EC stops 4.5% sub-quota for minorities in poll-bound states

ANIL ANAND

New Delhi, Jan 11: The Election Commission has put a stop to the implementation of the UPA Government’s ambitious plan to provide a 4.5 percent sub-quota for minorities within the 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Castes in the Central Government jobs and educational institutions in the five poll More
Biting chill across north India
New Delhi, Jan 11: Biting chill and icy winds continued to trouble north India as temperatures remained below normal in most places across the region.  In the capital, the minimum temperature was recorded at 4.6 degree Celsius, which is three degrees below normal at this time of the season More
Split verdict by SC on death sentence to 1997 blast accused

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

New Delhi, Jan 11: A division bench of the Supreme Court today passed a split verdict on the plea of a Pakistani national challenging his conviction and death sentence awarded to him in the 1997 Delhi blast case. While Justice H L Dattu was of the opinion that a fresh trial should be conducted More
  • Kashmir

BJP MP acknowledges Geelani’s stand on HR issues

Kashmir Committee to fight cases of youth detained under PSA

Srinagar, Jan 11: Senior BJP leader and Supreme Court lawyer Ram Jethmalani has said that Kashmir Committee headed by him is weighing options of fighting the cases of Kashmiri detained under controversial More


  • Srinagar City

SMC confirms Ghotala

Reveals more of muck *No audit conducted since 2006 Accused millionaire clerks, Safaiwalas chargesheeted *Commissioner says probe will be taken to logical conclusion

M HYDERI

Srinagar, Jan 11: A day after Greater Kashmir exposed a scam worth millions of rupees in the Srinagar Municipal Corporation, the SMC officials confirmed the fraud adding that they had been investigating More



  • Jammu

Banihal areas affected due to snow: Shaheen to CM

SEEKS COLLEGE FOR UKHARHAL

Jammu, Jan 11: National Conference leader from Banihal, Sajjad Shaheen today apprised the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah that power, water and essential supplies have been adversely affected in major areas More


  • South Asia

Army, Pak Govt at loggerheads

Gen Kayani meets Principal Staff Officers

REZAUL H LASKAR

Islamabad, Jan 11: The Pakistan Army today changed the commander of a Rawalpindi-based unit that has traditionally played a vital role in military coups as army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani gathered More


  • PaK

2 more ministers inducted in PaK cabinet

TARIQ NAQASH

Muzaffarabad, Jan 11: Pakistan Administered Kashmir President, Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob Khan today administered oath to two ruling Peoples Party legislators, one of them his daughter, as members of the PaK More


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