Assam flood situation grim, 29 lakh affected
Guwahati: Assam’s flood situation remained grim on Friday with eight more people losing their lives in the last 24 hours and over 29 lakh still affected, officials said. Most parts of Cachar district headquarters, Silchar, were still waterlogged, they said. The death toll due to floods and landslides this year increased to 159, while one […]
2 Sikh businessmen killed in broad daylight in Pak; PM Sharif says ‘act of terrorism’
Peshawar: Two Sikh businessmen were shot dead on Sunday by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the latest targeted terrorist attack against the minority community in the restive province bordering Afghanistan. Saljeet Singh, 42, and Ranjeet Singh, 38, died on the spot after being attacked by two bike-borne assailants in the morning, according […]
Shaheen Bagh protest: Occupying public spaces not acceptable, says SC
New Delhi: Occupying public places for protests is not acceptable and areas like Shaheen Bagh — which had seen prolonged anti-CAA demonstrations starting December last year — cannot be occupied “indefinitely”, the Supreme Court held on Wednesday. It said protests should be at a designated place and any occupation of public places or roads by […]
2 absconders arrested in Jammu
Jammu, Jul 31: Two absconders were arrested in Kathua and Rajouri districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. Taking a stringent action against the absconders, a team of police post Hatli arrested the absconder, identified as Gurcharan Singh, in Barnoti belt of Kathua district, they said. The accused was absconding since December 2012, they […]
Breaking tradition, women in Pak tribal district cast their ballots for the first time
Islamabad, Jul 25 : In a historic first, women of a conservative tribal district of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan today cast their ballots as the country went to polls, according to a media report. Since Pakistan’s first general elections in the 70s, the women in Upper Dir, which was once a Taliban stronghold, had been deprived of […]
AIMPLB plans Shariat courts in all districts across India
Lucknow, Jul 08: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board, the highest decision making body on Muslim affairs, plans to open Darul-Qaza (Shariat courts) in all districts of the country to resolves issues in line with Islamic laws. The proposal will come up for discussion at a meeting of the AIMPLB in New Delhi on […]
Kathua, Unnao: Shame on us
In Kathua and Unnao, just blaming politicians is another way of exonerating ourselves
Our conduct as a society in the rape and murder case of an eight-year-old in Kathua has been so despicable that it can be said, without exaggeration, that India’s moral compass has been completely obliterated, carpet-bombed out of existence by the very custodians of law, morality and virtue who give daily sermons on national pride. […]
