ULFA presents charter of demands, seeks change in Constitution

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 5: The banned ULFA today sought amendment in the Constitution for finding "meaningful" ways to protect the rights and identity of indigenous people of Assam. To find an honourable solution to Assam's three-decade- old insurgency problem, top ULFA leaders today met Home Minister More
Sonia Gandhi recovering in ICU after surgery

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 5: Congress President Sonia Gandhi was today recovering in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of a US hospital where she underwent successful surgery for an undisclosed ailment. The party today issued a brief statement that 64-year-old Gandhi underwent a surgery on August 4 and More
SC slams Delhi Police for ‘half-hearted’ probe

CASH-FOR-VOTE-SCAM

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 5: The Supreme Court today slammed Delhi Police for its "half-hearted" probe into the cash-for-vote scam and asked it to take the investigations to its logical conclusion and submit a final report within three weeks. A bench of justices Aftab Alam and R M Lodha also regretted More
Beat diabetes with wheat and rice free diet

MADHUSREE CHATTERJEE

New Delhi, Aug 5: Forget the much advertised cornflake or the humble roti and rice -- they can kill. Workday menus of Indians living in big cities are being redefined by the fear of proliferating diabetes brought on by stress and poor diet, say leading lifestyle doctors and diabeticians.  More
Pak prisoner moves closer to release
Jaipur, Aug 5: The mercy plea of Muhammad Khalil Chishty, an 80-year-old Pakistani citizen serving life sentence in the Ajmer Central Jail, has been given clearance by the Rajasthan home department, sources in the department said Friday. "The home department has cleared the file and forwarded More
Catch a train to Airport every 15 minutes

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Aug 5: Delhi's Airport Metro Express train will now run every 15 minutes with the operator increasing its frequency from today bringing smiles on the faces of thousands of commuters who use the corridor regularly. A frequency of 15 minutes will be maintained during the peak hours More
  • Kashmir

Future docs caught copying in GMC

Cellphones used for unfair means

MOAZUM MUHAMMAD

Srinagar, Aug 5: Final year MBBS students in Government Medical College Srinagar have been caught red-handed by Kashmir University authorities copying from cellphone and paper material. The incident occurred More


  • Srinagar City

Dog scare forces Musalees to walk in groups, with lathis

Venturing out for prayers during dark is getting difficult in the City with over one lakh and growing canines on prowl while the government is yet to get rid of the menace

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Aug 5: Parvaiz Khan, Bilal Khan, Farooq Ahmed and engineer Arjumand –neighbors in Barbarshah locality make it a point that they go to Masjid for Tarawi and Fajr prayers together. Also, they don More



  • Jammu

Sporadic protests mark JCC strike call

Work in govt offices remains partially affected

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, Aug 5: Work was partially affected in the Government departments across Jammu region as a section of the employees went on two day strike from today to protest delay in the release of 6th Pay Commission More


  • South Asia

Pak moves away its main warships from Karachi

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, Aug 5: Claiming there were "all time high security threats," Pakistan navy has moved away its main battleships out of its Mehran naval base in Karachi to the Makran coast in Balochistan.  More


  • World

'More than 2,000 dead in Syrian crackdown'

MATTHEW LEE

Washington, Aug 5: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has accused the Syrian government of killing more than 2,000 of its own citizens during its ongoing brutal crackdown against opposition protesters More


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