WASHINGTON — The US military said Saturday it remained “present and vigilant” in the Strait of Hormuz, shortly after Iran announced it was closing the critical shipping lane. “US forces remain present and vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement with Iran are adhered to, obeyed, and in full force and effect,” US Central […]
JAMMU — The Crime Branch’s Special Crime Wing has registered two separate FIRs here against three people, including a retired Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) of police, for their alleged involvement in job fraud, cheating and use of forged documents, officials said. Retired ASI Hamid-ullah, a resident of Ramnagar, was booked following a complaint regarding alleged use […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Saturday ordered the reopening of the Naranag tourist destination in Ganderbal district almost 14 months after it was closed following last year’s Pahalgam terror attack. The popular tourist destination in the central Kashmir district also houses the Naranag Temple, an eighth-century temple dedicated to […]
SRINAGAR — Opposition PDP on Saturday lashed out at the Jammu and Kashmir government after an alleged ‘pacemaker scam’ came to the fore at the GMC Anantnag, saying the fraud is a result of the “institutionalised corruption.” Training guns on the government, PDP leader Iltija Mufti said that instead of getting J-Ks “collapsing” healthcare on […]
TEHRAN — Pakistan’s interior minister arrived in Iran on Saturday after planned talks between Iran and the United States in Switzerland were postponed, Iranian media reported. Tehran and Washington were due to hold talks in Switzerland on Friday, after signing a memorandum of understanding ending the war in the Middle East, but the latest negotiations […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district have ordered an inquiry to examine the circumstances leading to an alleged roadside delivery of a patient after being discharged from a hospital, officials said on Saturday. The family of Hafeeza Begum, a resident of north Kashmir’s Chechinar Aloosa area, have alleged that she delivered a […]
SRINAGAR — A doctor was suspended on Saturday after an inquiry into alleged large-scale procedural irregularities at the Anantnag Government Medical College revealed that nearly 50 per cent of his evaluated patients who underwent advanced cardiac surgical procedures did not even require them. The Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department revealed fraudulent insurance […]
PESHAWAR — Twin roadside blasts killed at least seven people in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Saturday. “A private pickup truck carrying passengers was targeted with a remote-controlled IED,” said Yasir Afridi, a police officer in Bannu district, using a common acronym for a homemade bomb. “… the injured were being transported […]
SRINAGAR — An undertrial prisoner, lodged in the district Jail in Anantnag, died at a hospital after complaining of illness, officials said on Saturday. He was identified as Suneel Kumar, a resident of Jalandhar’ Gandhi Camp, who was an accused in an NDPS case. He complained of illness during the night, officials said. They said […]
NEW DELHI — A nationwide mock drill was underway across the country on Saturday ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination as part of the efforts to ensure smooth, secure and transparent conduct of the medical entrance test, officials said. Security has also been tightened at the National Testing Agency (NTA) office in the national capital, […]