Artists don't subscribe to India-Pakistan differences: Ghulam Ali
RUCHIKA KHER
Mumbai, Sep 23: Music knows no boundaries and legendary Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali says the unrest between his homeland and India is political and artists don't subscribe to that."Whatever differences and controversies are there between India and Pakistan, they are all political. Musicians More
Jagjit Singh suffers brain hemorrhage
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Mumbai, Sep 23: Renowned ghazal singer Jagjit Singh was admitted to a hospital here today after he suffered a brain hemorrhage and is in a critical state, doctors attending to him said.Doctors at the Lilavati Hospital in suburban Bandra performed a life-saving surgery on him, hospital sources said.More
Mughal era broth evolves in old Delhi bylanes
MOHITA NAGPAL
New Delhi, Sep 23: It was originally a morning meal for the poor. Rich in texture and weighty on the stomach, the meaty Mughal era broth called nahari used to suppress fresh bouts of hunger till twilight. Some say it was the winter preserve of a determined few who did the bidding of their More
Minimum sentence can't be reduced even by courts: SC
PREVENTION OF CORRUPTION ACT
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Sep 23: The Supreme Court today ruled that minimum sentence prescribed under law for criminal offences, including under Prevention of Corruption Act, cannot be reduced by courts even if the amount involved is meagre and the accused is likely to lose job on account of the conviction.  MoreSC dismisses bail plea of Sadhvi Pragya
MALEGAON BLAST CASE
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, Sep 23: The Supreme Court today refused to grant bail to Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur, who is facing charges under MCOCA for her alleged involvement in the 2008 Malegaon bomb blast case. Dismissing her bail plea, a bench of justices J M Panchal and H L Gokhale said, "There is no merit More2nd accused remanded in NIA custody
DELHI BLAST
New Delhi, Sep 23: Jammu and Kashmir native Amir Abbas Dev was remanded today by a Delhi court to NIA custody for 15 days for his interrogation to unearth his suspected role in the September 7 the Delhi High Court blast that killed 15 people and injured over 70 others. Special NIA Judge H S MoreNHRC sets up advocacy group on media
New Delhi, Sep 23: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has constituted an advocacy group comprising 12 senior journalists to advise it in seeking enhanced and active role of media in creating awareness on human rights issues.The 'Advisory Group on the Media and Human Rights' will be chaired MoreHC to hear Hajj pilgrim operators plea on Sept 26
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Mumbai, Sep 23: The Ministry of External Affairs today informed the Bombay High Court that the list of private tour operators selected to send Hajj pilgrims was submitted to Saudi Arabia even before the court had passed an order restraining the government to do so. "The High Court had on September More- Kashmir
Where are Police Complaint Authorities?
SC called for establishment of bodies to deal with misconduct by officers
FAHEEM ASLAM
Srinagar, Sep 23: Jammu and Kashmir Government is yet to comply with a Supreme Court directive on establishment of Police Complaint Authorities at different levels to probe the cases of misconduct by police More
- Srinagar City
Wusi Sahib-Aali Kadal road in shambles
Macadamization project left halfway, R&B says locals hindered work progress
ADIL BASHIR
Srinagar, Sep 23: In July this year, the Roads and Building department started macadamization of Bulbul Lankar-Aali Kadal-Nawa Kadal road stretch to improve connectivity in the densely populated Shahr More
- Jammu
JK Assembly has no power to pass Guru resolution: MLA
Jammu, Sep 23: Arguing that Jammu and Kashmir Assembly does not have power to debate and pass a resolution seeking clemency for Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, an MLA, suspended by the BJP, today More
- South Asia
Pak-US war of words escalates over ISI's Haqqani network link
REZAUL H LASKAR
Islamabad, Sep 23: Rattled by US' assertion that ISI was acting in tandem with the Haqqani network in Afghanistan, Pakistan's civil and military leadership today collectively hit back at Washington, contending More
- World
DID EINSTEIN GET IT WRONG?
D RAVI KANTH/PTI
Geneva, Sep 23: Albert Einstein's 1905 theory of relativity is one of the most fundamental pillars of physics – but now scientists say his conclusion that nothing can travel faster than light could be More


