Islamabad: Kashmir’s largest militant group Hizbul Mujahideen has distanced itself from its former senior leader Mast Gul, who has recently resurfaced as a Taliban commander in Pakistan. 47-year-old Mast Gul, who is now believed to be part of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan like many former militants who operated in Kashmir, has claimed responsibility for three attacks […]
New Delhi: The Indian government on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that 1993 Delhi blast convict Devender Pal Singh Bhullar won’t be executed because of his health. The government gave this assurance to the apex court after the latter expressed its anguish over the delay in framing its response to Delhi Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung’s […]
Srinagar: The Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat Conference Wednesday dismissed the criticism leveled at it for entering into dialogue with New Delhi. “Hurriyat Conference does not believe in unnecessary criticism or pointing fingers at any pro-freedom organization or person but deliberate, mindless fatwas and devoid-of-fact statements are against the objectives and interests of the movement and […]
Srinagar: For the first time, Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) will be listing all eatables’ sale points sold at Army Cantonment area at Badami Bagh here. The SMC’s move to extend its jurisdiction has come as the Cantonment had no designated Food Safety Officer or laboratory to test quality of eatables, a SMC handout saidWednesday. It […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today referred the issue of legalising euthanasia in the country to a five- judge Constitution bench, saying there has been “inconsistent” opinion in its previous verdicts on withdrawing medical support to terminally ill patients. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice P Sathasivam said that it is extremely important to […]
New Delhi: Asking Muslims to give Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) a chance “at least once”, its president Rajnath Singh on Tuesday made a bid to woo the community ahead of the Lok Sabha elections by saying the party is willing to apologise for any “mistake”, an apparent reference to Gujarat riots. “Please note that whenever, […]
Mumbai: Bombay High Court today ordered Maharashtra education department to issue directives to all educational institutions to put up display boards outside their premises stating that sale and consumption of cigarettes and any tobacco product is banned within 100 meters. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S Sanklecha was hearing […]
The Government of India issued a white paper on Jammu and Kashmir. On Page 3, the paper described the state’s accession as valid but purely provisional. This was the official Indian position on accession for quite some time. However, it changed and India started claiming Jammu and Kashmir as its integral part. 2002: Debate on […]
NEW DELHI: With the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the government is planning to raise the workdays under its ambitious rural employment guarantee programme MNREGA from 100 to 150 days per year. A proposal in this regard will be considered by the Union Cabinet on Friday, sources said here Tuesday. The populist measure is […]
NEW DELHI: Former RAW chief Sanjeev Tripathi today joined the BJP ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, following the footsteps of several retired bureaucrats and diplomats finding a career in politics. Tripathi, a 1972-batch IPS officer, is the latest to join the saffron party in the recent past after former Home Secretary R K Singh, […]