New Delhi, The Delhi High Court today quashed the pleas of Congress president Sonia Gandhi and sonRahul Gandhi challenging of summons issued to them, in a case relating to acquiring ownership of National Herald daily. The High Court has also declined to grant Rahul and Sonia Gandhi exemption from personal ...
Read More »Centre plans to set up IIM in Jammu and Kashmir
New Delhi, The Centre is planning to set up an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Jammu and Kashmir and the state government has been requested to identify suitable land for this purpose, the government today said. HRD Minister Smriti Irani shared this information in Lok Sabha in a written ...
Read More »Sushma Swaraj to Visit Islamabad Tomorrow, Pakistan Welcomes Talks
New Delhi, First there was the icebreaker in Paris between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif. Then the thaw in Bangkok with the National Security Adviser level talks. And now, foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj is leaving for Islamabad tomorrow to attend a conference on Afghanistan. The minister ...
Read More »Mr President, wake up to FATA’s plight
Muhammad Anwar The writer is executive director of the Centre for Governance and Public Accountability Dear Mr President, You may consider yourself only a ceremonial head of Pakistan’s parliamentary system, but for the country’s tribal areas, you are the real king. The cumulative area of this region surpasses that of ...
Read More »Indo-Pak NSA talks is a good beginning: Mufti
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohmmad Sayeed Monday termed as a “good beginning” the talks between National Security Advisors of India and Pakistan and said the two sides appear to be on a reconciliation path to bridge the “huge trust deficit”. “It is welcome step and good beginning. We ...
Read More »Militants attack CRPF convoy in Anantnag, 5 jawans injured
Anantnag, At least five CRPF jawans were injured when unidentified militants on Monday opened fired on their convoy on Srinagar-Jammu national highway in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Militants fired at a CRPF bus, which was part of a convoy on way to Jammu from Srinagar, near Green Tunnel at Samthan ...
Read More »Kashmir’s Mirwaiz distributes flood relief cheques
Anantnag, Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Sunday distributed cheques among the victims of last year’s devastating floods. 106 victim families were provided with relief cheques during a function at Islamia School in Anantnag district of south Kashmir. Taking a dig at the state and central governments, the Mirwaiz said that the ...
Read More »Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba planned to kill PM Narendra Modi in Delhi?
New Delhi: Terror outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) had planned a Paris-like attack at a gathering in Delhi attended by PM Narendra Modi. The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants had plans to carry out a mass shooting in a Paris-like manner or 26/11 Mumbai attacks at a gathering attended by PM Modi. The revelations were ...
Read More »Selective Equality? China Retirement Age Plan Sparks Backlash Among Women
Chun Han Wong China’s policy makers have long accepted the need for workers to delay retirement to ease social and fiscal pressures from a rapidly aging population. Few, however, could agree on how to do it.This week, state-backed researchers fueled fresh debate on the issue with a new proposal on ...
Read More »Mufti pitches for operation of int’l flights
Jammu, Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed met the Union Tourism & Civil Aviation Minister, Dr Mahesh Sharma, here Saturday evening and discussed wide-ranging issues pertaining to civil aviation and promotion of tour and travel industry in Jammu & Kashmir. An official statement said a high-level team of officers from both ...
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