Mumbai: India’s voice on the global stage can only gain in authority and credibility from a strong commitment to inclusivity and respect for human rights at home, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday. Addressing students of the IIT Bombay here, Guterres said, “As an elected member of the Human Rights Council, India […]
Hit out at admin, BJP for ‘lip service and condemnations’ Jammu: Dogra employees of J&K administration on Wednesday held a demonstration here over targeted killings of minorities and demanded immediate relocation away from the Valley. The protest follows the murder of Puran Krishan Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit who was shot dead, allegedly by militants, in […]
‘Hybrid militant’ involved in the attack arrested within hours Anantnag: Two non-local labourers were killed in an explosion, caused by a hand grenade hurled into their rented accommodation by militants, late Monday night in Shopian district, the police said. Police also said they arrested a “hybrid militant” allegedly involved in the attack within hours after […]
KP employees say they won’t return to Valley Jammu: Several parties and organisations on Tuesday held protests here against the killing of two non-local labourers by militants in the latest targeted attack in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said. Kashmiri Pandit migrants and Jammu-based reserved category employees, who have been protesting to press for relocation […]
Jammu: Several Kashmiri migrant pandit organisations on Tuesday expressed concern over the unabated targeted killings by militants in the Valley and proposed a fact-finding delegation to assess the ground situation. Panun Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Vichar Manch, Roots in Kashmir, Youth 4 Panun Kashmir and Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD) representatives met and discussed the […]
Bulandshahr (UP): There cannot be a more heinous crime than the killing of innocents and as an Indian he feels ashamed, Kerala Governor Arif Mohammad Khan said on Tuesday, reacting to the targeted killings of Kashmiri pandits by militants in the Valley. Khan was here to unveil the statue of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar at Bangar […]
New Delhi: Peace and tranquillity in the border areas clearly remains the basis for normal relations between India and China, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Tuesday amid the lingering border row in eastern Ladakh. Jaishankar said the last few years have been a period of “serious challenge”, both for the relationship and for […]
Kathua/Jammu: Shiromani Akali Dal (A) President Simranjit Singh Mann spent the night protesting at Lakhanpur — the gateway to Jammu and Kashmir bordering Punjab — after being denied entry into the Union Territory, officials said. Mann, a Member of Parliament from Sangrur in Punjab, was stopped on the orders of Kathua District Magistrate Rahul Pandey, […]
SC to hear pleas against release of 11 convicts on Nov 29 New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday remarked the Gujarat government’s reply to pleas challenging the remission granted to 11 convicts in the Bilkis Bano gang-rape case is very bulky wherein a series of judgments have been quoted but factual statements are missing. […]
Deliberate attempts being made to divide people in Kashmir and Jammu, says MP Masoodi Jammu: A committee formed by opposition parties against the inclusion of non-locals in the electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday decided to hold protests to mobilise public support on the issue. The panel, which included all the five constituents […]