Agencies - September 30, 2019
KARACHI – Pakistan beat Sri Lanka by 67 runs in the second day-night international on Monday as Karachi staged its first ODI for 10 years. Pakistan hit 305-7 in their 50 overs with Babar Azam notching a brilliant 105-ball 115 and Fakhar Zaman scoring 54. Sri Lanka were bundled out for 238 in 46.5 overs […]
Press Trust of India - September 30, 2019
AURANGABAD – When in force, Article 370 of the Constitution denied fundamental rights to Jammu and Kashmir residents and the controversial provision was revoked in a “democratic” manner by the Modi government, BJP general secretary Ram Madhav said on Monday. When the issue came for discussion in the 1950s, the entire Congress Working Committee expressed […]
Press Trust of India - September 30, 2019
NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, on Monday referred a bunch of petitions relating to the validity of the Centre’s move to revoke Article 370 to another Constitution Bench saying that it has no time due to the regular hearing in the Ayodhya dispute case. Chief Justice Gogoi […]
Observer News Service - September 30, 2019
SRINAGAR – A day after Jammu and Kashmir government announced to conduct the Block Development Council (BDC) polls in the state, the government was considering to facilitate the participation of detained Panchayat members. The government was considering to follow the rules to facilitate the participation of those Panchayat members, who have been taken into the […]
Press Trust of India - September 30, 2019
HYDERABAD – AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday said Home Minister Amit Shah’s comments that restrictions existed only in people’s minds, vis–vis Jammu and Kashmir, was not correct, as CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury and others had to move the Supreme Court for a visit there and mobile services have reportedly not yet been restored. Speaking […]
Press Trust of India - September 30, 2019
NEW DELHI –The country’s fiscal deficit touched Rs 5.54 lakh crore at the end of August, which was 78.7 per cent of the Budget Estimate for 2019-20, official data showed on Monday. In absolute terms, the fiscal deficit or the gap between expenditure and revenue was Rs 5,53,840 crore as on August 31, according to […]
Press Trust of India - September 30, 2019
NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Monday refused to entertain further the plea of Rajya Sabha MP Vaiko seeking production of National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah before it and said the MDMK leader could challenge the order detaining the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister under the Public Safety Act (PSA). “He (Abdullah) is under […]
Observer News Service - September 30, 2019
The bitterest face-off between India and Pakistan during the just-concluded United Nations General Assembly has plumbed their relationship to a new low. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan’s almost hour-long speech which focussed mainly on the situation in Kashmir was strongly critical of New Delhi’s revocation of Article 370 which granted J&K its special status within […]
Press Trust of India - September 30, 2019
CHANDIGARH – BJP’s national working president J P Nadda here on Monday said Article 370 was a temporary provision in the Constitution and blamed the Abdullah family, late PDP leader Mufti Mohammad Sayeed and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad for “confusing” people about the special status to Jammu and Kashmir. “First Sheikh Abdullah, later Farooq […]
Press Trust of India - September 30, 2019
SRINAGAR – Normal life remained crippled for the 57th day on Monday in Kashmir valley, where people are protesting against scrapping of Article 370 and 35 A, besides dividing the state into two Union Territories since August 5. Meanwhile, clashes between demonstrators and security forces in some parts of the city, including uptown have been reported […]