A 64-YEAR-OLD Sikh man from India was stabbed to death by an unidentified person in the US state of California while he was on his evening walk, according to a media report. Parmjit Singh was attacked in Gretchen Talley Park in Tracy around 21.00 local time on Sunday (25). He…
PAKISTAN government is once again mulling a complete ban on the use of the country's airspace by Indian flights, a senior minister said on Tuesday (27), weeks after the Indian government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status. Minister for science and technology Fawad Chaudhry said the federal Cabinet which met…
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday (28) sought responses from the federal government and Jammu and Kashmir administration on a plea seeking removal of restrictions imposed on journalists after Article 370 was scrapped. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi issued notice on the plea filed by Anuradha Bhasin, Executive…
INDIAN Aviation regulator DGCA called an urgent meeting with Indigo and GoAir on Wednesday (28) to review the performance of the Airbus Neo aircraft in their fleets. According to sources, the issues related to the A320 Neo aircraft's Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engine -which both the airlines haves been facing for…
CHINA'S concern over the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir is ‘misplaced’ as the decision has no implication for the external boundaries including the Line of Actual Control with it, India's envoy here has said. In his first press conference with the Chinese media after the abrogation…
INDIA’S CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury, who was allowed to visit Jammu and Kashmir by the Supreme Court on Wednesday (28), said he would speak on the matter only after he ‘reports’ to the court upon his return. The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Yechury to visit Jammu and Kashmir…
INDIA’S opposition party, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday (28) said Kashmir is India's internal issue and slammed Pakistan for instigating and supporting violence in Jammu and Kashmir. His statement came after the Congress hit out at Pakistan for "mischievously" dragging the name of Rahul Gandhi in its alleged petition…
THE Indian government may soon come out with a package worth billions of rupees to set up necessary infrastructure for implementing over 100 federal laws in Jammu and Kashmir after abrogation of the special status to the state earlier this month. The 106 central laws would come into full force…
HER face veiled, Kiran Aherwal shoveled gravel into a broad platter, placed it on her head, then stepped off to help construct a new check dam in her thirsty village in central India. Years of drought and water scarcity have often led her children to go hungry, she said -…
A FIREBRAND Indian monk-turned-lawmaker has suggested that political opponents are using ‘black magic’ to harm prime minister Narendra Modi's party, after three top members died this month. "I met a holy man during the elections who warned that the opposition might use black magic and killing powers against the BJP,"…