Shah chairs security meet with NSA, Home Secretary

New Delhi (IANS) Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday presided over a high-level security meeting amid escalating tensions in Jammu and Kashmir where a major security build up has sparked fears and tensions.

The meeting was attended…

Mehbooba Mufti 'requested' to clarify role in J&K Bank backdoor appointments

Srinagar (IANS) Former J&K Chief Minister and President of Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP), Mehbooba Mufti, has been asked by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to clarify her role in the backdoor appointments made in Jammu and Kashmir Bank…

Sonebhadra carnage: DM, SP shifted, revenue officials booked

Lucknow (IANS) UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday removed Sonebhadra's District Magistrate and Superintendent of Police and ordered a departmental inquiry against them in the massacre case in which ten people were killed in the district…

Constitution has provisions to re-draw J&K's boundary: Experts

New Delhi (IANS) After the government curtailed Amarnath Yatra and asked tourists to return, speculation is rife about the Centre's the next move on Jammu and Kashmir.

According to experts, trifurcation of the state, one of the proposals…

Calling off Amarnath yatra unprecedented: Karan Singh

New Delhi (IANS) Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Karan Singh on Saturday referred to his last week's interview to IANS over the issue of Article 370 and 35A in Jammu and Kashmir advising the government to tread carefully and hit…

J&K parties meet Governor, but Delhi's decision may be fait accompli

Srinagar (IANS) While the separatists are shell shocked and certain that Delhi is going to do what it plans to do in Jammu and Kashmir, it is the mainstream politicians who are behaving as if a cat has been set loose among the pigeons.

Despite…

Up to PM Modi to accept mediation offer on Kashmir: Trump

Washington (IANS) US President Donald Trump said on Thursday that "it is up to Prime Minister Modi" to accept his offer to intervene in the Kashmir issue -- without referring to his earlier claim that Modi had requested him to "mediate"…

Over 500 Sikh pilgrims to enter India from Pakistan

Amritsar (IANS) In a first-of-its-kind since India's partition, a team of over 500 Sikh pilgrims will enter India from Pakistan via road on Thursday after paying obeisance at the historic Nankana Sahib as part of the 550th birth anniversary…

Flowers offered at temples to turn into incense sticks

Varanasi (IANS) Huge quantities of flowers that are offered at the Kashi Vishwanath temple and other temples in Varanasi will no longer be thrown into the Ganga River.

These flowers will be turned into incense sticks by the…

Government hospitals in Delhi hit in protest against NMC

New Delhi (IANS) Healthcare services at government hospitals, including AIIMS, were severely hit on Thursday as resident doctors withdrew all services including emergency services in protest against a Bill which they say will encourage quacks.