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Significant rights abuse by Indian cops, forces: US Report

Lalit K Jha Washington: A US Congress-mandated report on Friday said that abuses by police and security forces are the most significant human rights problems...

Malik, aides detained as police foil JKLF rally

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front( JKLF) chairman  Mohammad Yasin Malik and several of his party colleagues were Friday detained when they were preparing...

GoI clears EC proposal, candidates can spend more on campaign

New Delhi: Government on Friday cleared a proposal of the Election Commission to raise expenditure limits for Lok Sabha elections to a maximum of...

HC directs police to strictly implement helmet rule

Madurai: A Division Bench of the Madras High Court Friday ordered police to strictly implement the rule which made wearing of helmet mandatory for...

GoI hikes DA to 100% for 80 lakh employees & pensioners

New Delhi: The Indian government on Friday raised dearness allowance to 100 per cent, from 90 per cent, benefiting its 50 lakh employees and...

1951: India Tells UN Kashmiris Entitled to Decide Own Future

A member of the Indian delegation at the UN, Sir Benegal Rama Rau, told the Security Council on March 1, 1951: “The people of...

Mirwaiz, others placed under house arrest

Srinagar: Police on Friday placed several pro-freedom leaders under house arrest. A statement issued by Hurriyat Conference (M) said that police placed its chairman Mirwaiz...

Protest against ‘corruption’ at LD Hospital

Srinagar: Protests broke out in Kashmir’s largest maternity hospital on Friday against the “corrupt practices” of paramedical and security staff. Attendants assembled in the compound...

Govt bans Russian poplar trees in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: District Magistrate Srinagar has imposed ban on sale, purchase and plantation of Russian poplar tree species in Srinagar city, an official handout said...

Pathribal fake encounter represents India’s oppressive attitude against Kashmir: Malik

Srinagar: Describing Pathribal fake encounter as “symbol of India’s oppressive attitude against the people of the state, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Thursday said...

Docs question equating ‘7 yr adhoc service with 14 yrs’

Srinagar: Doctors regularized in 2012 after fulfilling basic eligibility criteria of seven years of continuing adhoc services on Thursday urged government to clarify why...

IAF choppers to provide air support during Lok Sabha polls

NEW DELHI: At least ten helicopters of the Indian Air Force will be pressed into service for swift movement of security personnel in each...

Rahul Gandhi pulls up Khurshid for calling Modi ‘impotent’

New Delhi: Congress vice-president on Thursday criticised Union minister of external affairs Salman Khurshid for calling BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi “impotent” over...

Consider shifting of Amphalla Jail inmate to SKIMS: HC

JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has asked authorities of Amphalla Jail here to consider shifting of an inmate languishing for nearly two decades...

APDP grieved at Halima’s demise

SRINAGAR: Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) led by Parveena Ahengar Thursdayexpressed deep sorrow over the demise of Haleema, mother of Basharat Ahmad...

Indo-Pak officials likely to meet next month on LoC trade

New Delhi: India and Pakistani officials are likely to meet here next month to review Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for trade along the Line...

Only victim can explain intention of molester: HC

Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said that in a molestation case the intention of the accused can be determined only by the...

Day 3: Curbs, clashes in Kupwara

Srinagar: Curbs, clashes and a shutdown continued in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district for the third consecutive day on Thursday over the killing of seven...

No voluntary retirement for officials facing probe: GoI

New Delhi: Central government servants under suspension, issued charge sheets or facing judicial proceedings on charges of grave misconduct will not be eligible for...

4 gamblers arrested in Srinagar

Srinagar: Police on Thursday arrested four gamblers in Safa Kadal area of downtown Srinagar and recovered Rs 1.48 lakhs stake money from their possession. According...

Former Army Chief V.K. Singh to Join BJP on March 1

New Delhi: Former Army Chief Gen VK Singh, who was engaged in a long-drawn battle with the Government over his age issue, will join...

‘Governor Saxena said no need to go to Kunan-Poshpora, let the Army report’

Srinagar: Kashmir’s former Divisional Commissioner Wajahat Habibullah has revealed that a critical portion of his report on the 1991 Kunan-Poshpora mass rape by Army...

Lok Sabha election: Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Rajmohan to take on Sheila Dikshit’s son in Delhi

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party ( AAP) on Thursday released a second of list of 30 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election...

Hartals compulsion, not hobby: Geelani

Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani, Thursday reiterated his call for complete shutdown on February 28 and peaceful demonstration after Friday prayers...

February 28, 1957

 Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Pakistan “Dear Mr. Prime Minister: “Thank you very much for your message of February thirteenth. I...

HCBA condemns use of force on Lolab protestors, supports Geelani’s shutdown call on Friday

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (HCBA) while strongly “condemning the use of brutal force by police and army on protestors in...

UNDP sponsors a comprehensive interdisciplinary project on Dal Lake conservation

SRINAGAR: For the first time the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is sponsoring an interdisciplinary project on Dal Lake for the development of a...

1972: Joint US-China Communiqué in Shanghai

The US said: Consistent with the United Nations Security Council Resolution of December 21, 1971, the United States favors the continuation of the ceasefire between...

Navy chief resigns after spate of mishaps

The resignation came hours after submarine INS Sindhuratna had a mishap off the Mumbai coast New Delhi: A spate of accidents involving the Naval warships...

Akash missile test fired for third time

Balasore: For the third time in a span of five days, India successfully test-fired the indigenously developed surface-to-air missile Akash missile system from the...

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