NEW DELHI — Every child has a right to use his/her mother’s surname instead of the father’s, the Delhi High Court said on Friday, the New Indian Express Reported. Disposing of a petition filed by a minor girl’s father seeking directions to the authorities that his name is reflected as daughter’s surname and not the […]
SRINAGAR — The Enforcement Directorate Friday served a notice on the mother of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti in connection with a case related to money laundering, official said here. The summons served on Gulshan Nazir, who is in her late seventies, has asked her to appear before the ED’s Srinagar office […]
KABUL — The city of Zaranj in Afghanistan’s Nimroz province has reportedly fallen to the Taliban, making it the first provincial capital the insurgents have captured as they step up offensives. “I can confirm… the city of Zaranj, provincial capital of Nimroz, has fallen to the Taliban,” Roh Gul Khairzad, the deputy governor, told AFP […]
JAMMU — All government schools in Jammu and Kashmir will be renamed after the name of armed forces personnel and officers who lost their lives in the Union Territory. All government-run schools in JK will be renamed after deceased armed forces personnel and officers of the Indian Army, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), and […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced that the Khel Ratna award would be renamed after hockey legend major Dhyan Chand. The Khel Ratna, India’s highest sporting honour, had been originally named after former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Announcing the decision on Twitter, Modi wrote, “I have been getting many requests from […]
NEW DELHI — The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) labelled marriage between Muslims and non-Muslims as “regretful” and “unfortunate”. Saying that such marriages are banned as per the Sharia, acting general secretary of AIMPLB, Maulana Khalid Saifullah Rahmani said that parents, guardians and representatives of mosques and madrassas across the nation must take […]
A 15-year-old girl died in suspicious conditions on Thursday after she was allegedly publicly shamed by her school principal over the delay in payment of fees in Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh. The incident came to light after the deceased student’s family lodged a complaint at Unnao Kotwali police station. The teenager was a resident […]
ISLAMABAD — Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Kashmir, Shehryar Khan Afridi, on Thursday accused Indian regime of replicating Israel’s ‘settler’ tactics in Kashmir, adding that Modi’s Hindutva government was aiming to bring in demographic changes in Kashmir to turn Muslim-majority region of Jammu and Kashmir into Hindu-majority state. Addressing a seminar held here jointly by […]
NEW DELHI — On the second anniversary of the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram alleged on Thursday that every aspect of democracy was “desecrated” on that day and India’s democratic credentials were diminished in the eyes of the world. On August 5, 2019, the Centre announced nullification of […]
GANDERBAL — At least 13 persons have been hospitalized after consuming forest mushrooms at Banjar Basti Gutlibagh area of centeral Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Official sources told that soon after villagers consume the forest variety of mushrooms, commonly known as ‘Jangal Hedar’, they complained of vomiting, diarrhea and other reactions. They said at least 13 people […]