Langer hits out at politics in Cricket Australia

Perth: Former Australia coach Justin Langer has slammed the politics in the national cricket board as he opened up on his messy departure from the top job, specifically hitting out at interim chairman Richard Freudenstein. In February, the 51-year-old stepped down as the senior men’s team coach after rejecting a six-month contract extension, having hoped […]

Shutdown in parts of Srinagar, clashes in Maisuma

Shutdown in parts of Srinagar, clashes in Maisuma

Srinagar: Clashes erupted between supporters of JKLF chairman Yasin Malik and security forces in Maisuma locality here on Wednesday, even as parts of the city observed a spontaneous shutdown ahead of a court’s verdict on the quantum of sentence for the separatist leader convicted in a militant funding case, officials said. Scores of people, including […]

Mobile internet suspended in Valley

Mobile internet suspended in Valley

Srinagar: Mobile internet was suspended in Kashmir as a precautionary measure after a court awarded life imprisonment to separatist leader Yasin Malik in a militancy funding case on Wednesday, officials said. They said the mobile internet has been suspended across all network service providers in the Valley. However, the officials said, internet services were working […]

Urge India to acquit Yasin Malik: Pak to UN rights chief

Urge India to acquit Yasin Malik: Pak to UN rights chief

Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has written to UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet to urge India to acquit separatist leader Yasin Malik from all charges and ensure his immediate release from prison so that he can be reunited with his family. Pakistan’s Foreign Office said in a statement that the […]

BJP welcomes Delhi court verdict against Malik

BJP welcomes Delhi court verdict against Malik

Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Wednesday welcomed the Delhi court’s order awarding life imprisonment to JKLF chairman Yasin Malik in a militancy funding case, saying that the separatist leader deserved it for the sins committed against the people and the country . Raina also lashed out at PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti […]

HC bails out Waheed Parra, says evidence sketchy

Srinagar: Senior PDP leader Waheed Ur Rehman Parra was on Wednesday granted bail after 18 months in a militancy-related case by the Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court which said the evidence gathered by the prosecution is “too sketchy” to deny him the relief. Hearing Parra’s petition, a division bench of justices Vinod Chatterji […]