Srinagar: Dissatisfied with the clarification issued by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on issues related to revised electoral rolls, the National Conference said they will go ahead with their planned “all-party meeting’’ on Monday to discuss the matter. Parties like the NC and PDP claimed the administration has not addressed their main concern on whether […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir is now moving ahead to become one of the leading regions in sectors like IT, industries, tourism, women entrepreneurship and youth empowerment, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said here on Sunday. Addressing the 17th edition of the ‘Awaam Ki Awaaz’ programme, Sinha said ‘Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ provides the perfect opportunity to […]
Srinagar: National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah Sunday criticised the Jammu and Kashmir administration over Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s comments on Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s “house arrest”, claiming the LG says one thing and the police does something entirely different. Omar’s remarks came after journalists were not allowed to meet the Mirwaiz at his Nigeen residence […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday claimed she had been put under house arrest to stop her from visiting the family of Kashmiri Pandit Sunil Kumar Bhat who was shot dead by terrorists in Shopian recently. Taking to Twitter, Mufti posted pictures of the locked gates of her residence in Gupkar area here and […]
New Delhi: Questioning silence of Muslim organizations over barbarous attack on writer Salman Rushdie, the Indian Muslims for Secular Democracy (IMSD) has appealed to them to rethink their position on blasphemy that is a “form of politics which is doing Muslims more harm than good”. The statement by IMSD was endorsed by 60 eminent citizens, […]
Lucknow: An action plan is being prepared to garner funds for the construction of a mosque in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur village on five-acre land given to Muslims on the directions of the Supreme Court. The land was given to the Muslim side following the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title suit. The Indo […]
Sao Paulo (Brazil): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said that China has disregarded the border pacts with India, casting a shadow on the bilateral ties as he asserted that a lasting relationship cannot be a one-way street and there has to be mutual respect. Jaishankar, who arrived here on the first leg of his […]
New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University is planning to set up a centre to study the 1947 partition in depth to fill the historical gaps, Vice Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit said on Sunday. The varsity will send a proposal in this regard to the University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Ministry of Education (MoE). The […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir registered 276 fresh coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the infection tally to 4,76,044, officials said here. While 41 cases were reported from Jammu division, 235 cases were from Kashmir valley, they said. The death toll due to the virus remained unchanged at 4,779 as no new fatality linked to the pandemic […]
Leh: Ladakh recorded nine new Covid cases that pushed the infection tally to 29,143, officials said on Sunday. Of the new cases, seven were detected in Leh district and two in Kargil during screening of 2,865 people, including 1,892 air travellers, they said. Eleven people were discharged from hospital in Leh, taking the overall recoveries […]