News for 'Bashir'

Pulwama attack: IED chemicals were procured online, 2 more held

Pulwama attack: IED chemicals were procured online, 2 more held

Rediff.com6 Mar 2020

Waiz-ul-Islam, 19, of Srinagar's Bagh-e-Mehtab locality and Mohammad Abbass Rather, 32, of Hakripora village in Pulwama district were arrested by the NIA, the official said.

Malaysian co bids for Delhi airport pie

Malaysian co bids for Delhi airport pie

Rediff.com21 Oct 2004

A Malaysian Company and its Indian joint-venture partner are jointly bidding to redevelop and operate New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport, a media report said.

PHOTO: Veena Malik gets married

PHOTO: Veena Malik gets married

Rediff.com27 Dec 2013

Here's what your favourite Bollywood celebrities are tweeting.

'Bleeding Heart was to replace Hurriyat in Kashmir'

'Bleeding Heart was to replace Hurriyat in Kashmir'

Rediff.com16 Sep 2020

Pak had realised in 2018 that Hurriyat Conference, the separatist conglomerate created by Inter-Services Intelligence, won't be able to deliver any more

IN PHOTOS: Shutdown paralyses life in Srinagar

IN PHOTOS: Shutdown paralyses life in Srinagar

Rediff.com29 Jun 2012

Authorities imposed restrictions in major parts of the summer capital Srinagar Friday to foil a march to the gutted shrine of Peer Dastager Sahib at Khanyar.

Omar, Mehbooba booked under PSA on last day of their detention

Omar, Mehbooba booked under PSA on last day of their detention

Rediff.com6 Feb 2020

National Conference general secretary and former minister Ali Mohammed Sagar, who wields a support base in downtown city, was served with a PSA notice public order by the authorities.

Farooq Abdullah questioned by ED for 5 hours in JKCA graft case

Farooq Abdullah questioned by ED for 5 hours in JKCA graft case

Rediff.com21 Oct 2020

He was earlier questioned in the case for over six hours on Monday. His son and former chief minister Omar Abdullah expressed his displeasure and tweeted the party statement on his father's questioning with the comment: 'This on a day when my father turns 84!'

Ibne Abbas to be new Pakistani envoy to India

Ibne Abbas to be new Pakistani envoy to India

Rediff.com9 Oct 2013

Veteran Pakistani diplomats Syed Ibne Abbas and Jalil Abbas Jilani would be the new Pakistani envoys to India and the United States respectively as part of a wide-ranging reshuffle of envoys in key capitals around the world.

10 African dictators Modi shook hands with

10 African dictators Modi shook hands with

Rediff.com30 Oct 2015

Over the last four days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the heads of over 50 African nations, some of whom have extremely unsavoury reputations. Meet the 10 most controversial leaders who visited Delhi this week.

Pak high commissioner visits Sanaullah, says prognosis 'weak'

Pak high commissioner visits Sanaullah, says prognosis 'weak'

Rediff.com6 May 2013

Pakistan High Commissioner Salman Bashir on Monday visited prisoner Sanaullah Ranjay, injured in a scuffle with another inmate in a Jammu jail, at PGIMER in Chandigarh and said his chances of survival seemed "bleak".

LeT terrorists holed-up in building, woman killed in encounter

LeT terrorists holed-up in building, woman killed in encounter

Rediff.com1 Jul 2017

Tahira, 44, sustained injuries during the encounter and was rushed to the district hospital, but she could not be saved.

Senior journalist shot dead in Pakistan

Senior journalist shot dead in Pakistan

Rediff.com1 Mar 2013

A senior Pakistani journalist was shot dead on Friday by unidentified gunmen in the restive Balochistan province, becoming the second reporter to be killed in the country within a week.

Oxford Union president's election upheld

Oxford Union president's election upheld

Rediff.com12 Mar 2004

A tribunal also held Ruzwana Bashir's closest rival guilty of violating poll campaign rules.

Pak appoints Abdul Basit as high commissioner to India

Pak appoints Abdul Basit as high commissioner to India

Rediff.com19 Dec 2013

Pakistan on Thursday appointed career diplomat Abdul Basit as its new high commissioner to India. Basit, 55, was earlier tipped to take over as foreign secretary but the government recently made several changes in proposed appointments.

