Banihal: Thirteen people were killed and 34 injured, some of them seriously, when a mini-bus in which they were travelling plunged into a gorge in Ramban district Sunday. The vehicle was on its way to Ramban town from Banihal when it skidded off the road and rolled down into the 800-ft deep gorge at Battery […]
Srinagar: Pakistan’s Ministry of Kashmir Affairs has asked the government to take the execution of Mohammad Afzal Guru to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) “on the ground that he was not given a fair trial,” a media report said Sunday. “I have formally asked the Foreign Affairs Ministry to complete all the formalities to […]
SRINAGAR: The Kashmir Centre for Social and Developmental Studies (KCSDS) aims to constitute a joint forum for direct negotiations with New Delhi over the much-awaited return of hydropower projects to the state. “We are in the final stage of constituting a joint forum of all civil society groups to directly take up with New Delhi […]
India and Pakistan agreed on February 17, 2005, to run buses across the Line of Control that divides Kashmir. The accord was most significant since the nuclear-armed powers began negotiating early the previous year to end more than half a century of conflict, much of it turning on the status of Kashmir. It was one […]
KARACHI: Pakistani authorities have stopped issuing “No-Objection Certificates” for the screening of Indian films, holding up the release of new movies like ‘Gunday’ and ‘Hasee Toh Phasee’. The Federal Information and Broadcasting Ministry has told distributors and exhibitors of Indian films that it is processing new laws and regulations and NOCs will not be issued […]
SRINAGAR: Time for bunking and taking rules for a ride may be over for the college students in Kashmir with Kashmir University (KU), for the first time, going tough on those falling short of attendance. Hundreds of first year undergraduate students will not be able to appear in their upcoming annual examination for they didn’t […]
New Delhi: Veteran Congress leader Karan Singh has come out with a book on his meetings with “remarkable women”, which has several tidbits like his suggestion to Indira Gandhi to quit after the Emergency and Morarji Desai offering to nominate Rukmini Devi Arundale for the post of President. “Meetings with Remarkable Women” offers a glimpse […]
Jaipur: A local court here has issued notice to union minister Salman Khurshid for allegedly making controversial remarks against Aam Aadmi Party. Additional Sessions Judge Harvindar Singh issued the notice yesterday on a review petition filed by AAP member, advocate Poonam Chand Bhandari, directing the External Affairs Minister to appear before the court, or through […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir government has constituted a Divisional Level Committee to monitor the progress of land acquisition/requisition cases by the Army. The committee headed by Divisional Commissioner has members in the form of all Deputy Commissioners of the respective division, Defence Estate Officers concerned and representative of Army (to be nominated by Northern/Western command). […]
New Delhi: India’s Defence Minister A K Antony appears to be backing the Army which is unwilling to review the clean-chit it has given to five of its officers in the Pathribal fake encounter case, a decision that has generated outrage in Jammu and Kashmir. The Army recently announced that it was closing the case […]