WASHINGTON — Iran launched attacks on US sites in the Gulf in response to American strikes on the country, state media said Saturday, after Washington accused Tehran of attacking one of its cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The trading of fire raised questions about efforts to keep the crucial waterway open while Washington […]
SRINAGAR — The Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) on Friday decided to continue Sheikh Abdul Rashid as a Member of Parliament after he had expressed his intent to quit. The AIP conducted a secret ballot poll on the question of whether the Baramulla MP, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, should continue or not in the Parliament. […]
LONDON — England captain Ben Stokes and Test team-mate Gus Atkinson were both withdrawn from their respective County Championship fixtures on Sunday in what appears to be an indication they will be available to play in next week’s series finale against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. The pair were dropped from the ongoing second Test […]
KABUL — A strong earthquake struck Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region on Saturday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre said, sending out tremors that could be felt from the capital Kabul across the border into neighbouring Pakistan. People ran out of their doors in panic in Swat district in northern Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, resident Daniyal Ahmad […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has trapped a Senior Assistant of the Labour Department while allegedly accepting a bribe on behalf of an Assistant Executive Engineer (AEE) in Jammu. According to an ACB statement, FIR No. 04/2026 under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Section 61(2) of the Bharatiya […]
KARACHI — At least five moderate-intensity earthquakes have struck Pakistan’s southeastern province of Balochistan since Friday, with the latest jolting Barkhan and adjoining areas on Saturday morning. Authorities have reported five injuries and damage to some houses in these earthquakes, which measured between magnitudes 5.2 and 4.3 on the Richter scale. Pakistan Meteorological Department’s Chief […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Saturday reiterated the NC-led government’s commitment to phased regularisation of all eligible ad-hoc and daily-wage employees. Addressing a gathering at Surankote in Poonch district, he said the government is also committed to equitable development, with special focus on remote and underserved regions like Pir […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Saturday said it has attached several movable and immovable properties belonging to a former Naazir in the office of the Deputy Commissioner Srinagar in connection with a disproportionate assets case. According to an ACB statement, the attached properties belong to Imtiyaz Ahmad Bhat, son of Late Ghulam […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said they arrested a couple wanted in a murder case registered in Uttarakhand in Katra area of Reasi district and handed them over to the concerned police after completing the required legal formalities. According to a police statement, Police Station Katra received information from Police Station […]
JAMMU — Two elderly persons were killed and four were injured after their vehicle veered off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Doda district on Saturday, officials said. The incident took place near Basti village in Bhaderwah when the driver lost control of the vehicle at a blind curve, they said. The […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted three more accused, including an absconder, in connection with the November 10, 2025, car bomb explosion that killed 11 persons near the Red Fort. In a supplementary chargesheet filed in a special NIA Court, the National Investigation Agency has named Zameer Ahmad Ahanger, Tufail Ahmad […]
JAMMU — AIIMS Jammu has achieved a major milestone in cancer care by successfully performing Jammu and Kashmir’s first-ever interstitial brachytherapy procedure on a 26-year-old woman diagnosed with Stage II vulvar cancer, the institute said. Vulvar cancer is a rare gynaecological malignancy, accounting for only four percent of all gynaecological cancers, and is particularly uncommon […]
WASHINGTON — Iran launched attacks on US sites in the Gulf in response to American strikes on the country, state media said Saturday, after Washington accused Tehran of attacking one of its cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The trading of fire raised questions about efforts to keep the crucial waterway open while Washington […]
