SC dismisses plea seeking direction to debar Rahul Gandhi from contesting LS polls
New Delhi, May 9: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a plea seeking direction to the Centre and the Election Commission to debar Congress President Rahul Gandhi from contesting Lok Sabha elections till the issue of his citizenship is decided. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi rejected the contention of the petitioners, who said […]
Indian Christian serves iftar to nearly 800 Muslim workers
Dubai: An Indian Christian businessman, who built a mosque for Muslim workers in the UAE, is serving iftar meals to nearly 800 workers during the ongoing month of Ramzan. Saji Cheriyan, 49, who hails from Kerala’s Kayamkulam, built the mosque last year for Muslim workers living in a worker accommodation that he rented out to […]
Guv reviews security scenario in state
ADGP Munir Khan to probe killings of political persons since Oct 2018
Srinagar, Apr 08: Governor Satya Pal Malik Wednesday reviewed the security scenario in the state and directed the administration to ensure safety of protected persons and also give due consideration to the genuine apprehensions of political activists working at the grassroots level. The Governor undertook a detailed review of the security management related issues in […]
2 civilians shot at in Shopian
Srinagar, May 08: Suspected militants Wednesday shot at and injured two civilians in Shopian district of south Kashmir, police said. Reports said that the gunmen barged inside a chemist shop in Zainapora at around 3 pm and fired upon Irfan Hameed and Muzafar Ahmad. Both of them suffered injuries in the attack following which they […]
Man accused in Saderkoot Bala massacre sent to judicial custody
Srinagar, May 08: A local court in Bandipora on Wednesday sent one of the accused in Saderkoot Bala massacre case to judicial custody. An official said that Wali Mohammad Mir, son of Mohammad Maqsood Mir, a resident of Saderkoot Bala was produced before Principal District and Sessions court Bandipora after he was arrested by the […]
Political parties demand rollback of toll tax on Sgr-Jmu highway
Srinagar, May 08: Cutting across party affiliations, different political parties in Kashmir Wednesday demanded an immediate rollback of the toll tax being levied on vehicles on the Srinagar–Jammu national highway. A newly constructed toll plaza on the four-lane highway at Sangam in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district was recently made operational to collect toll tax from […]
Army has no data on “surgical strikes” carried before Sept 2016: DGMOs
Jammu, May 08: Army has no data to suggest that ‘surgical strikes’ were conducted by its troops across the Line of Control (LoC) before September 29, 2016. This was stated by the Directorate General of Military Operations (DGMOs) in a RTI reply, putting to rest the claim of UPA and Congress that six surgical strikes […]
10 killed in suicide attack outside Data Darbar shrine in Lahore
Lahore, May 08: A teenage Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up outside one of Pakistan’s oldest and most revered Sufi shrines in Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, including five police commandos, and injuring 25 others as the country marks the Muslim holy month of Ramazan. The powerful blast took place around 8:45 […]
Pak sets up committee to determine dates of religious festivals scientifically
Islamabad, May 08: Pakistan has set up a committee to determine lunar dates of religious festivals through a scientific method and end confusion in dates related to moon-sighting by clerics. “The five-member committee will finalize the calendar to indicate the exact dates of Ramadan (Ramazan), Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Azha and Moharram for the next five years with […]
BJP panel to probe ‘Leh bribery’ charge, questions claims of scribes
Jammu, May 08: The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit will set up a committee to probe the allegation that some party leaders tried to bribe journalists to influence parliamentary polls, party’s state unit chief Ravinder Raina said Wednesday, even as a legislator named in the matter claimed the envelopes given to scribes had invitations and […]
