar: The police’s description of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti as “daddy’s girl” is not among the grounds for her detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), according to official records. The seven-page order served on the 60-year-old PDP chief, the daughter of party founder and former chief minister Mufti Mohammed […]
NC willing to participate in JK Panchayat polls, wants ‘roadblocks’ to be removed
Jammu: The National Conference, one of the main political parties in Jammu and Kashmir, has expressed willingness to participate in next month’s Panchayat polls but wants “roadblocks” placed in its way to be removed so that it can campaign freely. The party, which had stayed away from the 2018 Panchayat polls, said the detention of […]
