BENGALURU — A second-year MBBS student was allegedly assaulted at a medical college in Karnataka’s Vijayapura. The victim, Hameem, a second-year MBBS student at Al-Ameen Medical College is from Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag. The student has alleged that he was subjected to brutal ragging and threats by senior students from the 2019 batch which reportedly […]
ISLAMABAD — Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Thursday that Pakistan had lost its “credibility” as the country struggled to achieve economic stability. He was speaking at a Senate climate change committee meeting, where he discussed the country’s climate financing challenges and its negotiations with international lenders, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. “We have lost […]
KARACHI — US Republican Congressman Joe Wilson has called on President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, and Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir to release former prime minister Imran Khan, asserting that his freedom would strengthen US-Pakistan relations, The News reported on Sunday. In a letter addressed to Pakistan’s civilian and […]
ISLAMABAD — Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb said on Thursday that Pakistan had lost its “credibility” as the country struggled to achieve economic stability. He was speaking at a Senate climate change committee meeting, where he discussed the country’s climate financing challenges and its negotiations with international lenders, The Express Tribune newspaper reported. “We have lost […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday emphasised the importance of preserving the linguistic heritage of Jammu and Kashmir, as he called for radical measures to protect and promote Kashmiri and other vernacular languages. Mother tongue is a crucial aspect of culture and identity, Abdullah said, stressing the need to safeguard the linguistic […]
SRINAGAR — The Pakistan team have been fined five percent of their match fee for maintaining a slow over rate during the tournament’s opening game against New Zealand in Karachi. Following their defeat in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 opener against Black Caps, Pakistan have been handed a slow over-rate fine after being found one […]
DUBAI — The Mohammad Rizwan-led Pakistan arrived in Dubai on Thursday ahead of their second Champions Trophy 2025 match against arch-rivals India on February 23. The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) social media account shared the video of the squad leaving the Dubai airport and boarding the team bus for their hotel. The squad arrived alongside […]
JAMMU — A former Hizbul Mujahideen militant was arrested after a long hunt of 18 years from Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Thursday, police said. Anwari Ali Chouhan alias Jamsheer, originally a resident of Gujjar-Kothian Talwara, had joined Hizbul Mujahideen in 2001. He remained active for seven years before surrendering in 2007 in the […]
JAMMU — The National Disaster Management Authority of India, Airport Authority Jammu Airport and Jammu & Kashmir Disaster Management Authority jointly conducted a Disaster Management Mock Exercise on February 18 and 19. All the Stakeholders, multiple agencies participated in the earthquake mock drill. The J&K Disaster Management department is committed to deal with any disaster […]
JAMMU — Three persons, including a policeman, travelling on two motorcycles were killed in separate incidents in Jammu and Udhampur districts, officials said on Thursday. Selection grade constable Manpreet Singh, who was in his early 30s, lost his life when an electric bus hit his motorcycle at Gadigarh in Jammu on Thursday, the officials said. […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday held separate meetings with elected representatives from Kishtwar and Doda districts here as he concluded his pre-budget consultations. Abdullah said the series of consultations with public representatives from all 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir had provided valuable insights into the ground-level issues faced […]
POONCH — An army soldier was injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. Rifleman Mohd Asif Rather, who was part of a patrolling party, accidentally stepped over a landmine in a forward area in the Balakote sector of Mendhar sub-division around […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday attached properties belonging to two proclaimed offenders in Baramullah’s Sopore area, a police spokesperson said. Nearly half an acre of orchard land that was attached belonged to two proclaimed offenders — Sopore’s Warpora village residents Afroz Ahmad War and Maqsood Ahmad War — booked under an Arms […]
