Month: July 2022

Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, who arrived in Jammu from Dharamshala on Thursday stated that he was not seeking independence for Tibet, but wanted 'meaningful autonomy' within China. “Not Chinese people, but some Chinese hardliners consider me a separatist. Now, more and more Chinese are realising that Dalai Lama is not seeking independence...but meaningful autonomy within China...and to preserve Tibetan Buddhist culture,” the spiritual leader said in Jammu, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). The Tibetan spiritual leader was responding to a question on China's objecting to his visit to Ladakh. He also refuted the allegations made by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, who had spoken to the media about the ‘anti-China and separatist nature of the 14th...

Two journalists from leading Hindi newspapers were shot at while they were having tea at a restaurant under Raipur police station in Uttar Pradesh’s Sonbhadra district, police said. The incident took place late Thursday evening and the two journalists were rushed to the BHU Medical College where they were said to be out of danger. The victims have been identified as Shyam Sundar Pandey and Laddu Pandey, both in their mid-thirties. Sonbhadra Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Vinod Kumar Singh said that the two journalists, Shyam Sundar Pandey and Laddu Pandey, were sitting at a restaurant located in Kaliyari market and having tea. “In the meantime, two unidentified miscreants, who were on a bike and wearing helmets, reached the spot and opened two to three rounds of fir...

New Delhi: Delhi's Patiala House Court on Friday granted bail to Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in a case related to an alleged objectionable tweet case in which he was arrested by Delhi Police last month. Additional Sessions Judge Devender Kumar Jangla on Friday granted bail to Zubair and directed him to deposit a personal bail bond of Rs 50,000 and one like amount surety. He cannot leave the country without prior permission of the court, ASJ Devender Kumar Jangla added. On Thursday, the court had kept the order reserved after the conclusion of the argument of both sides. Delhi Police special public prosecutor Atul Srivastava, while opposing the bail plea of Mohd Zubair, submitted that the bail should not be granted at this stage as there is a violation of the Foreign Contribut...