Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference(M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said the expulsion of Kashmiri students and filing of sedition charges against them had once again exposed India’s “hollow democratic and secular credentials.” Addressing a Friday gathering at the historic Jamia Masjid in downtown Srinagar, Mirwaiz said “if expression of feelings means sedition then India should book […]
Meerut: BJP Friday criticised Uttar Pradesh government for withdrawing sedition charges against Kashmiri students studying at a private university here, saying the SP government is only bothered about vote bank. “BJP will not tolerate withdrawal of sedition charges against the people who have insulted the nation. The Samajwadi government is bothered only about its vote […]
Jammu: The Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) has decided to reduce the number of langars( community kitchens) organised by various organisations during annual Amarnath yatra in South Kashmir on the recommendations of expert bodies and security agencies. “The number of community kitchen (Langars) during the yatra this year will be less as compared to that […]
MIRPUR: Defending champions Pakistan will have to contend with minor injury issues to key players Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul as they take on a consistent Sri Lanka in the final of the Asia Cup tournament today. Afridi, who has played a pivotal role in turning around the fortunes of Pakistan in this tournament, has […]
Dear Editor, The charge of sedition against Kashmiri students for supporting Pakistan in a thrilling India-Pakistan cricket match is condemnable. India’s reliance on such an outdated, congealed and reactive precept to punish youngsters rooting for Pakistan in a cricket match is an indictment of an increasingly authoritarian and repressive Indian State rather than of the […]
NEW DELHI: In a statement that could make matters more difficult for jailed Sahara chief Subrata Roy, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) told the Supreme Court that the sum owed by two group companies is more than Rs 37,000 crore. “According to the affidavit filed by the two companies, the principal amount […]
BY ADITYA IYER Pakistan zindabad. There, I said it. Now sue me. Or do whatever you deem is right, just like you labelled those Kashmiri university students in Meerut anti-national. The choice, my friend, is all yours. The other day, a couple of my colleagues and I clapped at our seats as Shahid Khan Afridi […]
BY DR LUDWIG WATZAL Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave one of his typical speeches at this year’s AIPAC convention in Washington. Before he delivered his usual sermon about Iran and the other “terrorists” in the region, he implored the friendship and the alliance between Israel and the United States of America. This time, neither President Barack […]
KOLKATA: State Bank of India has proposed to offer share purchase scheme for all its employees which could raise additional equity capital, between Rs 800 crore and Rs 1,200 crore, for the country’s largest lender. “We are planning to offer employees share purchase scheme and not employees stock option scheme,” SBI Chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya said […]
CHANDIGRAH: Private life insurer, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has launched a unit-linked insurance product ‘ICICI Pru Guaranteed Wealth Protector’, a company release said. This unit-linked product will allow customers to protect their capital on maturity and have a potential for upside through an exposure to equities, it added. As per the company, the product provides […]