Day: May 14, 2019

UN chief appeals to India, Pak to deal with Kashmir issue through dialogue

UN chief meets NZ mosque victims, decries online hate

9:28 pm May 14, 2019

Christchurch: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned hate speech was spreading online “like wildfire” at a meeting with victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings Tuesday, vowing the world body will lead efforts to extinguish the problem. Guterres visited the Al Noor mosque, one of two Muslim centres in the New Zealand city where a self-described […]

Mani Shankar Aiyar justifiies ‘neech’ jibe against PM, BJP takes strong note

2:51 pm May 14, 2019

New Delhi: Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar was back in the news on Tuesday with an article justifying his “neech” jibe against Prime Minister Narendra Modi two years ago, prompting the BJP to call him “abuser-in-chief” and his party arrogant. In an article, written for Rising Kashmir, Aiyar also slammed Modi on a series of […]

Heavy road machinery not under Motor Vehicles Act; don't insist for registration: Centre to states

Jammu-Srinagar highway closed due to landslide in Ramban

2:47 pm May 14, 2019

Banihal (J&K): The Jammu-Srinagar national highway was closed for traffic on Thursday due to a landslide in Ramban district that left over 1,500 vehicles stranded, officials said. The 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir to the rest of the country, was blocked by a landslide at Digdol area. As a result, over 1,500 […]

India favourite to win the World Cup: Azharuddin

2:45 pm May 14, 2019

Hyderabad: Former skipper Mohammad Azharuddin described India as the favourites to lift the ODI World Cup, saying the team has very good bowlers who can win the quadrennial event, which gets underway in England on May 30. “We have a very good chance. We have a very good team. We have very good bowlers. Lot […]

Woman raped at hospital in Mumbai, one held

2:42 pm May 14, 2019

Mumbai: A 37-year-old woman was allegedly raped at a civic-run hospital here by a man on the pretext of helping her fill a fee concession form, a police official said on Tuesday. The accused, Deepak Annappa Kunchukurve, 31, a resident of Dharavi area here, has been arrested, he said. The alleged incident took place last […]