New Delhi: India on Sunday hit out at Pakistan at the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), saying lectures by a country with an abysmal track record of democracy is laughable and advised it to stop its terror factories to launch cross-border terrorist attacks in Jammu and Kashmir. Using his right of reply against Pakistan during 148th Assembly […]
Pune: Chief of Defence Staff General Anil Chauhan on Monday said the unsettled borders with China and the rise of that country will remain the most formidable challenge for India and its armed forces in the foreseeable future. Speaking at the 3rd Strategic and Security Dialogue on the Rise of China and its implications for […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court today upheld the right to dissent, saying every criticism is not an offence and if it were thought so, democracy would not survive. The court also observed that the police should be sensitised about India’s democratic values and the freedom of speech granted by the Constitution. Professor Javed Ahmed Hajam […]
Srinagar: The National Conference (NC) on Tuesday said the party will contest all the three Lok Sabha constituencies in the Kashmir valley on its own, even as talks were on with the Congress to decide on the three seats of Jammu and Ladakh regions. Both the parties are members of the opposition INDIA bloc. The […]
United Nations/Geneva: India has slammed Pakistan as it raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, saying it should introspect on its own appalling human rights record and “deserved global reputation” as the “world’s terrorism factory”. Under Secretary in India’s Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva Jagpreet […]
NEW DELHI: Several petitions were filed in the Supreme Court on Wednesday seeking review of its December 11 verdict unanimously upholding the revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. The petitioners include the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, Awami National Conference, […]
New Delhi: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Monday refused to fuel any further the controversy over the Supreme Court’s unanimous verdict upholding the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution that bestowed special status on the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, saying tersely the judges decide a case “according to the Constitution […]
New Delhi: A faction of Muslim League Jammu Kashmir, led by separatist leader Masarat Alam Bhat, was on Wednesday declared a banned organisation by the government under the stringent anti-terror law. The ban comes as a response to the outfit’s involvement in anti-national and secessionist activities in Jammu and Kashmir, with the intent to create […]
Mobile Internet Services Remain Suspended In Poonch, Rajouri Jammu: The Army has initiated a Court of Inquiry as police lodged a murder case against unknown persons over the death of three civilians picked up for questioning by the force after four soldiers died in a militant attack in Poonch recently, official sources said on Monday. […]
Srinagar: Former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah Tuesday questioned bail being granted to an army officer convicted of killing three civilians in a “staged” encounter in 2020, with the NC leader terming it a reminder from the government that the blood of people of Jammu and Kashmir is “cheap”. The armed forces tribunal […]