Two vehicles seized with illicit timbers
Driver set free under political pressure, allege locals
Rafiabad : While forest department claims to have launched ‘war’ against timber smuggling, forest officials in Rafiabad have allegedly set free the divers of two vehicles seized with illicit timber. The drivers and few smugglers were arrested along with illicit timber in Rafiabad area in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday midnight The forest officials […]
JKLF offers jinazah in absentia of party leader
Srinagar: Chairman JKLF Muhammad Yasin Malik has paid tributes to deceased leader Ghulam Muhammad Butt who breathed his last in Rawalpindi Pakistan yesterday. A JKLF spokesman said that funeral prayers in absentia were held for the deceased leader in Srinagar in which advocate Bashir Ahmad Butt, Noor Muhammad Kalwal, Muhmmad Zaman Mir and Javaid Ahmad […]
US hurting its own credibility with U-turn on trade: China
Beijing, May 30: China today said the Trump adminstration is hurting its own credibility by every “flip-flop and U-turn” on trade tariffs, and warned that it does not want a trade war but will take forceful measures to defend its legitimate interests. Hitting back at the Trump administration’s threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff […]
Tourist police busts fake travel agency, nabs a fraudster
Srinagar, May 30: Tourism Enforcement Wing of J&K Police busted a fake Travel Agency by the name of “Al Shama Holidays”. A police spokesman today in a statement said that taking cognizance of complaints received from several tourists, three cases were registered at tourist police station Srinagar. During investigation it surfaced that a fake Travel […]
KASHMIR VICTIM OF CONFLICT
By: Bhat Qaisar The Muslim majority population in the Kashmir Valley suffers from the repressive tactics of the security forces since India & Pakistan got separated. Human rights abuses have been a part of the campaign against Muslim Kashmiris, particularly after the outbreak of a full fledged armed struggle in 1990’s. The oppression has manifested […]
IHC allows Amir Liaquat to appear on TV, but upholds ban on his Ramazan show
Islamabad, May 30: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Wednesday granted some relief to controversial anchorperson Dr Amir Liaquat by allowing him to appear on television shows, but upheld a Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) decision to suspend his Ramazan TV show on Bol TV. On May 25, the electronic media watchdog had slapped […]
Tragedy as farce
Tyranny will always lend itself to lampooning.
By: Mahir Ali IN his 1852 critique of Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, Karl Marx begins by citing the Hegelian remark that “all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce.” Whatever one might think of that opinion, it would surely be […]
Salah out for up to four weeks, says Liverpool physio
Egypt’s Mohamed Salah’s shoulder injury will keep him out of action for three to four weeks, Liverpool’s club physio said, as the forward tries to recover in time for the World Cup. The 25-year-old winger is desperate to play for Egypt in only their third World Cup and their first for 38 years. “He is […]
Court issues arrest warrant against BJP leader for abusing Mehbooba Mufti
Jammu: A Jammu and Kashmir court has issued an arrest warrant against BJP leader Rajinder Singh for using derogatory language against Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti during a rally in Kathua. The warrant was issued by Kathua’s Chief Judicial Magistrate A S Langeh yesterday after the SHO of the Hiranagar police station filed an application in […]
Centre not serious about dialogue process: Soz
Srinagar, May 30: Senior Congress leader Saifuddin Soz today said the Centre was not serious about any dialogue process in Jammu and Kashmir, claiming that government’s special representative to the state Dineshwar Sharma has not been able to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi or National Security Advisor Ajit Doval so far. Soz was referring to […]
