NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) got a shot in the arm when Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, joined the party on Friday. “The party is vehemently opposed to corruption and this is what I liked in it. There is a disparity between the rich and poor and this also reflects in poor. […]
Srinagar: Life remained paralyzed in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, where curfew remained in place for the second consecutive day Friday to thwart anti-India protests over the death of a militant in an alleged gunfight in Budgam district of central Kashmir. On Wednesday, Army had claimed it killed a Jaish-e-Mohammad militant Tauseef Ahmad Dar, son of […]
By Pradipta Tapadar Kolkata: Driven by unemployment at home, hundreds of Kashmiri youths make Kolkata their winter abode selling a variety of woolens, mostly hand-woven, to customers who eagerly await their arrival. Though insurgency has seen a decline in the Kashmir Valley, there is high unemployment among educated youths who are compelled to fan out […]
The then Prime Minister of India, I. K. Gujral, hoped that the next round of Indo-Pak secretary level talks would start soon and cover all the eight points agreed to at the Islamabad meeting in June the previous year. Replying to a question on what the major hurdle in continuing the talks was, Gujral said: […]
Srinagar: An inmate of Central jail Srinagar died at the SMHS Hospital here on Friday, police said. Mukhtar Bhat son of Ghulam Mohiuddin Bhat of Dalipora Pulwama was admitted to the hospital last evening after he complained of severe abdominal pain. The deceased was arrested on September 19 last year in case FIR (259/2013) under […]
By K J M Varma Beijing: Defending a proposed Economic Corridor through Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PAK), China on Thursday said the multi-billion dollar project will have “no detriment” to the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan. The 2,000-km corridor connecting China’s Xinjiang region with Gwadar Port in southwestern Pakistan is aimed at improving the well-being of […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court has asked Director Prosecution to appear before it on next date of hearing to explain failure in ensuring appearance of state counsels in criminal cases pending before it for disposal. The direction was passed by a single bench of Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey after state failed to file in […]
Jammu: The State Accountability Commission is probing eight cases against some politicians including Deputy Chief Minister Tara Chand and three of his ministerial colleagues, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said in the Assembly on Thursday. The regular inquiry cases pending for disposal is against the Deputy Chief Minister, three other sitting ministers, six […]
Srinagar: The Mirwaiz Umar Farooq-led Hurriyat Conference Thursday termed as “misleading” the reported statement of India’s Minister of State for Home Affairs R P N Singh that the Government of India was talking with the pro-freedom leadership, and said it has been done to “hoodwink” the public opinion. “The minister’s statement is misleading and made […]
Jammu: The Indian government has agreed to the suggestion of Jammu and Kashmir government to host a mega football event in Kashmir during the summers this year. “The Centre has agreed to the suggestion of Jammu and Kashmir government to host a mega football event in Kashmir during the summers this year,” an official spokesman […]