At around 11 p.m. on February 23, 1991, soldiers from the 4 Rajputana Rifles cordoned off the village of Kunan Poshpora to conduct a search operation, and proceeded to gang-rape a large number of women in a terror spree lasting till 9 o’clock the next morning. Local villagers alleged that up to 32 women “were […]
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New Delhi: In a U-turn, Delhi Government’s Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) has refused to probe a complaint of “misuse” of official position by a Union Minister as it was beyond its jurisdiction. Incidentally, the ACB had last week registered an FIR against Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily, RIL Chief Mukesh Ambani, former Union Minister Murli Deora and […]
SRINAGAR: Police on Friday detained leaders of Hurriyat Conference J&K when they were on way to Warpora area of north Kashmir’s Sopore town, a spokesman of the amalgam said in a statement. He said that leaders including Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Muhammad Yusuf Naqash, Tariq Ahmad, Munir Ahmad, Sajad Ahmad Tantray and dozens […]
New Delhi: Observing that there is no right- based law in the country to address disabilities arising out of ageing, a parliamentary panel has suggested that a legislation for providing special assistance to citizens who are above the age of 80. A report presented in Parliament by the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment […]
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 […]