ANTONY SEEKS REPORT

PULWAMA FIRING

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 1: Defence Minister A K Antony has sought a report from the army over the firing incident in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on December 28, which resulted in injuries to seven civilians and subsequent protests in the valley.The Defence Minister has sought to know what actually More

Curfew lifted, shutdown on

Several Hurt In Clashes; 9 Youth Detained

KHALID GUL

Pulwama, Jan 1: Several persons including six cops were injured in violent clashes between forces and protesters in this South Kashmir town on Tuesday even as authorities lifted curfew after four days. A class 12 student was reportedly hit by a tear gas shell in his face and was shifted to Srinagar More

They received bullets while taking brother to hospital

IMRAN MUZAFFAR

Srinagar, Jan 1: The bullet pierced through 23-year-old Ashiq’s abdomen, hit his cousin Showkat in the arm and then landed straight into his brother Jehangir’s shoulder —the bullet is still there.Jehangir is admitted in Bone and Joints Hospital while his brother Aashiq is undergoing treatment More

No need of new provisions: NC

Have Finalized Recommendations: Congress

73rd Amendment Row

ABID BASHIR

Srinagar, Jan 1: Taking its coalition partner Congress head-on, ruling National Conference (NC) Tuesday made it clear that it won’t allow incorporation of any new provisions in the State Panchayat Raj Act which, according to the party, was “much comprehensive” than the existing Panchayat laws in any More

From Uri to Pulwama, past probes miscarried

UMER MAQBOOL

Srinagar, Jan 1: Even as the Jammu and Kashmir Government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the firing on civilians allegedly by forces in Pulwama district last week, similar probes into the killings of civilians in 2012 proved to be damp squib as neither findings of the inquiries were made public More

8 Legislative Council seats to fall vacant in March

Aspirants Begin Hectic Lobbying; Coalition Eyeing Bharatiya Janata Party Rebel Votes

FIRDOUS TAK

Jammu, Jan 1: With eight seats falling vacant in the state’s Legislative Council (LC) by March this year, the aspirants in ruling coalition and the opposition PDP have begun hectic lobbying to secure candidature for a berth in the Upper House.All the eight LC seats falling vacant in March are More

Retirement age rise for medical faculty in offing

Govt Likely To Decide By Next Month

ARVIND SHARMA

Jammu, Jan 1: To overcome the extreme shortage of faculty members in Medical Education Department, the Jammu and Kashmir Government is expected to take final decision on the proposal to enhance retirement age of medical teachers from 58 to 60 years by February.Official sources said that following More

Islam permits polygamy, doesn’t propagate it: Court

‘Shariah Allows Practice Only As Part Of Social Duty, Charitable Motive, To Prevent Destitution’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 1: A Moulvi, accused of performing a girl's marriage forcibly with a married man, has been denied anticipatory bail by a Delhi court which said the Shariah Law allows polygamy but only under special circumstances. The court denied the relief to Moulvi Mustafa Raja of Delhi dismissing More

After Rana’s legal notice, Harshdev takes U-turn

‘I Didn’t Mention FCI Contracts In Press Statement’

Jammu, Jan 1: A day after Chief Minister’s Political Advisor Devender Singh Rana shot a legal notice to the Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Panthers Party (JKNPP) Harshdev Singh for allegedly maligning his image by issuing “false and frivolous” statements, the JKNPP Chairman took a U-turn on Tuesday More

Hurriyat (M) condemns firing on people at Pulwama

Srinagar, Jan 1: Hurriyat Conference (M) on Tuesday strongly condemned, what it  said, another incident of firing by the armed forces on civilians at Pulwama.In a statement, a Hurriyat (M) spokesman More

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India, Pakistan exchange list of nuke installations

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 1: For the twenty-second consecutive time, India and Pakistan Tuesday exchanged list of nuclear installations and facilities covered under the Prohibition of Attack against Nuclear installations More