NEW DELHI — Only two persons from outside Jammu and Kashmir have bought two property in the Union Territory after the dilution of Article 370 in August 2019, according to a written reply from Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. “As per the information provided by the […]
NEW DELHI — Amid the ongoing Taliban offensive in Afghanistan, India has asked its nationals to leave from places in and around Mazar-e-Sharif in Balkh province. Indian Consulate General on Tuesday said that it has arranged a special flight from Mazar-e-Sharif to New Delhi which will depart on Tuesday evening. “A special flight is leaving from […]
SRINAGAR — Ten civilians were injured after suspected militants hurled a grenade towards security forces in Hari Singh High street near Amira Kadal area of Kashmir capital Srinagar on Tuesday afternoon. A senior police officer told that militants lobbed a grenade on a vehicle of security forces in Hari Singh High Street, however it missed […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference has expressed concern and regret that Kashmiri political leadership, activists and others continue to be jailed across various jails of India. APHC in a statement said that leaders, activists and others including Advocate Shahid-ul-Islam, Altaf Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmed Khan, Ayaz Akbar, Pir Saifullah, Raja Merajuddin Kalwal, Farooq Ahmed […]
SRINAGAR — Stating that J&K was “under the direct assault from New Delhi”, All India Congress Committee (AICC) General Secretary Rahul Gandhi Tuesday said and the Government of India should restore full statehood to J&K and conduct the elections in a free and fair manner. Rahul, who arrived in Kashmir on a two-day sojourn, also […]
SRINAGAR — Senior congress leader and former J&K chief minister, Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday appealed to Rahul Gandhi to get the bill for Jammu and Kashmir’s Statehood passed in the next three days in the parliament. Azad while addressing the gathering during the function at Srinagar’s party headquarters here, said that they don’t want […]
NEW DELHI — The All India Lawyers’ Association for Justice (AILAJ) has written to the Supreme Court of India, asking for a suo moto public interest litigation to be filed in light of the inflammatory, anti-Muslim slogans raised at Jantar Mantar on Sunday. The slogans raised, the AILAJ says, amount to an “open call for […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed that political parties must publish the criminal antecedents, if any, of their candidates within 48 hours of their selection, modifying the direction in its February 2020 judgment in the same. Looking to decriminalise politics, the Supreme Court in paragraph 4.4 of the February 2020 judgment had […]
GANDERBAL — The Congress leader and Member of Parliament (MP), Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday morning visited the Kheer Bhawani temple in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district to pay obeisance. Officials told that Rahul Gandhi paid obeisance at the Mata Kheer Bhawani temple situated in the middle of a spring in Tullamulla village here. They said that […]
NEW DELHI — Five men including supreme court lawyer and former Delhi BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay have been detained by the Delhi Police for their alleged role in raising inflammatory and anti-Muslim slogans at Jantar Mantar on Sunday. Apart from Upadhyay, a senior police officer said, the detained men have been identified as Deepak Singh Hindu, […]