WASHINGTON: Members of a Congress created federal body that monitors violation of religious freedom abroad on Wednesday expressed concern over India’s amended citizenship laws, saying it could result in the “wide-scale disenfranchisement” of Muslims in the country. Members of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) along with an invited panel of experts convened […]
Tehran: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Thursday asked the Indian government to confront what he called “extremist Hindus and their parties”, saying the hearts of Muslims all over the world are “grieving” over the recent communal violence in Delhi. His remarks comes two days after India summoned Iran’s Ambassador Ali Chegeni in New […]
Gurgaon: NSA Ajit Doval on Thursday told young police officers heading district force to be “credible and fair” and warned them that if they fail, democracy would also fail. During his lecture, organised by the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) under the Union Home Ministry, Doval laid special emphasis on police and policing […]
Srinagar: The School Education Department has put lives of more than 200 students and of their teachers at risk by cramming them into a decrepit building that is about to fall apart. Students of Government Primary School, Channa Mohalla, and Government Primary School, Watakullo, in Chrar-i-Sharief zone of Budgam were clubbed in 2015 and housed […]
Srinagar: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday published a “summary of recent cases of police harassment of media personnel and violation of the confidentiality of their sources in the Kashmir Valley.” In this summary, the international press watchdog started by mentioning the latest such incident, which took place on Wednesday afternoon in a village in […]
New Delhi: The CBI has booked Hilal Rather, the son of National Conference leader and former finance minister Abdul Rahim Rather, in Rs 177-crore bank fraud case, officials said on Thursday. The agency has taken over the case on the recommendation of the Anti-Corruption Branch of Jammu and Kashmir, they said. It is alleged that […]
JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu Thursday launched “Student Health Card”, saying it is part of government’s comprehensive school health education plan to ensure better healthcare for school children and facilitate their all-round development. “These Student Health Cards shall be distributed to all the government schools for maintaining a proper health record of all enrolled […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmir Press Club has taken a strong note of the harassment of the two video journalists at the hands of police in south Kashmir. “Two cameramen Qayoom Khan and Qisar Mir, working for CNN-News 18 and TV9 Bharatvarsh, were stopped by the police from conducting their professional work on March 4 in Pulwama. Not […]
JAMMU: A senior government official was among several people booked by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) for alleged embezzlement of funds meant for Scheduled Tribe (ST) students in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The case was registered against M S Choudhary, the Chief-Executive Officercum- Managing Director of State Procurement and Supplies Agency, and others after […]
AWANTIPORA: Police on Thursday said it has solved vehicle battery theft case and arrested three. The accused persons have been identified as Mohammad Amin Khan, son of Abdul Khaliq, resident of Tulbagh Pampore, Mohammad Younis Wagay, son of Abdul Ahad and Feroz Ahmad Rather, son of Ghulam Qadir, residents of Preng Hajin Sumbal, Bandipora. Police […]