Clashes at sopore after Friday prayers
Clashes erupted in Sopore town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday after government forces prevented youth from holding a march against the verdict of military court in Machhil fake encounter case. Reports said that protesters after assembling outside Markazi Jamia masjid tried to march towards the main chowk. However, forces deployed resorted to teargas […]
Six weeks no Friday prayers at Jamai Masjid
Authorities have disallowed congregational Friday prayers at the Jamia Masjid in downtown Srinagar for the sixth consecutive week. All gates of Jamia Masjid were locked by government forces while all roads leading to the historic mosque were blocked with concertina wires, reports said. Curfew was imposed in parts of Downtown Srinagar to prevent people from […]
The Latest: Iranians hold anti-Israel protest in Tehran
28 July 2017 JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on developments at a contested shrine in Jerusalem Dozens of worshippers have staged an anti-Israel rally in Iran over stepped-up security measures by Israeli forces at a contested shrine in Jerusalem. Chanting “Death to Israel” and “Death to America,” demonstrators in Tehran on Friday protested Israel’s security […]
India’s NSA Doval calls on Chinese President
Beijing, July 28 (IANS) India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval called on Chinese President Xi Jinping here on Friday, on the sidelines of a meeting of BRICS top security officials. Doval, along with his counterparts from member countries – Brazil, Russia and South Africa — called on Xi after the 7th BRICS Meeting of High […]
Nitish wins trust vote; Tejashwi asks ‘aren’t you ashamed’
July 28, 2017 The Nitish Kumar government on Friday won the crucial confidence vote in the Bihar Assembly. The ruling coalition of the Janata Dal-United, the Bharatiya Janata Party and others got 131 votes while the opposition got 108 votes, Speaker Vijay Kumar Chowdhury said. The trust vote was taken through lobby division. Rashtriya Janata Dal MLAs protested […]
Pakistan speedster Shoaib Akhtar exposes his gory side as a cricketer!
Shoaib Akhtar in his prime was someone batsmen dreaded facing due to his express pace and frightening accuracy. His career might have been curtailed by disciplinary issues and injuries, but on his day he was unplayable. The sheer pace with which he bowled meant batsmen actually found themselves getting injured whilst facing him. Nineteen batsmen […]
Nobody will protect Tricolor in Kashmir if constitutional status changed: Mehbooba
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday warned against any tinkering with Article 35(A) of the constitution that is being debated in the Supreme Court and which empowers the state legislature to define “permanent residents” and accord special rights and privileges to them. Strongly defending the constitutional clause, Mehbooba said that any change […]
Hurriyat Leaders To Undergo Lie Detector Test: NIA
Widening the ambit of its investigations in the funding case, the National Investigation Agency has issued summons to 30 more people, including Nayeem Geelani, the elder son of Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Geelani, even as the probe agency said seven arrested Hurriyat leaders would undergo a lie detector test. Inspector general of police, NIA, […]
Nawaz Sharif steps down as Pakistan Prime Minister
Nawaz Sharif on Friday stepped down as Prime Minister of Pakistan after the Supreme Court disqualified him from holding office in the Panama Papers case. The PM House issued a notification saying that Sharif, despite having reservations on the SC’s verdict, has stepped down from his post as the Premier. Earlier in the day, the […]
Nawaz Shrief disqualified by Pak SC
Supreme court of Pakistan on Friday noon disqualified prime minister Nawaz Shrief in Panama Money scandal. more details are awaited. This is new political development in Pakistan.
