Geneva, Aug 17 : Voicing concern over alleged human rights violations, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein today appealed to both India and Pakistan to grant his team access to Jammu and Kashmir as well as PoK. “I deeply regret that our requests for access have not been granted,” said the High […]
Mumbai, Aug 17 : With an eye on consolidating the ‘Marathi vote’ ahead of the crucial BMC polls, MNS chief Raj Thackeray today said the BJP-led government should implement a domicile policy like the one implemented in Jharkhand to protect the interests of locals. Talking to reporters after meeting Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis here early […]
SRINAGAR : Five civilian protesters were killed in firing by security forces as fresh violence erupted in the Kashmir Valley on Tuesday, taking the toll to 65 in the weeks of unrest triggered by the July 8 killing of a popular rebel commander.A police officer told IANS here that four protesters were killed in Budgam […]
CHANDIGARH: The President of India today appointed Vijayendra Pal Singh Badnore BJP leader from Rajasthan as Governor of Punjab to relieve Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor of Haryana of additional charge of Punjab. Badnore was member Legislative assembly of Rajasthan during 1977-80, 1985-90, 1993-98 and 1998-99. He was cabinet minister for Irrrigation in Rajasthan in 1998-99. […]
JAMMU : A girl student was killed and 16 injured when a school bus went out of the driver’s control in Jammu district on Wednesday.Khushboo, 12, died and 16 were injured as the school bus skidded off the road in Bishnah town, a police official said.”Doctors have referred six critically injured students to Government Medical […]