Wish to appear in person in Benazir murder case: Musharraf
Pakistan’s former military ruler Pervez Musharraf wants to appear in person rather than testify through a video link in the Benazir Bhutto murder case, his lawyer has said. Musharraf has been charged with involvement in the murder of the former two-time prime minister in 2007. Musharraf’s counsel, Advocate Akhtar Shah, during the trial proceedings of […]
Will be tough towards militants, warns Jaitley
Defence Minister, Arun Jaitley, today said that Army will adopt a tough policy towards militants. Speaking to reporters after the conclusion of GST council meet, he indicated Centre’s tough stance towards militancy and street protests here. Jaitley also visited the Army’s forward positions on the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district and […]
Mehbooba to attend CMs meeting over Indo-China hostilities
Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, will take part in the meeting that has been called by Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, on Saturday in Gangtok, to review the growing hostilities between Indian and China. CM will brief Rajnath Singh about the growing skirmishes between Indian and Chinese troops along the line of actual control (LAC) in […]
Restriction in Srinagar today
The District Administration Srinagar has decided to impose restriction in areas falling in jurisdictions of Nowhatta, MR Gunj and Safakadal police stations. A senior government official in the administration said that the restrictions have been imposed as a “precautionary measures” in view of the functions organised by the separatist Hurriyat Conference. Pertinently, Hurriyat (M) is […]
Protests, clashes witnessed after Friday prayers
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Jaitley talks tough, in Kashmir, against Pakistan
Arun Jaitley, who also runs the defence ministry, on Friday expressed his satisfaction over the “readiness” of troops along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir and said the troops were ready to give a befitting response to any “misadventure” by Pakistan. Jaitley met army commanders at a forward post along the LoC and reviewed the […]
Jaitley: ‘JK assembly has complete right to implement GST’
Arun Jaitley, the union finance minister, said on Friday that Jammu and Kashmir has complete right to implement Goods and Services Tax in the state. “Jammu and Kashmir assembly has the complete right to implement GST in the state,” he said at a press conference at SKICC. The finance minister took a dig at that […]
Separatists dare to the govt., shift Aasiya Andrabi back or else…
Dozens of people marched through the streets of the city’s business center denouncing the jailing of Aasiya Andrabi and her colleague Sofi Fahmeeda in Jammu prison. Terming it as state terrorism the protestors demanded that the jailed political leaders should be released immediately. After reaching near Budshah chowk protesters sat down and some leaders addressed […]
Government warning to students backfires, protests widen
If the government had thought that its threat to disallow students from writing their examination, should they fall short of required attendance, would have an effect on daily protest, its calculation seems to have gone out the window. There has been no let-up in students protesting on college campuses and after weeks of student […]
Skewed sex ratio, ICDS has egg on its face in Pulwama
The Pulwama office of the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) has released a report that pegs sex ratio in southern Kashmir much above the national index. The wrong figures have become the talk of the town and many are ridiculing the department for releasing such skewed numbers. Sex ratio, measured as total number of […]