NEW DELHI — Congress’s Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor has stepped down as the host of a talk show on Sansad TV to show solidarity with the 12 Opposition MPs who were suspended from the Rajya Sabha. In a Twitter post, Shashi Tharoor said he was stepping down as the host of talk show ‘To […]
KOHIMA — The Eastern Naga Students’ Federation condemned the “inhuman massacre of our Konyak brothers” by the Indian Army personnel at Oting village under Mon district. “The inhuman act of the security forces leading to the killing spree of the innocent civilians cannot be accepted and tolerated when the Nagas are at the zenith of yearning […]
JAMMU — Police have registered a case after posters of a militant group were found pasted in a village in the Thanamandi area Rajouri district, officials said on Sunday. Two posters of the Jammu and Kashmir Ghaznavi Force (JKGF) were found pasted outside shops in the border district’s Azmatabad village on Saturday, they added. The […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir has the highest share of five per cent budget allocation in the health sector across the country, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday, as he asserted that the Union Territory administration is committed to continuously strengthening the health system and making healthcare more affordable and accessible to all. Sinha […]
JAMMU — Consistent erosion of Article 370 and denial of democracy alienated people in Jammu and Kashmir, CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami said on Sunday. The former legislator was responding to Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement that although Article 370 was in place for decades, but there was no peace in Jammu and Kashmir. […]
KOHIMA — Within hours of the killing of more than a dozen civilians allegedly by the security forces in Mon district in Nagaland, demands are being raised from various quarters for the repeal of the Armed Forces Special Forces Act, 1958-which gives power to the security forces, such as to use force without a warrant […]
MANCHESTER — A plane carrying a “Free Kashmir, 2,500 days occupied” banner was spotted during a football match in Manchester, leaving spectators surprised and amused. The incident happened during the Crystal Palace vs Manchester United match, which was taking place at the Old Trafford — a football stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It is still […]
SRINAGAR — Amid an outcry over the depiction of last messenger of Islam in a class 7 textbook in circulation across various valley-based educational institutions, District administration Srinagar has sought an First Information Report be lodged against the Delhi-based publication house alongside a local distributor here on Sunday. The Additional Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Dr. Syed […]
SRINAGAR — Board of School Education has directed all schools in Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh not to use the contentious class 7 ‘History and Civics’ textbook over the depiction of last messenger of Islam. “All the schools of UTs of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh affiliated either with CBSE, JKBOSE or […]
POONCH — At least thirteen passengers on board a bus had a near death experience after a bus carrying them skid off road along Bhimber Gali in Poonch district on Sunday evening. An official told that the bus bearing registration number JK02AW 6457 was on its way from Jammu to Poonch when the incident occured. […]