SRINAGAR, Raouf Dar (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday said it has renamed two government schools in honour of Late Principal Kuldeep Kumar Badyal and Late Adil Hussain Shah in recognition of their courage, dedication and sacrifice. According to a post shared by the Office of Chief Minister Jammu and Kashmir on […]
GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization said on Wednesday the risk of global spread of the Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda is high at national, regional levels but low at the global level. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said so far 51 cases have been confirmed in Congo in the northern […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday demolished an illegal property worth Rupees 1.5 crore allegedly linked to a wanted drug peddler in Srinagar. The demolished property, spread over approximately 09 Marlas was found to be linked with a wanted drug peddler namely Arshid Ahmed Sheikh S/o Wali Mohammad Sheikh R/o Haka Bazar […]
BEIJING — Chinese leader Xi Jinping welcomed Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing on Wednesday in a meeting meant to reaffirm ties and that takes place only days after a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to China. Xi welcomed Putin with a ceremony at the Great Hall of the People. The two delegations later […]
WASHINGTON — A top commander of US forces in the Middle East avoided taking responsibility Tuesday for an attack on a school in Iran that left 155 people dead on day one of the war, insisting a “complex” probe continues. Admiral Brad Cooper, the commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), told a congressional oversight panel […]
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday said that democracy and the country’s institutions have “become weak” and that there is a need to reclaim them to make them stronger. “Parliament has become weak, the nation has become weak, democracy has become weak and institutions have become weak because the Constitution has been […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to stop the “witch hunt” against people who expressed their emotions at the funeral of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shaikh Ghulam Hassan. “People spoke out of emotion and grief at the funeral of Shaikh Ghulam Hassan who was not only the head […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday carried out searches in a land fraud case in Budgam district. Searches were carried out Semsaan village in Budgam distruct at the residence of one of the accused in the presence of executive magistrates to collect incriminating material and other evidence […]
DUBAI — Tehran’s latest peace proposal to the United States involves ending hostilities on all fronts including Lebanon, the exit of U.S. forces from areas close to Iran, and reparations for destruction caused by the U.S.-Israeli war, state media reported on Tuesday. In Tehran’s first comments on the proposal, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said they have attached a residential house along with adjoining land measuring 07 marlas worth approximately ₹1.50 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler namely Owais Amin Denthoo S/o Mohd Amin Denthoo R/o Parimpora Srinagar. The property has been attached under the relevant provisions of the NDPS […]