UN: Myanmar attacks a deliberate strategy to expel Rohingya
GENEVA (AP) — A report by the U.N. human rights office says attacks against Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar point to a strategy to instill “widespread fear and trauma” and prevent them from ever returning to their homes. The report released Wednesday is based on 65 interviews conducted in mid-September with Rohingya, individually and in groups, […]
India’s top court rules sex with an underage wife is rape
October 11, 2017 NEW DELHI: India’s top court on Wednesday ruled that a man is committing rape if he engages in sexual intercourse with his wife who is aged between 15 and 18, a landmark decision that will affect millions of child brides. The legal age of consent is 18 years. The law regards even […]
Bandipora shuts after Encounter,Internet service snapped
Srinagar Life came to a halt as shops and business establishments were closed and traffic was off the roads in north Kashmir district of Bandipora, where two Air Force Garud personnel and two militants of Lashker-e-Toiba (LeT) were killed in an encounter. Meanwhile, all educational institutions, including government and private schools, were deserted as students […]
First braid chop incident in Border area Uri.
Srinagar In a first incident of braid chopping in border area of Uri in Baramulla district, suspected braid choppers in the wee hours of Wednesday chopped the hair of a teenage girl at Bandi area of the township, local sources said. Uri has a massive military presence. The victim girl was identified as Shaista Karim, […]
Cops arrested for supplying ammunition to militants
Srinagar Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday arrested two cops and an over-ground worker of militants for supplying ammunition to militants in Shopian district. Police constable Shabir Ahmad Malik currently posted at Ganderbal and Nazir Ahmad posted at Shopian were arrested after an over-ground worker of militants, Adil Ahmad identified them. A Police party arrested […]
Two militants and two Air Force men killed in encounter at Hajin
Srinagar Army on Wednesday said that two jawans (Garud wing) from Air force part of operation were killed at Hajin in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district. “In the intense operation this morning in Hajin, Bandipur, two militants were killed. Two Air Force personnel (Garud wing) were martyred in the action”, army’s Srinagar based defence […]
CRPF says thier convoy attacked at Sanatnagar
CRPF spokesman Rajesh Yadav told media that thier convoy was attacked at Sanatnagar by two motorcycle borne militants on tuesday evening. Reports said that fire was returned by CRPF. CRPF spokesman further said that in the shootout one of the militants was injured and they have launched search operation in the area to nab the […]
Arun Jaitley says attempts to derail GST have failed
Washington: Despite “attempts to derail” the recently introduced goods and services tax (GST), the states are adopting the new regime at a fast pace, finance minister Arun Jaitley has said. Jaitley was responding to a question on the biggest challenges for GST during a conversation with Dan Schulman, president and CEO of Paypal and Chandrajit Banerjee […]
Pakistan lose Test series against Sri Lanka in UAE
Tuesday Oct 10 2017 DUBAI: Pakistan lost to Sri Lanka by 68 runs in the second Test on the fifth and final day in Dubai on Tuesday. Sri Lanka won the two match series 2-0 and Pakistan suffered its first series loss since the team started playing its home matches in the United Arab Emirates […]
‘Congress, Trump not seeing eye-to-eye on Iran nuclear deal’
Tue Oct 10, 2017 The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has once again confirmed that Iran is sticking with the terms of its nuclear deal with the P5+1 group that has recently become the subject of much controversy on the world stage. IAEA Chief Yukiya Amano has told a nuclear conference in the Italian capital […]
