Age Correspondent
Mirwaiz for UN chief intervention
Kashmir’s chief Muslim cleric and chairman of his faction of separatist Hurriyat Conference alliance Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has urged the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to appoint a special rapporteur on Kashmir and influence both India and Pakistan to resolve the issue “as per wishes and aspirations of its people”.
‘Democracy more than right to vote’
President Pranab Mukherjee on Wednesday, “Institutions are a mirror of national character. Today, we see widespread cynicism and disillusionment with the governance and functioning of institutions in our country.
‘Gujarat cops didn’t obtain call data of accused officers’
Investigations into the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter of June 15, 2004 has led to reveal another conspiracy as the Gujarat police did not bother even to obtain the “call data record” (CDR) of the accused cops to verify the conversations among them during the next one year of the incident.
Top court reserves order on Swamy’s PIL on juvenile age
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on the maintainability of a PIL filed by BJP leader Subramanian Swamy seeking to change the legal interpretation of the term “juvenile” so that offenders below 18 years involved in criminal cases are punished according to their “mental age” and not biological age.
LoC infiltration bid foiled again
Amid heightened tensions along the Line of Control set off by series of ceasefire violations, the Army on Wednesday said it has foiled yet another infiltration bid from across the de facto border by killing two militants.
Curfew in Kishtwar yet to be relaxed
Uninterrupted curfew clamped on the town of Kishtwar following communal clashes remained in force on the sixth day on Wednesday.
Fernandes keen to make a mark
Eager to don national colours in Khajand on Wednesday, Sporting Clube de Goa striker Dawson Fernandes said he wants to make the most of the first opportunity and help his team come out with flying col
Neha, Simi lead pack in 7th leg
In-form women’s golfer Neha Tripathi and veteran Simi Mehra, both from Kolkata, will lead a strong field at the seventh leg of the Hero women’s pro golf tour 2013, that gets under way at the Eagleton
HIL a step in right direction: Negre
The Hockey India League might be just a season old but world body FIH president Leandro Negre was full of praise for the franchise-based tournament, saying it would help revive the sport in the countr
Pune rope in A-League attacker
Pune FC completed their foreign-player quota, adding Australian attacker James Meyer for the upcoming 2013-14 I-League season.
