Arrest BJP MLA Sengar, not just detain: Allahabad HC orders CBI in Unnao case
Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court on Friday said that BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, accused of raping 17-year-old Unnao girl, should be arrested and not just be detained. The court directed the CBI to carry out investigation strictly in accordance with law and to consider filing an application for cancellation of bail granted to other accused […]
‘NC will not cooperate with Govt unless the two Ministers are sacked’
Srinagar: National Conference President Dr. Farooq Abdullah on Thursday chaired a day-long meeting of the Party’s Core Group at Party Headquarters ‘Nawa-e-Subha’ in Srinagar. The meeting was also attended by NC Working President Mr. Omar Abdullah along with other members of the Core Group. The Core Group discussed in detail the insensitive handling of the horrific […]
NC expels Hiranagar-North Block President
JAMMU- Jammu and Kashmir National Conference President Dr Farooq Abdullah on Friday expelled the Block President of Hiranagar-North in Kathua district Mr Shanti Saroop with immediate effect. According to a spokesperson, Mr Shanti Saroop has been expelled from the primary membership of the National Conference for life.
2019 LS polls will see ‘Islam vs Bhagwan’, ‘Pak vs India’: BJP MLA
Ballia (UP): The 2019 Lok Sabha elections would be fought on the lines of “Islam versus Bhagwan” and “Pakistan versus India”, BJP UP MLA Surendra Singh has said, days after he defended his colleague accused of raping a teenage girl. The saffron party legislator from Bairia had stirred a row on April 11 when he […]
Pakistan SC disqualifies former PM Nawaz Sharif from holding office for life
Islamabad;Pakistan’s Supreme Court issued a lifetime ban on politicians holding office after legal disqualification — a ruling that will bar former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from ever holding an elected position following a corruption probe against the ex-premier last year. The top court’s five-member panel made the judgment on Friday after its July decision that […]
PDP, BJP partners in crime, people no longer trust us: Tasaduq Mufti
jammu:-Denouncing his own party for “non-fulfilling of commitments”, Jammu and Kashmir tourism minister and brother of chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, Tasaduq Mufti has said “we (PDP) have ended up being partners in a crime (with BJP) that an entire generation of Kashmiris might have to pay with their blood”. In a freewheeling interview with The […]
UNSC must prevent Syria spiralling out of control: UN chief
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appealed to the five permanent members of the Security Council to break the current deadlock on reported use of chemical weapons in Syria and prevent the situation spiralling out of control in the war-torn country. “I have also been closely following developments in the Security Council and regret that […]
Used to call BJP MLA ‘bhaiya’ until he raped me last year: Unnao victim
Unnao: Families of the 17-year-old Unnao rape victim and the accused BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar were neighbours in Makhi village and the girl and her sibilings used to address Sengar as “bhaiya” (elder brother), The Indian Express report said. Families of the rape victim and Kuldeep Singh Sengar once enjoyed “cordial relations” until June […]
At most they will kill us all, but we have home here, we will return: Asifa’s father
Jammu: From somewhere over the hills of Sanasar, a broken father’s voice fleets in through the receiver. “She did not know the difference between left and right. Did she think in terms of Hindu and Musalman?” he asks The Indian Express reporter. The brutal rape and murder of his eight-year-old daughter Asifa has become the stalk for political […]
Kathua, rape- murder victim’s family abandon home amid rising communal tension in Kathua
Srinagar: The family members of the Kathua rape and murder victim, have abandoned their home in Rasana village out of fear after a strike call was issued by the Jammu Bar Association to protest against the investigation into the case by Jammu and Kashmir police’s crime branch, media reports said on Thursday. According to a […]
