Can target militant camps inside PaK: Lt Gen Parnaik

‘Army Prepared To Meet Any Situation In JK’

GK NEWS NETWORK

Nagrota, May 5: Day after Army chief Gen V K Singh said the Indian army was “competent” to carry out an operation similar to the one conducted by the US in Abbottabad, Pakistan against Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, Army’s Udhampur-based Northern Command chief Lt Gen KT Parnaik Thursday said his More

PAK CAUTIONS INDIA

‘Misadventure Would Lead To Terrible Catastrophe’

REZAUL H LASKAR/PTI

Islamabad, May 5: Pakistan army and the government Thursday reacted sharply warning India against any Abbottabad-like "misadventure", saying it would be responded to "very strongly" that could lead to a "terrible catastrophe".The warning came after a meeting of the Corps Commanders chaired by More

More covert attacks if necessitated: Obama

LALIT K JHA/PTI

Washington, May 5: Brushing aside Pakistan’s protests, President Barack Obama has made it clear that the US will again carry out special operations in that country like the one against Osama bin Laden “if necessary to target high profile terrorists.”Obama’s views on the subject were enunciated More

No need to register property gifted by Muslims: SC

‘Such Assets Exempted From Transfer Of Property Act’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, May 5: A gift of immovable property made by a Muslim is valid even if it is not registered under the Transfer of Property Act or the Stamps and Registration Act, the Supreme Court Thursday ruled.The apex court said though the TP Act mandates registration of a gift, the same would not More

Offer funeral prayers for Osama: Geelani to people

GK NEWS NETWORK

Srinagar, May 5: The Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Thursday urged people including Imams and Ulema to offer funeral prayers in absentia for Osama bin Laden after the Friday prayers.He also appealed the people to pray for “freedom of all suppressed nations including More

Osama captured alive, executed: Daughter

Islamabad, May 5: Osama bin Laden was unarmed at the time of his killing and his 12-year-old daughter saw her father being shot dead, it was revealed on Wednesday, even as the exact circumstances of the al-Qaida chief’s death remained unclear and the White House changed versions.An Arabic TV station More

UN asks for full disclosure on killing

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Oslo, May 5: UN human rights chief Navi Pillay Thursday called for “a full disclosure of the accurate facts” to determine the legality of the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.“I’m still for a full disclosure of the accurate facts,” Pillay told reporters in Oslo. “I think it’s not just More

For 150 KV transformer, NIT loses 4 cr grant

Decades-Old MEC Defunct; Panel To Probe Matter

FAHEEM ASLAM

Srinagar, May 5: In a bizarre instance of official negligence, the National Institute of Technology Srinagar has not been able to avail a development grant of over Rs four crores from the Government of Italy in the wake of its failure to put in place the necessary power infrastructure at the institute More

Mirwaiz meets Abdullah Alim

OIC To Offer Scholarships To Kashmiri Students

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Srinagar, May 5: The Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today had an exhaustive meeting with the OIC Assistant Secretary General and special representative on Kashmir, Ambassador Abdullah Alim, at the Kashmir Centre Brussels on the concluding day of 5th Global Discourse on Kashmir More

UAE issues stapled visa to PaK residents

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Islamabad, May 5: The United Arab Emirates has begun issuing stapled visas to Pakistan-administered Kashmir residents, including its Prime Minister Sardar Attique Ahmed, a media report said today.The practice of issuing stapled visas is new and previously visas were stamped as usual on the passports More