KANDAHAR: Amid a stand-off between the US and the embattled Afghan President, India on Saturday saluted Hamid Karzai’s “extraordinary and brave” leadership in “nurturing democracy and peace” in the war-torn country. External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, in his speech at the inauguration of Afghanistan’s first national agriculture university here, backed Karzai and lauded his leadership […]
New Delhi: New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Indian government and the states on a plea for scrapping a rule that allows use of red beacons on the vehicles of high dignitaries. A bench headed by Justice R M Lodha asked the authorities to file response within four weeks and […]
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal has quit as the Chief Minister of Delhi. According to reports, the Delhi Cabinet has taken the decision to quit. Kejriwal is likely to meet Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung to tender his resignation. The cabinet has also recommended the dissolution of the assembly and demanded fresh polls. Earlier, Kejriwal gave enough […]
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir skipper Parvez Rasool’s ever growing stocks had a massive lift Thursday, with the all-rounder emerging as one of the high profile picks among the uncapped players on the second and final day of Indian Premier League auction held at Bangalore. The Bijbehara lad fetched whopping Rs 9.5 million (95 lakh) with […]
New Delhi: People can now buy postal orders online to file RTI applications after payment of fee through a postal department website. Earlier this facility was only available to Indian citizens living abroad. “This facility has been provided for Indian citizens to facilitate them to seek information from the Central Public Information Officers (CPIOs) under […]
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Thursday it has decided to resume cross-border trade in Kashmir after weeks of suspension over arrest of a Pakistani driver by the Indian authorities over smuggling charges. Pakistan in a tit-for-tat response also detained several Indian trucks on its part of Kashmir last month that led to suspension of trade across […]
Srinagar: Former Minister of State for Health, Shabir Ahmad Khan was Thursday arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a woman doctor and released on bail soon after he appeared at a police station here. The Congress MLA, who was forced to resign from the Omar Abdullah ministry in the wake of the charges and had […]
Srinagar: Police has ruled out any action against the security guards of former Minister of State for Health Shabir Ahmad Khan, who is on the run after a local court issued arrest warrant against him for allegedly trying to molest a lady doctor last week. “There has been no security lapse in this case. The […]
Srinagar: Curfew-like restrictions were imposed on Sunday in most parts of Kashmir Valley to prevent protests to mark the first death anniversary of Mohammad Afzal Guru who was hanged in New Delhi’s Tihar Jail on February 9 last year. Almost all major towns in the Valley were put under a siege with heavy deployment of […]
Jammu: The Cabinet which met here under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah approved promotion of K. Rajendara Kumar and P. L. Gupta, IPS officers of 1984 batch, to the grade of DGP in the pay scale of Rs 75500-80000 with effect from January 1. The Cabinet also approved promotion of IPS officer, Lalatendu […]