JRL asks people to observe Dec 3-9 as ‘human rights’ week
Srinagar: The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Saturday urged people of Kashmir to observe human rights week from December 3 to 9 by holding candlelight vigils to highlight the “human rights violations”. A JRL statement appealed the people to lit candles outside mosques in their localities after evening prayers from December 3-9. Condemning the arrests and search […]
Defence Ministry approves military procurement worth Rs 3000 crore
New Delhi (PTI): The Defence Ministry Saturday approved military procurement worth Rs 3,000 crore, including Brahmos supersonic cruise missiles for Navy’s two stealth frigates and armoured recovery vehicles for the Army’s Arjun main battle tanks, a senior official said. The go-ahead for both acquisitions was given by the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the ministry’s highest decision-making […]
HC grants two weeks’ parole to life convict to make conjugal visit
Chennai, Dec 1 (PTI) Observing that conjugal visits lead to strong family bonds and keeps the family functional, the Madras High Court granted parole of two weeks to a 29-year-old life convict from Tirunelveli district. A division bench of justices CT Selvam and P Ramathilagam Friday permitted Perumal, arrested in connection with a murder in 2008, […]
Change of strategy: Ultras in Bastar using human effigies with dummy guns to take on troopers
Raipur, (PTI): Facing reverses in their traditional stronghold, Naxals in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar have come up with a new strategy, apparently based on the Vietnamese model of guerrilla warfare, wherein effigies with fake guns are positioned strategically in the forest to take on the troopers. Naxals have suffered heavy casualties in a string of encounters with security […]
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq put under house arrest: Police
Srinagar(PTI): Moderate Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was put under house arrest on Saturday as a precautionary measure and his outfit’s one-day session was foiled, a police official said. In a tweet, Mirwaiz alleged that the separatists were not allowed any space for any kind of political activity and posted pictures of police personnel outside […]
Only one-way traffic on Kashmir, Leh highway and Mughal road
Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday allowed one way traffic on Srinagar-Jammu, Srinagar-Leh highways and Mughal road in south Kashmir. Ladakh-bound vehicles stranded at Sonamarg in the central Kashmir’s Ganderbal were allowed to leave to cross over to other side of the Zojila. Only one-way traffic was allowed on the historic 86-km-long Mughal road. Similarly only one-way traffic […]
Modi shaping 2016 surgical strike into ‘political asset’: Rahul Gandhi
Jaipur, Dec 1 (PTI) Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of shaping the Army’s 2016 surgical strike across the LoC into a “political asset” and being “unsuccessful” in creating job opportunities for the youth. Addressing a gathering at Udaipur in poll-bound Rajasthan, he also claimed that non-performing assets (NPA) of banks was […]
CBI files chargesheet against ex-Haryana CM Hooda, Cong leader Vora in AJL land allotment case
New Delhi (PTI) The CBI filed a chargesheet against former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Congress leader Motilal Vora Saturday in connection with the alleged irregularities in the re-allotment of an institutional plot in Panchkula, Haryana to the Associated Journals Limited (AJL), which is allegedly controlled by Congress leaders. The central agency, which filed […]
BJP condemns protests by political groups against decision to convert J&K Bank into PSU
Jammu (PTI): The BJP Friday condemned the propaganda launched by some Kashmir-based political and other socio-economic organisations against the State Administrative Council’s (SAC) decision to convert the J&K Bank into a PSU. It said there is an urgent need for transparency in the operation of the bank which has been under cloud for rising NPAs and […]
US proposes changes to H1B visas; to be given to most skilled, highest paid foreign workers
Washington, Dec 1 (PTI) The Trump Administration on Friday proposed major changes to the H-1B application process, including a new rule requiring companies to electronically register their petitions in advance, aimed at awarding this popular American work visa to the most skilled and highest paid foreign workers. The H1B visa, popular among Indian IT companies and […]