NEW DELHI: Jailed separatist and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik has told the Delhi high court that Manmohan Singh, when he was the Prime Minister, had expressed “gratitude” to him after he (Malik) had met LeT chief and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan in 2006. Malik also claimed…
GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will travel to the Northeast for the second time in as many weeks on September 22 to launch the 1,840-km Arunachal Frontier Highway, a Rs 42,000-crore project for a two-lane track running parallel to the historic McMahon Line separating India and China.The highway will run from Tawang district’s Nafra in…
NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said that Singapore authorities are questioning those who were accompanying singer Zubeen Garg before his death. An autopsy is expected to be conducted on Saturday.The 52-year-old singer, best known for his hit song Ya Ali, died while scuba diving in Singapore on Friday. “If an…
KANPUR: A group of policemen in UP’s Etawah allegedly forced a doctor on duty at the district hospital’s emergency ward to accompany them to the house of the SSP, whose mother was unwell. Dr Rahul Babu alleged that despite his pleas citing the patient rush at the emergency ward, the cops turned a deaf ear…
JAMMU: A special NIA court in Jammu has extended by 45 days the custodial remand of two accused arrested on charges of harbouring Pakistani terrorists involved in the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack.Special judge Sandeep Gandotra on Thursday extended the remand of Pahalgam locals Bashir Ahmad Jothat and Parvaiz Ahmad, who hail from Baisaran and…
SRINAGAR: Jailed Lok Sabha MP from Jammu and Kashmir Engineer Rashid announced a two-day hunger strike in Tihar Jail from Saturday to protest the India-Pakistan cricket match.“India and Pakistan can play cricket, share stage on international platforms, and engage in dialogues, but they fail to hear the pain of the people of Jammu and Kashmir,”…
MUMBAI: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre is developing a reactor that will help more than double the endurance levels of Indian Navy‘s next-generation submarines.Confirming the development, a Barc scientist said on condition of anonymity – as the project is top secret – that the new reactor is “being developed for the S-5 class nuclear-powered ballistic missile…
Kolkata: Metro work at Chingrighata crossing for the Orange Line construction could now be executed smoothly, Calcutta High Court (HC) said on Thursday. This was observed while a division bench of justices, Sujoy Paul and Smita Das De, was hearing a PIL that sought “urgent judicial intervention in the inordinate delay in the completion” of…
The UK has carried out its first deportation under a new returns treaty with France, with home secretary Shabana Mehmood calling it an “important first step” in efforts to curb illegal English Channel crossings. “This is an important first step to securing our borders. It sends a message to people crossing in small boats: if…
SRINAGAR: Former J&K CM and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti wrote to home minister Amit Shah on Friday, taking up cudgels on behalf of jailed separatist Yasin Malik and seeking “a compassionate and urgent review” of the terror funding case against him on grounds of what she described as “his long-standing commitment to non-violence”.“Over the years,…
