Woman law student from Jamia booked for Instagram post on Handwara gunfight
Srinagar: A student of the Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi was booked on Thursday after a Bajrang Dal office-bearer filed a complaint over a post on her Instagram account on the 3 May Handwara gunfight. According to Indian Express, the FIR was registered in Bulandshahr’s Khurja police station. The FIR states that the student, 22-year-old […]
Amid COVID threat, militancy returns to Kashmir
Notwithstanding the threat posed by the spread of COVID-19, the onset of summer in Kashmir Valley has seen a return to violence, with 28 militants being killed in April alone and four in the first three days of May. The data on local recruitment also shows that the suppression of militancy after revocation of Jammu and […]
No justification for detention of Sagar, others: NC
Srinagar, 05 May: Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Tuesday sought immediate release of Senior Leader and Party General Secretary Hajji Ali Muhammad Sagar and others detained under PSA saying there is no justification for their continued detention. While expressing concern over the plight of detainees arbitrarily arrested during the course of 2019, party’s Spokesperson […]
Covid-19 lockdown in Telangana extended till May 29, says CM K Chandrashekar Rao
The Telangana government on Tuesday announced extension of lockdown till May 29, notwithstanding the extension declared by the Union government till May 17 to contain the spread of Covid-19 across the country. A decision to this effect was taken at the 7-hour long marathon state cabinet meeting in the evening. Speaking to reporters after the cabinet […]
Accepting Consent On WhatsAapp, Madras HC Judge Rules On 23 Accident Claims In One Go
Who says there is no positive spin off from the Coronavirus pandemic? A judge of the Madras High Court has just seized the opportunity, provided by the pause in judicial proceedings, to come up with a historic order which, in a single stroke, settled 23 motor accident claims, pending before various claims tribunals in Tamil […]
‘Our Problems Don’t Make Any Difference To Party’: Ex-BJP Ladakh President
Everything in the Union Territory of Ladakh is being run by bureaucrats, who are not from here and care little about us, says Chering Dorjay, who resigned as the BJP President in the area and left the party. Almost nine months after the Centre abrogated Article 370 and moved a separate motion to bifurcate the […]
Philippines’ leading TV network ordered to halt operations
A Philippine government agency has ordered the country’s leading broadcast network, which the president has targeted for its critical news coverage, to halt operations. The National Telecommunications Commission ordered ABS-CBN Corp. to stop operations after its 25-year congressional franchise ended Monday. The network’s application for a renewal has been pending in Congress. Congressional leaders have […]
Coronavirus India May 5 highlights: Mumbai closes non-essential stores, liquor shops
The Telangana government on Tuesday extended lockdown in the state till May 29. Addressing the media, chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said that all non-essential shops in the state will remain shut in red zones. Curfew has also been imposed from 7 pm to 6 am every day across all the 33 districts in the […]
Gunfight starts in South Kashmir
Pulwama: Gunfight started between the government forces and militants in Shaarshali of Khrew-Pampore belt of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday early morning. An official said that on specific inputs about the presence of militants cordon and search operation was launched in the area by joint team of forces including 50 RR, Central Reserve Police […]
Mehbooba Mufti’s detention under PSA extended by three months
The Jammu and Kashmir administration Tuesday extended the detention period of former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti by three months under the Public Safety Act (PSA). Apart from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief, the administration also extended the detention of senior National Conference leader Ali Mohammad Sagar and PDP leader Sartaj Madani. Mufti has been […]