KOHIMA — Nagaland Assembly on Monday unanimously passed a resolution demanding the Centre to repeal the controversial Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, (AFSPA), 1958 from the state and rest of the Northeast “to strengthen the ongoing efforts to find a peaceful political settlement to the Naga political issue.” The Assembly also called for an apology […]
NEW DELHI — Noting that law graduates in this country are only accustomed to considering legal problems in a theoretical manner, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Sunday stressed the need to introduce courses that are more practical. Speaking at the 18th Annual Convocation of Nalsar law University near here he cautioned the graduating […]
NEW DELHI — A Tribunal under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) on Monday sought the stand of Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) in proceedings to consider the Union government’s decision to declare it as an unlawful association. The one-member Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal, comprising Delhi High Court Chief Justice D N Patel, issued […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Sunday said the resolution of the Kashmir issue was important for regional peace and stability. Gen Bajwa made the comments during a meeting with Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud who called on him here on the sidelines of the 17th extraordinary […]
SRINAGAR — Rights activists and relatives of the three men killed in the Hyderpora encounter last month have asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to make public the report of a magisterial probe into the incident. “It has been more than a month since the government had ordered a magisterial probe into the fake encounter […]
SRINAGAR — Soon after the Delimitation Commission proposed six additional seats for the Jammu region and one for the Kashmir division, the Kashmir-based politicians have condemned the move and termed it an “agenda of the Bhartiya Janta Party”. National Conference Vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday called the […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference on Monday expressed serious concern at the Jammu and Kashmir authorities’ decision to privatize assets of the JK Power Department and merge it with the Power Grid Corporation of India. “At no other place in India has such kind of a merger taken place as the authorities are doing […]
SRINAGAR — Admitting that the people have suffered immensely in the last two days due to the strike called by the Power Development Department (PDD) employees, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday said that 100 per cent electricity across Jammu and Kashmir will be restored by tomorrow. He, however, said that some people don’t want […]
PULWAMA — Police on Monday claimed to have arrested two militant associates of the Jaish-i-Muhammad outfit in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Pulwama police with the assistance of 55 RR and 182 Bn CRPF arrested two militant associates of outfit Jaish-i-Mohmmad involved in providing shelter, logistics, and other support to the militants as well as in […]
JAMMU — The Jammu University has cancelled all (UG) Undergraduate and (PG) Post-Graduate exams due to power crisis amid on-going strike by (PDD) Power Development Department employees in Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory. According to notification by Jammu University, “due to strike by the Power Development Department personnel in J&K-UT, all UG/PG examinations (both offline/online) […]