Mehbooba addresses workers meeting of Sumbal Sonawari
Asks workers to reach out to people
Srinagar, October 30: PDP President and former Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti today asserted that her Party has a critical role in the present situation in the State and asked her workers to reach out to people to get them out of present critical times. Presiding a meeting of office bearers of Sumbal Sonawari Assembly constituency […]
Newly-elected JMC Corporators sworn in
JAMMU, OCTOBER 30: The newly elected Municipal Corporators of Jammu Municipal Corporation (JMC) today took oath of office here at a swearing-in ceremony administered by Divisional Commissioner, Sanjeev Verma. The Corporators for 75 JMC wards including 27 women elects took oath in English, Dogri, Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Sanskrit languages. Congratulating the elected members for […]
Malegaon blast case: Court frames terror charges against Purohit, Sadhvi and 5 others
Mumbai, Oct 30: A special court Tuesday framed terror charges against Lt Col Prasad Purohit, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur and five other accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, setting the stage for their trial that will commence on Friday. Observing that the organisation named Abhinav Bharat was formed by the accused with the common […]
Sikh-Americans seek PM Modi’s help for Kartarpur Sahib Corridor
Washington, Oct 30 : A Sikh American body on Monday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s help in opening the Kartarpur Sahib corridor, which would give the community members unhindered access to the historic place in Pakistan where Guru Nanak Dev spent last 18 years of his life. Kartarpur is situated in Narowal district of Pakistan’s […]
School principal in Peshawar handed 105 years in prison for child abuse, rape
Peshawar, Oct 30: A sessions court in Peshawar on Tuesday handed a total of 105 years in prison to a private school’s principal on charges of child abuse, pornography, rape, blackmail and maintaining illicit relations. The convict, Attaullah Marwat, was also fined Rs1.4 million in addition to the jail terms. The sentences were handed down […]
An officer and a gentleman
The curious title of the book ‘Sarkari Mussulman’ translates as ‘Uncle Tom’ in the given context.
MOVIE actor Naseeruddin Shah was having a tame chat with an indulgent Delhi audience when one of his two elder brothers seated in the front row rattled him with a troubling question. Why were terrorists almost always shown as Muslims in Mumbai movies? One such movie was a hit in which Naseer played a nationalist-minded […]
Shopian Municipal Committee Councilors take oath
SHOPIAN, OCTOBER 30: The newly-elected members of Municipal Committee Shopian took oath at a swearing-in-ceremony held here today. ACR Shopian, Majid Jahangir administered oath to the 11 elected Municipal Committee members in presence of Deputy Commissioner Shopian Dr Owais Ahmad. The DDC, on the occasion, congratulated the newly elected Councilors and urged them to work […]
DC Reasi flags off farmers’ tour to Himachal
REASI, OCTOBER 30: Deputy Commissioner Prasanna Ramaswamy G, today flagged off a group of 43 farmers for an educational tour to Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. The tour has been sponsored by Department of Horticulture under the Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) 2018-19. Horticulture Development Officer Reasi, Rajinder Kumar accompanied the farmers on the tour. […]
Lionel Messi Trophy! La Liga president open to the idea
Barcelona: Lionel Messi is “the best in football history” and LaLiga president Javier Tebas is open to naming a trophy for the competition’s best player in his honour. Barcelona superstar Messi, a five-time Ballon d’Or winner, is LaLiga’s all-time leading goalscorer on 390 and has lifted the title on nine occasions. The Spanish top-flight’s end-of-season […]
Sumji presides over APHC executive council meet
Srinagar October 30, 2018: All Parties Hurriyat Conference Majlish Shoora (Executive Council) held a meeting presided over by its Secretary General, Gh. Nabi Sumji, which was attended by the heads or representatives of the constituent parties of the amalgam. A statement issued by the amalgam said that the meeting discussed at length various issues including […]
