Added on October 19, 2019
Press Trust of India
Srinagar: Fresh restrictions were imposed in parts of the city as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order in view of Friday congregational prayers, officials said. They said the curbs were imposed in Anchar area under the jurisdiction of police station Soura and the areas around the historic Jamia Masjid in police station Nowhatta. […]
Added on October 19, 2019
Press Trust of India
New Delhi: On the night of 16 October, Pakistani immigration authorities at Lahore airport reportedly denied entry to Steven Butler, the Asia Program Coordinator of Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), as his name was on a “stop list” of the country’s interior ministry. According to a press statement issued by the independent non-profit organisation, Butler […]
Added on October 19, 2019
Press Trust of India
New Delhi: All Muslim parties in the Ayodhya title dispute case except one – the Sunni Waqf Board – have said in a statement to the Supreme Court that they do not support the Board’s proposed settlement offer. They have also said that the mediation committee’s attempts were “not representative”. “It is difficult to accept […]
Added on October 19, 2019
Press Trust of India
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Friday sent a letter to the Centre recommending Justice S A Bobde, who is next in seniority, as his successor. Official sources told PTI that Justice Gogoi wrote a letter to the Ministry of Law and Justice recommending Justice Bobde to be the next chief justice. […]
Added on October 19, 2019
Press Trust of India
Jammu: Former JKLF militant Javed Ahmed Mir alias ‘Javed Nalka’ was arrested and later released on bail in connection with the killing of four IAF personnel, including a Squadron Leader, in January 1990, officials said here on Friday. He was arrested on Wednesday and produced before a CBI court, which released him on bail the […]
Added on October 19, 2019
Press Trust of India
Says its statements on Art 370 helping neighboring country
Gohana/Hisar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lashed out at the Congress over its stand on Article 370, saying its statements are being used by Pakistan against India and asked what kind of “chemistry” it shares with the neighbouring country. With the BJP making scrapping of Article 370 in J-K a big poll issue, Modi […]
Added on October 10, 2019
Press Trust of India
Jammu: The Congress on Wednesday decided to boycott the Block Development Council (BDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir, citing “indifferent” attitude of the state administration and continued detention of senior party leaders. BDC polls will be held in Jammu and Kashmir on October 24. These will be the first elections to be held in the […]
Added on October 10, 2019
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Former IAS officer Shah Faesal could be next
Srinagar: Shehla Rashid, a student leader from Jawaharlal Nehru University who had joined former IAS officer Shah Faesal’s Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM) in March, quit electoral politics Wednesday. Rashid blamed the announcement of Block Development Council elections for “compelling” her to make this move. The Centre, she said, was trying to portray “normalcy” […]
Added on October 10, 2019
KV Correspondent
Seek an end to govt’s ‘false pitch for normalcy’
New Delhi: In the two months that have passed since Kashmir was put under a virtual lockdown, its special status taken and many of the freedoms of its people curtailed with, several groups of citizens have written petitions, letters and heartfelt requests to the government, asking for a let up in the gross human rights […]
Added on October 10, 2019
Press Trust of India
Kaithal (Har): Union Home Minister Amit Shah Wednesday attacked the Congress for its stand on Article 370 and also took on the party over criticism of the shastra pooja performed on the first Rafale aircraft acquired by the country. “Congress leader Rahul Gandhi opposed scrapping of Article 370. I want to ask Rahul to make […]
