India, Pak MPs to hold dialogue next week
New Delhi, Aug 13: A 20-member multi-party parliamentary delegation from Pakistan will come here next week for a dialogue with Indian parliamentarians to explore ways to resolve humanitarian issues like the release of prisoners and to strengthen people-to-people contacts. The Pakistani delegation More
Gujarat govt charges IPS officer
Gandhinagar, Aug 13: The Gujarat government Saturday served a chargesheet on senior police officer Rahul Sharma for deposing in courts and commissions in the 2002 riots case without permission, sources said. The action comes within less than 24 hours of the state government denying that it was More
US diplomat regrets her 'dirty, dark' remark
Chennai, Aug 13: A diplomat at the US consulate here Saturday expressed her deep regrets over her remark - "I became dirty and dark, like a Tamilian" - that has stirred a major controversy. Vice Consul of the US Consulate Maureen Chao made the remark at a function Friday at SRM University More
Centre seeks modification of Supreme Court verdict

Banning SPOs in Chattisgarh

‘THEY ARE SOURCE OF INTELLIGENCE FOR SECURITY FORCES’

New Delhi, Aug 13: The Centre has moved the Supreme Court seeking modification of its order disbanding the armed Special Police Officers (SPOs), consisting of tribals and locals, for combating naxals in Chhattisgarh, saying that it would lead to escalation of violence by left wing extremists (LWE More
  • Kashmir

Geelani felicitates people of Pakistan on Aug 14

Srinagar, Aug 13: The Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani has felicitated the people of Pakistan on the eve of August 14, praying for its (Pakistan’s) safety, stability and progress More


  • Srinagar City

TRADITIONAL FAÇADE ON FADING FRONT

New buildings particularly those in glazed glass exteriors could be looking modern but they are eating away the historic identity, which Srinagar is globally known for

M HYDERI

FOR decades, places like Poloview, Residency Road, Lal Chowk, Hari Singh High Street, Maharaja Bazar, Maharaj Gunj and the Jhelum banks along Shahr-e-Khaas were famed for their typical heritage buildings More



  • Jammu

Accused narrate conspiracy before media

Surankote Fake Eencounter Accused narrate

AZHAR MANHAS

Surankote, Aug 13: While police today claimed that it has set August 20 deadline to solve the fake encounter case, where a mentally challenged person was killed, the two accused persons today told the More


  • South Asia

Former Pak soldier sentenced to death for GHQ attack

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Aug 13: A Pakistani military court has sentenced a former soldier to death and another to life imprisonment, while awarding prison terms to five civilians for their roles in the 2009 attack More


  • World

Massive crackdown by Syrian forces against protesters

Residents flee towns; 1,744 civilians killed

Damascus, Aug 13: Armoured vehicles entered the port city of Latakia and a village near Lebanon today, activists said, causing residents to flee as the West seeks ways to pressure Damascus to end the violence More


ADD
Designed Developed and Maintaned By Imobisoft Ltd /Algosol Software Solutions