Modi govt first since 1996 unable to hold assembly polls in J-K on schedule: Omar
Srinagar: National Conference leader Omar Abdullah Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for taking credit for holding IPL tournament in the country while Lok Sabha elections were on claiming the BJP government at the Centre was the first not to hold assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on time since 1996. “Why is […]
Three killed as Cyclone Fani batters Odisha
Bhubaneswar: Three people were killed in separate incidents as cyclone Fani battered the Odisha coast Friday, officials said. A teenager was killed when a tree came crashing down on him at a place within Sakhigopal police station area limits in Puri district. Flying debris from a concrete structure hit a woman in Nayagarh district when […]
Pakistan issues order to freeze assets of Jem chief Azhar, impose travel ban
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has issued an official order to freeze the assets of and impose a travel ban on JeM chief Masood Azhar after the UN declared him a “global terrorist”. Pakistan-based Azhar is also banned from selling or purchasing arms and ammunition. The UN sanctions committee on the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda on Wednesday announced […]
‘Surgical strikes’ return to politico-electoral discourse
Cong slams BJP, claims 6 surgical strikes under UPA rule
New Delhi, May 2: The Congress Thursday came out with a list of six “anti-terror surgical strikes” carried out during UPA rule, asserting that it never tried to take political advantage from military operations. The Congress released the list at a press conference after BJP leader Arun Jaitley took a jibe at the opposition party, […]
Cong’s surgical strikes claim fraudulent, says BJP
New Delhi, May 02: The BJP on Thursday said the Congress’s claim of carrying out surgical strikes during its 10-year tenure under former prime minister Manmohan Singh was “fraudulent and farcical”, alleging that the grand old party was “guilty” of not allowing the punitive action against terrorists. The Congress on Thursday claimed that six surgical […]
India plays down absence of Pulwama reference in UN notification on JeM chief’s listing
Says Pulwama attack played a role
New Delhi, May 2: India Thursday played down absence of reference to Pulwama attack in the UN notification designating Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a “global terrorist”, asserting that it broadly covered all his “terrorist acts”. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the UN notification was not supposed to be Azhar’s bio-data, insisting that […]
‘Breakthrough in Azhar case came during Imran Khan’s China trip’
Islamabad, May 02: The “breakthrough” in designating Masood Azhar as a “global terrorist” came during Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent visit to China where the two sides agreed to withdraw their opposition to the latest move to blacklist the JeM chief, a media report said here Thursday. The UN’s sanctions committee announced Wednesday the […]
Former MLA arrested for ‘assaulting’ woman Sarpanch in Jammu
Jammu, May 02: National Conference leader and former MLA Gagan Bhagat was arrested Thursday for allegedly abusing and thrashing a woman Sarpanch in the border belt of R S Pura in Jammu district, officials said. The alleged incident of thrashing was reported in the area on Saturday but the video, purportedly showing the NC leader […]
Doctor, his son held after woman dies at hospital in Akhnoor
Jammu, May 02: A doctor at a hospital in Jammu’s Akhnoor was arrested following the death of a married woman allegedly after she was administered an injection, police said Thursday. The doctor’s son was also arrested after the family members of the deceased, identified as Anju Devi, alleged that he attacked them, they said. “We […]
‘Burqa’ ban ok if ‘ghunghat’ too is outlaw: Javed Akhtar
Bhopal, May 02: Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar Thursday said he was not averse to enacting a law banning the ‘burqa’ if it was accompanied with a similar action against the ‘ghunghat’ system prevalent among women in Rajasthan and Gujarat. Akhtar’s comment came in the wake of the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Wednesday urging the Modi government […]
