Articles 370, 35A a temporary arrangement: Rajnath
Says time to review it has come
Jaipur: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said Articles 370 and 35A for Jammu and Kashmirt was a temporary arrangement and it was time to review it. “How much the entitlement benefitted Jammu and Kashmir? When a few people are raising questions there should be two prime ministers in the country then what is […]
Highway blockade: Govt announces partial relaxations

Srinagar: Bowing to the public pressure and non-compliance by various security agencies, the Jammu and Kashmir governor administration Saturday partially relaxed the two-day-a-week restrictions on the movement of civilian traffic on the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway which were put in place to facilitate movement of security forces’ convoys. On April 7, the administration had imposed the […]
Woman alleges sexual harassment by CJI

Gogoi says 'bigger force' wants to deactivate CJI office
New Delhi: Allegations of sexual harassment have cropped up against Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi prompting him to convene an urgent extraordinary hearing on Saturday and assert that the charges by a former apex court staffer were “unbelievable” and part of a conspiracy by some “bigger force” to “deactivate” the CJI’s office. As the […]
Reputation is the only thing which a judge has: CJI Gogoi
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Saturday said that “reputation” is the only thing which a judge has and if it will be attacked on baseless allegations of sexual harassment, no “sane person” will come forward to take up judgeship. “If such things will happen then no judge is going to decide matters. […]
On day 4, no traffic allowed on Jmu-Sgr highway

Banihal: The traffic on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was affected for the fourth consecutive day Saturday due to intermittent shooting of stones from a hillock overlooking the only all-weather road linking Kashmir Valley with rest of the country. No fresh vehicular traffic was allowed on the highway, either from Jammu or Srinagar, over the past three […]
Yasin Malik is on hunger strike against NIA custody, his condition is serious: Family

Srinagar: JKLF chief Yasin Malik’s family on Saturday alleged that he was “very ill” after he went on a hunger strike to protest against his “illegal” detention by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). A Delhi court had on April 10 sent Malik to NIA custody till April 22 in connection with a terror funding case. […]
JRL expresses concern
Srinagar: Expressing serious concern over the news of hospitalization and deteriorating health of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik, Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) Saturday stated that entire Kashmiri nation was worried over the condition of Malik and that it was the responsibility of Government of India to ensure his treatment, wellbeing […]
Three youths commit suicide in Rajouri
Jammu: Three youth allegedly committed suicide by hanging themselves inside their houses in three separate incidents in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said Saturday. On Friday, Ram Lal (22) was allegedly found hanging from the ceiling of his room at Hasoit-Sunderbani in the district, police said. In an another incident, Sourav Singh (28) […]
No space for expressing dissent available, says D Raja
Calls Modi regime an example of ‘dictatorial governance’
Thiruvananthapuram: Describing the Narendra Modi government as a regime of “dictatorial governance”, CPI national secretary D Raja said the country’s future was at stake and democracy in peril as there is no space for expressing dissent or for questioning government policies. “If someone questions or criticises the government, they are dubbed anti-nationals,” Raja said. “Here […]
India has the ‘weakest’ government, ‘weaker’ PM: Priyanka
Says we need a govt that speaks for the people
Pulpally/Mananthwady: Congress leader Priyanaka Gandhi Vadra Saturday lashed out at the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying there has never been a “weaker government” and “weaker Prime Minister” than the incumbent ones. Priyanka, who is in Wayanad, where her brother and party chief Rahul Gandhi, is contesting besides Amethi in Uttar Pradesh, sought to […]