A tough new law that will recognise sex without explicit consent as rape comes into effect in Sweden on Sunday, after the country was rocked by the #MeToo movement denouncing sexual harassment and assault. The law stipulates that a person has committed rape if they have been part of a sexual act in which the other person…
SRINAGAR, JULY 01 (PTK): Accusing successive governments of ignoring remote and border areas like Tangdar and Karen and using them for their vote bank politics, AIP President Er. Rasheed has said that the condition of roads, bridges, schools, health institutions and various other infrastructure has exposed the hollow claims of development of border areas. While…
JEDDAH — A Saudi boy committed suicide on Thursday due to the “Blue Whale” game, the latest victim of the game in the Arab world after a series of similar suicides took place in different Arab countries recently. Abdullah Bin Fahid said to Al-Arabiya English that his uncle’s son who is under 12 years of age…
Srinagar,July 1(PTK)The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League (JKPL) has urged the international human rights organizations to play role in stopping the ongoing bloodshed in Kashmir. Mukhtar Waza in an extra ordinary meeting with Peoples League Senior members Nisar Ah Rather,Riyaz Ah Dar,Aijaz Mir,Fayaz Ah and Shabir Ahmad at his kadipora residence in Islamabad said,every…
SRINAGAR, (PTK): A batch of 6,877 Amarnath pilgrims left Jammu on Sunday for the cave shrine in Kashmir Valley as the weather started improving in the state. “The first group of 2,790 pilgrims bound for the Baltal base camp left at 3.10 a.m. in an escorted convoy of 99 vehicles,” said an official “The remaining…
SRINAGAR, (PTK): Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) on Saturday announced that KAS exams will be held as per schedule. JKPSC chairman Lateef-u-Zaman Deva said they have accessed the situation today and based on that they have decided not to postpone the scheduled KAS exams scheduled for Monday. “For now, we don’t feel any…
