Pak man hands over 3 sons to Hafiz Saeed for ‘jihad’

M Zulqernain LAHORE: A Pakistani man has handed over his three young sons to Jamaat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed for jihad. Abu Haider, a Jamaat-ud-Dawa activist, handed over his three sons to Saeed at a workers’ convention Monday in Nankana Sahib, about 80 kilometres from Lahore. “I hand over my three young sons to you […]

Police holds drug abuse sensitization program

SRINAGAR: Police on Tuesday organized a drug de-addiction awareness program in ITI Pattan in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In a statement, a police spokesperson said that about 100 persons including sixty trainees participated in the day long program organized by Drug De-Addiction Centre (DDC), Baramulla. Incharge DDC, Baramulla, Dr. Mohammad Ashraf briefed the students and […]

122 retired officials reappointed in 5 yrs: Govt

Jammu:  Jammu and Kashmir government has appointed 122 retired officials in the state in various departments and ministries since 2009, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said Tuesday. 98 officials were re-engaged and re-employed after their retirement on superannuation, he told the state Assembly in reply to a question of Abdul Rehman Veeri (PDP). 24 retired officers […]

‘Peaceful 2014 polls biggest challenge for police’

Jammu: Director General of Police Ashok Prasad Tuesday said peaceful conduct of elections this year will be the biggest challenge for the force. “Peaceful conduct of Parliamentary and Assembly elections are one of the biggest challenges before JKP this year,” Prasad said while addressing police durbars at district police lines at Rajouri and Poonch. He […]

PDP, AAP protest Farooq’s ‘maha-chor’ comment

SRINAGAR: Opposition PDP Tuesday took out a rally in protest against National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah for his purported remarks on power theft in Jammu and Kashmir. Several PDP activists, led by former employees’ union leader turned politician Khursheed Aalam, took out a march from party headquarters at Polo View amid tight security arrangements to […]

Finally, no more two-finger test on rape victims

Nagpur: The Union Health Ministry, which has drawn new guidelines for treating rape victims, has asked all hospitals to set up a designated room for forensic and medical examination of victims besides outlawing the two-finger test performed on them, dubbing it as unscientific. The Department of Health Research (DHR) along with Indian Council of Medical […]

Javid Mir operated

SRINAGAR: Senior leader of Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat Conference and of Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (H) chairman, Javid Ahmad Mir was Tuesday afternoon operated upon in his eye in a Srinagar hospital. Mir, who was operated by a surgeon from Amritsar at Florence Hospital, Chanapora, was later discharged. KR Desk

LS poll dates to be announced today

New Delhi: The schedule for the Lok Sabha polls will be announced by the Election Commission on Wednesday. With the announcement of poll dates, the Model Code of Conduct for governments and political parties will come into force with immediate effect. The schedule will be announced at a press conference by Chief Election Commissioner V.S. […]

Govt admits shortfall in food grains

JAMMU: Government Tuesday said the state government is distributing food grains to 19.72 lakh families of the State as per the census of 2001, which results in marginal short-fall with respect to APL category to the extent of 5,950 MT per month. Replying to a question by N C member Aijaz Ahmad Jan, Minister of […]

Youth commits suicide

SRINAGAR:  A youth committed suicide while another made a similar attempt to end his life in the Kashmir valley, police said Tuesday. 22-year-old Mursaleen Muahtaq Lone hanged himself in his house at Parin Kunamulla in the central Kashmir district of Ganderbal. He was rushed to hospital where he was declared brought dead, a police spokesman […]

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