Police SI recruitment scam: High Court rejects bail plea of BSF officer, says ‘leniency’ would amount to ‘misplaced sympathy’

Police SI recruitment scam: High Court rejects bail plea of BSF officer, says ‘leniency’ would amount to ‘misplaced sympathy’

Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of BSF Commandant (Medical) Karnail Singh who was among the 24 people charge-sheeted by the CBI in the police sub-inspector recruitment scam in the Union territory. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Singh on October 18 for allegedly using touts to […]

Israeli filmmaker Lapid stands by his comments, says can recognise ‘propaganda disguised as a movie’

Israeli filmmaker Lapid stands by his comments, says can recognise ‘propaganda disguised as a movie’

Describes Agnihotri’s film as directorial ‘crude, manipulative and violent’ Jerusalem: Unfazed by the widespread criticism of his comments against the Hindi film “The Kashmir Files”, Israeli director and IFFI international jury chair Nadav Lapid said he stands by his remarks as he “knows how to recognise propaganda disguised as a movie”. Reacting to the backlash […]

Delhi HC allows Mehbooba to withdraw plea challenging PMLA provision

Delhi HC allows Mehbooba to withdraw plea challenging PMLA provision

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday permitted PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti to withdraw her petition challenging the constitutional validity of a provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The lawyer appearing for the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister told a bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium […]

BJP asks admin to release salaries of KPs, Jammu employees serving in Valley

BJP asks admin to release salaries of KPs, Jammu employees serving in Valley

Jammu: Asserting that the heightened security scare of employees is not ill-founded, the BJP on Tuesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to ensure fool-proof security to Kashmiri Pandit employees serving in the Valley. It also called for immediate release of salaries of Kashmiri Pandits and Jammu employees serving in the Kashmir Valley. The Kashmiri […]

Drone activity declines along border in Jammu: BSF

Drone activity declines along border in Jammu: BSF

Jammu: The Border Security Force (BSF) has foiled all cross-border infiltration attempts this year and the International Border in the Jammu frontier is incident free and safe, a senior official said. Drone activity has also largely decreased in Jammu and the majority of weapons and explosives dropped from unmanned aerial vehicles have also been recovered, […]

India-US military drills near LAC violate the spirit of Sino-India agreements: China

India-US military drills near LAC violate the spirit of Sino-India agreements: China

Beijing: China on Wednesday said it was opposed to the joint Indo-US military exercises being held near the Line of Actual Control (LAC), asserting that it violates the spirit of the two border agreements signed between New Delhi and Beijing. The 18th edition of the India-US joint military exercise ‘Yudh Abhyas’ is currently underway in […]

Bilkis Bano moves SC against remission to convicts, says premature release shook conscience of society

Bilkis Bano moves SC against remission to convicts, says premature release shook conscience of society

New Delhi: Bilkis Bano, who was gang-raped and seven members of her family slaughtered during the 2002 Gujarat riots, Wednesday moved the Supreme Court challenging the remission of sentence of 11 convicts in the case by the state government, saying their premature release has “shaken the conscience of society”. Besides the plea challenging the release […]