SRINAGAR — The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired a meeting to launch Digital JK, Digital Districts and Digital Panchayats campaign to bring in various e-governance initiatives on a single platform towards promoting ease of living in Jammu and Kashmir. Administrative Secretaries of departments of Health & Medical Education, School Education, Revenue, Rural […]
NEW DELHI — Wrestler Dalip Singh Rana, ‘the Great Khali’, on Thursday joined BJP in presence of Union Minister Jitendra Singh and party national general secretary Arun Singh and Member of Parliament Sunita Duggal at party national headquarters. Welcoming the WWE wrestler, Jitendra Singh said that like his strong physique and thoughts, Khali will work […]
NEW DELHI — The hijab row that has ignited protests in Karnataka colleges was raised before the Supreme Court today. As Congress leader Kapil Sibal, a senior lawyer, urged the court to take up an issue that he said is “spreading across the country”, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said: “We will see.” Mr […]
BENGALURU — A Karnataka High Court three-judge bench, hearing pleas on the hijab row, on Thursday directed the government to reopen schools in the state. As the bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S. Dixit and Justice Khaji Jaibunnesa Mohiyuddin began hearing the matter, the Chief Justice told Advocate General Prabhuling Navadagi […]
MANDYA (KARNATAKA) — Narendra Modi Vichar Manch has lodged a complaint with Mandya Police against Muslim organisation Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind for announcing Rs 5 lakh cash reward to the student who raised ‘Allah hu Akbar’ slogan during protests in connection with hijab row in the district of Karnataka. Muskaan Khan, the student of PES College of […]
BANDIPORA — The Jammu and Kashmir BOSE Tuesday declared the result of class 12th exam of Kashmir division with an overall percentage of 75. GHSS Bandipora emerged as the top institute in the district to register 159 distinctions, 107 first divisions and 39 students have qualified the exams with second division. As per the figures […]
BENGALURU — Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has come out in support of the Karnataka student, Bibi Muskan Khan, who shot to prominence during hijab protests, and said that hijab or ‘pardah’ is also part of Indian culture. The RSS Muslim wing — Muslim Rashtriya Manch — has backed Bibi Muskan’s plea to wear a hijab […]
SRINAGAR — A minor girl from Srinagar was killed in road accident in Awantipora area of Pulwama district on Thursday. An official said that a vehicle bearing registeration number JK18B-6101 met with an accident at Chersoo in Awantipora area in which a minor girl received critical injuries. He said that the girl was shifted to […]
POONCH — A 25-year-old young man died after he slipped while returning home with firewood from a jungle nearby his residence in Poonch district on Thursday. Official sources told GNS that one Manzoor Hussain (25) of Ucchad Nabana who was carrying firewood from nearby jungle (forest) slipped and fell down, resulting in his on the […]
BENGALURU — A three-judge bench of the Karnataka high court comprising Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, Justice Krishna S. Dixit and Justice J.M. Khazi will hear the matter pertaining to the right to wear hijab in schools and colleges from Thursday. The matter, that was till now being heard by Justice Dixit, was referred to […]