Pak MFN status to India likely by June

Pak MFN status to India likely by June

Rediff.com2 May 2013

Pakistan has already missed a December 31, 2012 deadline to end a negative list regime for trade and give MFN-status to India.

PIX: Veena Malik's baby's day out

PIX: Veena Malik's baby's day out

Rediff.com13 Oct 2014

Veena Malik's baby gets ready to meet the world!

Pakistan shooters not taking part in New Delhi World Cup

Pakistan shooters not taking part in New Delhi World Cup

Rediff.com19 Feb 2019

Pakistan will not participate in the shooting World Cup in New Delhi after a top official of the national federation confirmed that its marksmen had not been issued visas

India summons Pak high commissioner over attack in J-K

India summons Pak high commissioner over attack in J-K

Rediff.com9 Jan 2013

An outraged India on Wednesday summoned the Pakistan high commissioner in New Delhi to protest the "highly provocative" attack in its territory in Jammu and Kashmir by Pakistani troops, describing as "extremely distressing" and "inhuman" the mutilation of bodies of its two soldiers.

Stuck indoors? Top shows to watch

Stuck indoors? Top shows to watch

Rediff.com20 Mar 2020

With theatres shutting down, night clubs and restaurants closed and self-isolation being the latest key word, all eyes may just have turned to television.

Battle lines drawn between Pak Taliban and Awami party

Battle lines drawn between Pak Taliban and Awami party

Rediff.com24 Dec 2012

The assassination of 69-year-old Taliban critic Bashir Ahmed Bilour is a reminder of the violent relationship between the terror group and the Awami National Party. Tahir Ali reports

26/11: 12 yrs on, Pak fails to nab 19 most wanted LeT terrorists

26/11: 12 yrs on, Pak fails to nab 19 most wanted LeT terrorists

Rediff.com26 Nov 2020

The security agencies in Pakistan are clueless about the whereabouts of these 19 most wanted terrorists. Some of them have been hiding in Pakistan and others are believed to have fled the country.

US slap sanctions on 3 Pakistani terrorist facilitators

US slap sanctions on 3 Pakistani terrorist facilitators

Rediff.com18 Oct 2012

The United States has slapped sanctions on three Pakistan-based "terrorist facilitators" for helping the Taliban and other militant groups in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan, including one man linked to a failed car bomb attack in New York in 2010.

India, Pakistan bicker over Kashmir; UNGA watches

India, Pakistan bicker over Kashmir; UNGA watches

Rediff.com10 Oct 2012

For the second day in a row, India and Pakistan sparred over Kashmir at the United Nations after Islamabad made "gratuitous references" to it at the world body.

CRPF camp attack: State govt employee detained

CRPF camp attack: State govt employee detained

Rediff.com16 Mar 2013

The Jammu and Kashmir police has detained Parandeep Singh, a daily wager with the public health department who allegedly provided shelter to two fidayeens who carried out the suicide attack in Srinagar on Wednesday, killing five Central Reserve Police Force men.

3 AMU students from Kashmir booked for sedition for 'raising anti-India' slogans

3 AMU students from Kashmir booked for sedition for 'raising anti-India' slogans

Rediff.com13 Oct 2018

AMU spokesman Shafay Kidwai said that show cause notices have been issued to nine students for trying to hold an unauthorised gathering Thursday.

Pak wants 'productive, result-oriented' talks with India

Pak wants 'productive, result-oriented' talks with India

Rediff.com13 Jun 2012

Pakistan wants a "constructive, sustained and result-oriented" engagement with India and is committed to peacefully resolving all outstanding bilateral issues, President Asif Ali Zardari said on Wednesday. Zardari made the remarks during a meeting with Pakistan's High Commissioner-designate to India and former foreign secretary Salman Bashir.

Temple demolition: BJP leaders meet Pak HC

Temple demolition: BJP leaders meet Pak HC

Rediff.com4 Dec 2012

A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party leaders on Tuesday met the Pakistan High Commissioner to India and submitted a memorandum to register their protest against the demolition of a temple in Karachi and the plight of Hindu minorities in the neighbouring country.

