Hiroshima to Fukushima

Post-Quake Japan On Verge Of Nuclear Catastrophe

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Fukushima/Tokyo, Mar 15: Japan's nuclear crisis assumed dangerous dimensions Tuesday as two more blasts rocked the quake-crippled Fukushima plant spewing large amounts of radioactive material which may float towards Tokyo, with Premier Naoto Kan warning that there was a "very high risk" of further More

Stop behaving like occupying power: Brinda to GOI

‘Kashmiris Outraged Over Denial Of Justice’

AGENCIES

New Delhi, Mar 15: Advising the government of India to stop behaving like an "occupying" power in Jammu and Kashmir, CPI-M member Brinda Karat Tuesday said people whose children were killed in police firing in the state are outraged over "denial of justice".Raising the issue during Zero Hour in More

Parties seek review of NHPC projects

‘Let Commission Probe Agreements With Corporation’

MUDDASIR ALI

Srinagar, Mar 15: With the government making startling revelations on Monday that no MoU was signed with National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) for three major power projects constructed in Jammu and Kashmir, different political parties are seeking setting up of a commission to probe the More

Property details of IAS, KAS officers privacy invasion?

SIC To Decide On RTI Application As GAD Denies Information

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, Mar 15: Do the property details of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) officers fall under the purview of ‘personal information’ or ‘invasion of privacy’? That is the question the State Information Commission (SIC) is likely to discuss in the More

Madni resumes Dy Speaker’s post

GK NEWS NETWORK

Jammu, March 15: Ending twelve day long stalemate, Muhammad Sartaj Madni, who had resigned from the Deputy Speaker’s post in the Legislative Assembly on March 3, resumed his chair on Tuesday.He was brought in the House by Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Muhammad Sagar, after some PDP members More

Uproar in LA over appointment of VC Jammu CU

RAJEEV SHARMA

Jammu, Mar 15: For the second time in less than a week, the State Legislative Assembly on Tuesday witnessed uproar and pandemonium over delay in appointment of the Vice Chancellor of Jammu Central University with the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah blaming the Jammu based leaders for politicizing the More

Manmohan isolated on Pak: Wikileaks

‘Narayanan Played Spoilsport’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Mar 15: Fresh Wikileaks cables have revealed that US Ambassadors here had told the State Department that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was "isolated" in his government on talks with Pakistan and that there was a pro-US tilt in Mani Shankar Aiyar's removal as Petroleum Minister in 2006.< More

China’s Kashmir policy unchanged: Envoy

‘Beijing For Negotiated Settlement Of The Issue’

TARIQ NAQASH/ NISAR AHMED THOKAR

Islamabad, Mar 15: Chinese ambassador to Pakistan, Liu Jian, on Tuesday said that Beijing was in favour of negotiated settlement of the Kashmir issue, “but the policy of issuing stapled visa to the residents of Jammu and Kashmir will continue.”“Kashmir issue has a history between Pakistan and More

Interlocutors submit 6th report

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Mar 15: The Centre's interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday submitted their sixth report to Home Minister P Chidambaram specifically outlining the problems being faced by women in the two decades-long turmoil in the state.The interlocutors - Dileep Padgaonkar, Radha Kumar and M More

Blasts rock Sopore

UMER MAQBOOL/GHULAM MUHAMMAD

Sopore, Mar 15: Suspected militants on Tuesday hurled two grenades on paramilitary CRPF and police in this north Kashmir town. The paramilitary CRPF said that they were prepared to meet any challenge from the militants.Police said, that suspected militants hurled the grenade on a deployment of More