JRL gives shutdown call for Sunday
Joint resistance leadership has appealed people to go for general strike on Sunday as union home minister Rajnath Singh is sheduled to visit kashmir on the same day. On thrusday evening in a joint statement Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik have said that people of kashmir by sunday shutdown […]
China downplays Indian Army Chief’s war remarks
Beijing, Sep 7 (IANS) China on Thursday played down the Indian Army Chief’s war remarks and wondered whether his comments represented the view of the Indian government. Reacting to Indian Army Chief General Bipin Rawat’s remarks that India should be prepared for a two-front war, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang said: “We don’t know […]
New Myanmar fires in empty Rohingya village raise questions
AP 7 September 2017 BANGKOK (AP) — Journalists saw new fires burning Thursday in a Myanmar village that had been abandoned by Rohingya Muslims, and pages ripped from Islamic texts that were left on the ground. That intensifies doubts about government claims that members of the persecuted minority have been destroying their own homes. About two […]
‘Israeli jets hit Syria’s Masyaf chemical site’ – reports
7 September 2017 The Syrian army says Israeli jets have attacked a military base in the west of the country, amid reports of a strike on a suspected chemical weapons site. A statement said rockets fired from Lebanese airspace hit the site near Masyaf, killing two soldiers. Arab media and a monitoring group reported that […]
Petition urges stripping Suu Kyi’s of Nobel prize over crimes against Rohingyas
Thu Sep 7, 2017 Peace activists have launched an international campaign calling on Nobel Peace Prize Committee to take back its 1991 prize to Myanmar’s de facto ruler Aung San Suu Kyi over her complicity in what is viewed as the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya Muslims in the country. The petition launched at change.org has already been […]
Bar briefs CJI in an open letter on NIA summon to its President
Srinagar The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association has written an open letter to the Chief Justice of India, explaining the reasons behind strike called over the summoning of Bar President Mian Qayoom to the headquarters of National Investigation Agency (NIA). Here is the full text of the letter: Hon’ble The Chief Justice of […]
Nirmala Sitharamantakes charge as new Defence Minister of India
7 September 2017 Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday assumed office as new Defence Minister of India. Sitharaman earlier held Commerce and Industries portfolio in the Narendra Modi-led government and was promoted to the post of Defence Minister during the third reshuffle of Modi cabinet. Sitharaman is the first full-time woman Defence Minister of the country. Former […]
Online tickets for World XI tour sell out
Thursday Sep 07 2017 LAHORE: Online tickets for next week’s World XI tour of Pakistan have sold out, just as demand spikes for the coveted seats at the Gaddafi Stadium, which will host the three T20 matches on September 12, 13 and 15. The Pakistan Cricket Board tweeted earlier today that the online ticket purchase […]
New Zealand A squad announced for India tour
Wellington, Sep 7 (IANS) The New Zealand A side for two first class matches and five One Day contests against India A from September 23 was announced here on Thursday by the country’s cricket board. The two first class matches will be played in Vijayawada, while the five One Day contests will take place in […]
NIA conducts raids in uptown Srinagar, Kupwara
Srinagar The federal Investigation Agency NIA, on Thursday raided the office of a chartered accountant in uptown at Hyderpora in Srinagar and residences of two businessmen in Kupwara district, reports quoting sources said. They said that teams of NIA raided Al-Hyder Complex at Hyderpora and two residential houses in Kralpora area of Kupwara. Earlier in […]
