Jammu: Legislative Assembly Tuesday erupted in pandemonium as members held protests over the approval of use of red beacons for public servants while they were denied the privilege, forcing the Speaker to adjourn the House. The state cabinet yesterday approved the use of red beacons to the Governor, Chief Minister, Chief Justice, Chief Secretary, DGP […]
DUBAI: Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-haq Qureshi progressed to the doubles quarterfinals of the Dubai Duty Free Championships after overcoming qualifiers Nikolay Davydenko and Victor Hanescu via Super Tie breaker. The second seeded Indo-Pak pair defeated the Russian-Romanian combo 6-1 5-7 10-8 in one hour and 28 minutes in the opening round of the $2,359,935 hard […]
JAMMU: Governor NN Vohra Tuesday approved for laying before the State Legislature, the Reports of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India on Appropriation Accounts 2012-13, Finance Accounts 2012-13, (Volume-1 & Volume-2), State Finances for the year ended 31st March, 2013 and on Revenue Sector and Public Sector undertakings (Social, General and Economic Sector) for […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today referred the issue of legalising euthanasia in the country to a five- judge Constitution bench, saying there has been “inconsistent” opinion in its previous verdicts on withdrawing medical support to terminally ill patients. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said that it is extremely important to […]
BY JAWED NAQVI THE news that pacifist-scholar Rajmohan Gandhi, a grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, has joined India’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will further confound political punters. Some of them were already watching the motley group as a dark horse in the arriving parliamentary race. Others were warily seeing in it a spoiler, at least, for […]
New Delhi: Asking Muslims to give Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a chance “at least once”, its president Rajnath Singh on Tuesday made a bid to woo the community ahead of the Lok Sabha elections by saying the party is willing to apologise for any “mistake”, an apparent reference to Gujarat riots. “Please note that whenever, […]
MIRPUR: Bangladesh’s premier pacer Mashrafe Mortaza today said that beating a heavyweight Indian cricket team is no longer considered as an “upset” as the hosts have defeated them on a few occasions in the near past including the last edition of Asia Cup. “I don’t count a win against India as an upset. We have […]
Jammu: A round-the-clock dedicated helpline will be available in New Delhi for reporting incidents of harassment against Jammu and Kashmir students pursuing education outside the state. “Dedicated helpline (011-24611108 and 011-24611210) would be available on 24×7 basis in the office of Principal Resident Commissioner, J&K, New Delhi for reporting any incident of harassment (against students […]
Mumbai: Bombay High Court today ordered Maharashtra education department to issue directives to all educational institutions to put up display boards outside their premises stating that sale and consumption of cigarettes and any tobacco product is banned within 100 meters. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S Sanklecha was hearing […]
Jammu: An Army soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Poonch district Tuesday. Deployed in forward area in Poonch, 23-year-old sepoy Parna Murmu allegedly shot himself with his service rifle at 0900 hrs, the PRO Defence said. The soldier, who hailed from Madhepura district in Bihar, was performing his duty […]