Ahead of summits, US tones down war games with S. Korea
South Korea — Spring on the Korean Peninsula is normally the season of D-Day-style beach landings with big guns thumping in the distance and skies crisscrossed by the contrails of fighter aircraft. But as the North and South prepare for their first summit in more than a decade this Friday, there is something different in […]
US diplomat put on ‘blacklist’ over Pakistani motorcyclist’s death
Islamabad : Pakistan’s Interior Ministry on Tuesday placed US diplomat Colonel Joseph Emmanuel Hall on the “blacklist” for killing a motorcyclist in a road accident here, prohibiting the US defence and air attache from leaving the country. Hall was driving a Land Cruiser and jumped a red signal on April 7 near Islamabad’s Daman-e-Koh Chowk, […]
Tral gunfight over, says ,police
Srinagar: With the killing of a militant, a policeman and an army man, the gunfight at Tral area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district has come to an end, police said on Tuesday. Two soldiers were also injured in the gunfight. According to a senior police official the gunfight is over, however, searches are still […]
PM Modi Calls For Social Movement Against Sexual Crimes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday called for a social movement for protecting girls in the wake of increasing rapes reported from different parts of the country and said families have to teach their sons to become responsible. Addressing a gathering here to mark the National Panchayati Raj Day, Modi referred to the ordinance brought […]
Kathua rape and murder case: Police to move court against lawyer for twisting facts
Jammu: The Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch will soon approach a local court in Kathua against a defence lawyer who is allegedly circulating twisted facts in the case of the gangrape and murder of an eight-year-old girl to vitiate the atmosphere, officials said here. The police has taken cognisance of a CD in which […]
Gadchiroli encounter: 37 Naxals killed in major operation against Maoists
At least 37 Naxals have been killed in Gadchiroli district in two encounters that have taken place in as many days. After Sunday’s encounter, wherein 31 Naxals died, six more were killed by the security forces at district’s +Jimalgatta forest area on Monday. Said to be the biggest encounter in Maharashtra yet, all the bodies […]
Congress’ hand stained with Muslims blood: Salman Khurshid
Raking up a controversy, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid said that his party’s hand is stained with the blood of Muslims. Responding to a question at an event organized in Aligarh Muslim University on Monday, Khurshid said, “I am a part of Congress so let me accept that we have the blood of Muslims on our hands. I am telling you this; […]
Noida: Class 11 girl gagged, gang-raped by classmate, 2 others in moving car
Noida: A Class 11 student was allegedly gang-raped by three youths including her classmate in a moving vehicle in Greater Noida last week, after which she was abandoned on the roadside. The police informed that two people have been arrested in the case while the third person is absconding. A case has been registered and an […]
Education should be exempted from politicking: Tarigami
Kulgam, : CPI (M) leader and MLA Kulgam Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Tuesday said that education should be exempted from politicking as it can never serve any purpose to either side of the political divide except for aggravating the situation by making the future of youth bleak. Education sector has already suffered immensely and it is […]
5 years on, SKIMS liver transplant unit fails to take off: DAK
Srinagar: “More than five years have passed since the liver transplant unit was sanctioned at SK Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), but it has failed to take off,” said Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday in a communique. “While the facility was approved to save lives, nothing has been done to make this life-saving […]
