Amid Covid-19 lockdown, 3 labourers walking back home slip to death in Pir Panchal range
Three labourers slipped to death at Hinjhal Top in Pir Panchal range of mountains on Wednesday while they were walking back from the Valley to their homes in Banihal. Senior Police officials said another person Parvez Ahmad was injured when the group of labourers returning back to Banihal through Verinag slipped on a glacier. The […]
Domicile Law Hollow, Unacceptable: NC
Srinagar National Conference on Wednesday criticized the new Domicile Law introduced by GOI, for its futility in safeguarding interests of people of Jammu and Kashmir and termed it totally unacceptable. While calling the newly introduced Law a cruel joke, party’s Chief Spokesperson Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi said, “Only Class –IV jobs have been reserved for […]
Domicile Order Frighteningly Ambivalent: PDP
Jammu Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday termed the central government order defining domicile law for J&K as frighteningly ambivalent, irresolute and akin to rubbing salt to the people’s wounds. In a statement issued here, PDP General Secretary and former MLC Surinder Choudhary has termed the order issued by the GOI defining Domicile Rights of […]
Gunfight breaks out along LoC in north Kashmir
Srinagar: A gunfight broke ou t between militants and army in woods along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday. Reports reaching said that the soldiers manning the fence near “Teen Behak” in the Jumgund area of the LoC at around 1:00 p.m. intercepted the movement of a group of militants […]
Sensex, Nifty close 4% down as bears tighten stranglehold
Market Closing Indian shares closed in the red in the first trading session of FY21 on Wednesday as the number of coronavirus cases increased sharply across the country even as a 21-day lockdown remained in force. Sensex dropped 1,203 points or 4.1% at 28.265. Nifty slipped over 300 points or 3.9% at 8,263. Tech Mahindra, […]
‘Insult heaped on injury’: Omar Abdullah as govt tweaks Kashmir domicile law
National conference leader Omar Abdullah on Monday denounced the Centre’s move to rework the domicile laws in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir at a time when the nation is pooling all resources to stave off the coronavirus pandemic. The leader, who was until recently in detention, questioned the timing of the move as […]
Amid Coronavirus Lockdown, Govt Comes Up With Domicile Law For Jammu And Kashmir
Eight months after the Centre revoked Article 370 of the Indian constitution, it has now notified a law spelling out domicile of Jammu and Kashmir and who is eligible for employment in the region. The order — Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (adaptation of state laws) order 2020 — issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs, […]
Why ISKP, the group behind Kabul gurdwara attack, is threat to India and Indians abroad
New Delhi: The terror attack on a gurdwara in Kabul, Afghanistan, last week has sent alarm bells ringing in the Indian security establishment as it has clearly indicated the rise of another powerful terror group — ISKP (Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant—Khorasan Province) — in the region. The attack carried out on 25 March by […]
Coronavirus was a test of secular nationalism. Then Tablighi Jamaat became the scapegoat
For the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, the enemy that India faces isn’t Pakistan, isn’t a Muslim or Maoist or a JNU student. In coronavirus, India’s public enemy is one without an ideology, religion or nationality. Modi did not call it a ‘Chinese virus’, like Donald Trump did. […]
Global coronavirus death toll passes 40,000
The death toll in the United States from the new coronavirus outbreak has surpassed the official tally in China, with more than more 3,400 fatalities recorded, according to data collected by the Johns Hopkins University. That means the US now has the third highest death toll after Italy and Spain, and the highest number of […]
