NEW DELHI: Jammu & Kashmir Liberation Front-Yasin (JKLF-Y) chairman Yasin Malik, in his affidavit submitted to the UAPA tribunal that reviewed the ban on JKLF-Y, claimed he gave up “armed struggle” in 1994 as a means to achieve JKLF-Y‘s object of establishing a “United Independent Kashmir”, in favour of a “Gandhian way of resistance”.Yasin’s affidavit-cited…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday refused to order status quo on alleged illegal demolition drive against properties of Muslims, including a century-old mosque, near Somnath temple, as Gujarat govt said it acted as per law to remove encroachments on govt land abutting the seashore. It said, “If we find they (govt) are in contempt…
KOCHI: The Kerala HC found the seven accused in murder of DYFI activist Shibin from Thuneri in Nadapuram guilty, overturning their earlier acquittal by a trial court. A bench of Justices P B Suresh Kumar and C Pratheep Kumar scheduled the appeal filed by state govt and C K Bhaskaran, Shibin’s father, against the acquittal,…
NEW DELHI: Foreign minister Jaishankar‘s visit to Pakistan later this month, although it’s for SCO summit and can’t be seen as a peace outreach, opens the possibility of a rare high-level visit from India to Islamabad at a time when ties remain downgraded since the revocation of special status of J&K in Aug 2019.The decision…
NEW DELHI: For the first time in nine years, an Indian foreign minister will travel to Pakistan with the govt confirming Friday that S Jaishankar will represent India at the SCO heads of govt meeting in Islamabad on Oct 15-16.TOI had first reported on Aug 25 that Pakistan had invited PM Modi for the meeting….
Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake told foreign minister S Jaishankar in a meeting that Lankan territory would never be allowed to be used in a manner inimical to India’s security interests, govt said in a readout.Both countries also agreed in meetings with Jaishankar, who became the first foreign minister to visit Sri Lanka since…
NEW DELHI: With China steadily eroding India’s air combat advantage along the frontier by deploying a greater number of aircraft, the Indian Air Force chief on Friday said his force was also upgrading its forward airbases and advance landing grounds, while asking Hindustan Aeronautics Limited for faster delivery of indigenous Tejas fighters and the private…
LUCKNOW: The suspect who shot and killed a govt school teacher, his wife and the couple’s two daughters in their house in UP‘s Amethi on Thursday evening has been identified as an allegedly jealous lover whose WhatsApp status before the crime read, “Today five people will die.”Investigators said suspect Chandan Verma, who was on the…
NEW DELHI: Protecting a journalist who is facing a criminal case for writing what was perceived to be against Uttar Pradesh govt, Supreme Court said the fundamental right to freedom of speech and expression should be respected in a democracy and criticising govt should not be grounds for initiating criminal prosecution of writers and scribes.A…
GPS spoofing: Flight tracking for Lufthansa Frankfurt-Mumbai flight LH 756 of October 3 shows the aircraft overflying Israel while the Airbus A340 did not take this route NEW DELHI: The India head of a major western airline received a strange query from his staff on Friday: “Why are we still overflying Israel?” The official quickly…
