Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani will be shifted to New Delhi for treatment as his illness has gotten worse, the amalgam said Tuesday. Geelani is suffering from ‘chronic bronchitis’ and the unexpected change in weather has had an adverse affect on his health, a Hurriyat spokesman said in a statement here. “He […]
Raipur: In a brazen daytime attack, Naxals on Tuesday ambushed a security team killing 15 personnel including 11 of the CRPF and also a civilian in a chilling reminder of the 2010 massacre of 76 personnel in the same area in the worst-hit Sukma district of Chhattisgarh. The attack at 10.15 am at Jeerum Nullah, […]
SRINAGAR: Uttar Pradesh’s Swami Vivekanand Subharti University (SVSU), which had suspended 67 Kashmiri students for allegedly cheering for Pakistan cricket team in a cricket match against India, may act against a “couple of students” while the others may be able to rejoin the campus within a month. “We are eager to put this incident behind […]
Meerut/Srinagar: The 67 Kashmiri students who were expelled from a private university here after being slapped with sedition charges for allegedly cheering the Pakistan cricket team can only get readmission after they are cleared of the charges in the probe, the university officials said Monday. Prof Manzoor Ahmed, vice-chancellor of Meerut’s Swami Vivekanand Subharti University […]
New Delhi: Javed Akhtar, husband of prominent Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi, on Monday said the Kashmiri students who had been suspended by their university in Uttar Pradesh for cheering for Pakistan during a cricket match should be rusticated and sent back to Kashmir. “Why the suspension of those 67 Kashmiri students who cheered Pakistan is […]
“During Graham’s visit to Washington on February 11 prior to his departure (for the) subcontinent, (State) Dept officials indicated (the) desire to be (of) maximum assistance to him in his final effort (to) achieve (an) Indo-Pak agreement. (An)informal suggestion (was) made that if Graham believed (that a) Presidential appeal (to)Nehru and Nazimuddin would be helpful, […]
SRINAGAR: An Army soldier allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle inside a camp in Ganderbal district of central Kashmir, police said on Monday. Sepoy Sunil was on sentry duty at Wusan camp in Kangan area when his colleagues heard a shot on Sunday night and rushed towards him, they said. The […]
New Delhi: In order to expedite proceedings against sitting MPs and MLAs involved in criminal cases, the Supreme Court on Monday set a deadline for lower courts to complete trial in cases involving lawmakers within a year of framing of charges. A bench, headed by justice RM Lodha, also said that the trial courts will […]
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Monday gave the federal government until March 14 to present Tasif Ali, believed to be a Hizbul Mujahideen activist who went missing on November 23, 2012. A two-member bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Nasirul Mulk, heard the case relating to the disappearance of Tasif. During […]
SRINAGAR: Amritsar-based Sikh organization, Dal Khalsa, Monday expressed solidarity with Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani and prayed for his speedy recovery. In a statement issued from Amritsar, the party spokesperson Kanwarpal Singh said “the news of Geelani’s not keeping well and falling ill has caused us a worry.” “Now, we have learned that […]