‘Tie Arundhati Roy to army jeep’: Paresh Rawal
In an unprecedented move, Bollywood actor and BJP Lok Sabha MP from Gujarat, Paresh Rawal has stirred a controversy when he said that instead of a stone pelter, author and activist Arundhati Roy should be tied to an Army jeep. The National award winner actor took to Twitter on Sunday night to express his views. […]
Clashes erupt in Palhallan
Clashes have erupted between the students and government forces on Monday during a protest march in Palhalan, sources said. According to the sources, the students of Government Higher Secondary School, Palhalan Pattan started protesting against the arrest of students. The students were raising pro-freedom and anti-India slogans. Consequently, the marching students were intercepted by the […]
Rajnath Singh says ‘will find a permanent solution to Kashmir’ while claiming it ‘is ours’
Accusing Pakistan of trying to destabilize India by fomenting trouble in Kashmir, Rajnath Singh, the Minister of Home, said in Sikkim on Sunday that the BJP-led government would find a permanent solution to the Kashmir issue. While he attacked Pakistan for backing elements in Kashmir who fanned trouble he didn’t even make a mention of […]
Kashmir shuts to remember Mirwaiz Farooq, Gani Lone
Life remained affected in Kashmir on Sunday due to a shutdown called by resistance leadership and restrictions imposed by the authorities in parts of Srinagar city to prevent a proposed rally. Shops and other business establishments remained closed in commercial hub of Lal Chowk due to the strike called by resistance leadership to pay homage […]
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. […]