SRINAGAR — On the second anniversary of the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said people had no choice but to “resist to exist” when “gross injustice” is heaped on them. “No words or pictures are enough to depict the pain, torment & upheaval inflicted upon J&K on […]
ABU DHABI — Malaysian police rescued a 28-year-old Malaysian man after he attempted to swim the nearly 7,000km from Malaysia to Mecca. He was taken to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation, local media reported. Video footage and photographs of the incident have gone viral on social media in Malaysia. Police said the young man was […]
WhatsApp is one of the world’s most popular and widely used instant messaging platforms that allows its users to send messages, media, location, contacts, and more. Not to forget, WhatsApp messages are all end-to-end encrypted which means, no one other than the sender and the recipient can view the messages sent, not even WhatsApp, at […]
LAHORE — New Zealand will visit Pakistan in September for the first time in 18 years to play three one-day internationals and five Twenty20 matches in Rawalpindi and Lahore, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Thursday. Top teams have avoided touring Pakistan citing security concerns after the 2009 attack on a bus carrying Sri […]
SRINAGAR — JK Apni Party Leader Rafiabad Baramullah extended warm greetings to the people on the eve of Eid-ul-Adha. In his message of felicitations on the eve of this auspicious occasion, She said: “Eid gives us the message of love, unity and brotherhood. Extending help to the poor and needy will also usher happiness in […]
ISLAMABAD/BEIJING — Pakistan said on Thursday traces of explosives had been detected during an initial investigation into a bus blast that killed 13 people, including nine Chinese workers, and said a terrorist attack could not be ruled out as the cause of the incident. Wednesday’s blast in northwest Pakistan sent the bus hurtling over a […]
SRINAGAR — A special court here Thursday rejected the bail plea of PDP leader Waheed Parra, the second time in five months, and decided to hear Friday arguments on the chargesheet filed against him, officials said. Parra is considered a close aide of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti. The in-camera proceedings had […]
KOLKATA — West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday flayed the NHRC for “disrespecting the court” and pursuing “political vendetta” of the BJP by leaking its report on alleged post-poll violence to the media. Banerjee also expressed surprise over the conclusion that the National Human Rights Commission arrived at in its report without taking into […]
NEW DELHI — The Uttar Pradesh Population Policy 2021-2030 bill proposed by CM Yogi Adityanath has been at the centre of criticism from the Opposition ever since it was unveiled. The opposition has termed it a move aimed at influencing next year’s assembly elections. Hyderabad MP and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi, who recently entered into […]
NEW DELHI — In the midst of the continuing military stalemate with India, the Chinese Army is erecting permanent concrete buildings along the Line of Actual Control, allowing its soldiers to quickly reach the disputed territories with India. According to senior government sources, one such military camp is being built a few kilometres inside Chinese territory, […]