3-year-old injured in militant attack in Kashmir dies

3-year-old injured in militant attack in Kashmir dies

Rediff.com19 Sep 2015

The three-year-old son of a former militant, who was critically wounded in an attack in north Kashmir's Sopore town on Saturday evening, succumbed to injuries in a hospital in Srinagar.

Man who helped militants attack CRPF camp arrested

Man who helped militants attack CRPF camp arrested

Rediff.com15 Mar 2013

A diary recovered from the slain militants in the Bemina suicide attack has led to the arrest of a man, who had allegedly acted as a guide for the Pakistani militants to enter the city to carry out the attack.

Teacher held for posting clip provoking attack on NE people

Teacher held for posting clip provoking attack on NE people

Rediff.com20 Sep 2012

The cyber crime cell of the Pune police has arrested a Mumbai-based teacher for allegedly uploading a clip on a website which provoked attacks on people from north-east in Pune and other parts of the country in August. "The teacher, Sharif Ahmed Bashir Siddiqui, of Kurar village in Malad (suburban Mumbai) had uploaded the clip from his home computer. The clip was named Burma Riots -- Thrilling Pictures 2012," said a police officer.

Blogs: Is ICC World Cup really 'world's third-biggest sporting event'?

Blogs: Is ICC World Cup really 'world's third-biggest sporting event'?

Rediff.com12 Mar 2015

A selection of musings from around the cricket World Cup.

Kashmir: Youth arrested for threatening all-girl rock band

Kashmir: Youth arrested for threatening all-girl rock band

Rediff.com7 Feb 2013

The J&K police, late on Wednesday evening, picked up a youngster they allege was involved in posting abusive threats to the all-girl band 'Pragaash'.

Pulwama fallout: IOC takes away 2 quotas, spares 14 at Delhi shooting World Cup

Pulwama fallout: IOC takes away 2 quotas, spares 14 at Delhi shooting World Cup

Rediff.com22 Feb 2019

This was announced by the ISSF president Vladimir Lisin during his address to the season-opening World Cup at the Dr Karni Singh Shooting Range.

Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

Remembering Diana: The life of a princess

Rediff.com1 Jul 2021

On July 1, 2021, Britain's Princess Diana would have turned 60 and two decades after her tragic death in a car accident near the end of summer 1997, she still holds an exalted place on the altar of the most admired people in the world, her status secure as a style icon -- as is her legacy of having forever changed the British monarchy.

Yasin Malik, 15 JKLF activists detained

Yasin Malik, 15 JKLF activists detained

Rediff.com27 Jul 2012

Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik and 15 activists were detained as the separatist group tried to take out a march here to protest the killing of a youth by Army in Bandipora district of north Kashmir on Tuesday.

CRPF jawan, civilian killed in J-K, 3-yr-old rescued

CRPF jawan, civilian killed in J-K, 3-yr-old rescued

Rediff.com1 Jul 2020

The terrorists opened firing on a naka party of security forces in Sopore, resulting in injuries to three CRPF jawans and a civilian, the officials said.

SAARC should help create understanding, cooperation: Pak

SAARC should help create understanding, cooperation: Pak

Rediff.com8 Nov 2011

Pakistan has said disputes, which are holding back regional cooperation must be resolved and the South Asian Association For Regional Cooperation should help create amity, understanding and cooperation on the basis of "enlightened self-interest of the peoples" of South Asia.

India, Pak set for FM meet on Wednesday

India, Pak set for FM meet on Wednesday

Rediff.com26 Jul 2011

Foreign Secretaries of India and Pakistan on Tuesday held consultations to finalise the agenda for the meeting between their foreign ministers on Wednesday during which they will discuss Confidence Building Measures and India's concerns on terror and Jammu and Kashmir.

The strange tale of the new Pakistan envoy

The strange tale of the new Pakistan envoy

Rediff.com20 Apr 2012

Pakistan former foreign secretary Salman Bashir is coming to Delhi as the next envoy, which is a prized posting. Wondering why he was appointed?

National Conference worker shot dead in Srinagar

National Conference worker shot dead in Srinagar

Rediff.com24 Dec 2011

An activist of the ruling National Conference was shot dead by unidentified militants in the uptown Batmallo locality of Srinagar on Saturday morning.