NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR: Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti had given pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s grandson a government job by breaching all official rules and procedure in 2016, top sources said. The Jammu & Kashmir administration on Saturday terminated services of pro-Pakistan separatist Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s grandson Anees Ul Islam from […]
Historian, author, Vikram Sampath, brought about a paradigm shift in the thinking about historical figures, with his book on Veer Savarkar — ‘Savarkar: Echoes from a forgotten past’. And now with his second volume on Savarkar — ‘Savarkar: A contested Legacy’, Sampath has brought a closure to the biggest controversial question on the man himself […]
SRINAGAR: Supinder Kour’s children are numb and her other family members inconsolable. Principal of Government Higher Secondary School, Eidgah in Srinagar, Kour was shot dead along with a non-Kashmiri Hindu teacher, Deepak Chand, last week. Speaking to The New Indian, acquaintances and other mourners at her house in Aloochi Bagh, Srinagar, said that Supinder and Deepak were […]
SRINAGAR: Supinder Kour’s children are numb and her other family members inconsolable. Principal of Government Higher Secondary School, Eidgah in Srinagar, Kour was shot dead along with a non-Kashmiri Hindu teacher, Deepak Chand, last week. Speaking to The New Indian, acquaintances and other mourners at her house in Aloochi Bagh, Srinagar, said that Supinder and Deepak were […]
SRINAGAR: Kashmiri Pandits and Muslims in large numbers took part in a candle light protest against the killing of civilians belonging to minority communities in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk. Most protesters demanded stern action against the culprits and adequate security for the minorities. Take a look at our special report.
SRINAGAR (J&K): A gunfight with terrorists in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir claimed the lives of 5 Indian Army personnel, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) on Monday afternoon. According to a defense spokesman, the operation began in the early hours of the morning in a village near Dera Ki Gali in Surankote after […]
SRINAGAR: Even as displaced Kashmiri Pandits took to streets in various cities across the country on Sunday, to protest against the recent killing of Hindus and Sikhs by terrorists in Srinagar, an undaunted Kashmiri Pandit woman Sarpanch has appealed to her community to return to Kashmir and protest at Lal Chowk, Srinagar instead. In an […]
New Delhi: He is one of India’s most flamboyant politicians. A former diplomat, a historian, a writer, a former minister and a Member of Parliament (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) from the Congress party, Shashi Tharoor wears several hats. In a candid conversation with Aarti Tikoo, Dr Tharoor speaks on issues that concern us. Aarti Tikoo: After 20 […]
Kashmiri Pandits and Muslims in large numbers took part in a candle light protest against the killing of civilians belonging to minority communities in Srinagar’s Lal Chowk. Most protesters demanded stern action against the culprits and adequate security for the minorities. Take a look at our special report.
NEW DELHI: He is one of India’s most flamboyant politicians. A former diplomat, a historian, a writer, a former minister and a Member of Parliament (Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala) from the Congress party, Shashi Tharoor wears several hats. In a candid conversation with Aarti Tikoo, Dr Tharoor speaks on issues that concern us. Aarti Tikoo: After 20 […]