SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said they have attached a double-storeyed residential house worth approximately ₹1.20 crore belonging to an alleged drug peddler in Pampore area of Pulwama district in South Kashmir as part of the ongoing Nasha Mukt Jammu and Kashmir Abhiyaan. According to a police statement, the property belongs […]
KHOST, AFGHANISTAN — Pakistan has renewed deadly airstrikes on neighbouring Afghanistan, officials in both countries said on Wednesday, in the worst violence in weeks following a period of relative calm. An AFP journalist saw a house completely destroyed in the southeastern province of Khost, where residents were digging graves to bury those killed in a […]
TEHRAN — Iran attacked American bases in Jordan and Bahrain on Wednesday, warning its Gulf neighbours that they had a “responsibility” to stop the United States and Israel from using their territory to strike the Islamic republic. The strikes came after the US carried out its own attacks on Iran in response to the shooting […]
LAHORE — Pakistan on Wednesday named a largely inexperienced 15-member squad for the men’s T20 cricket competition at the Asian Games in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, with opener Sahibzada Farhan appointed captain. The squad does not include any of Pakistan’s established senior stars, with Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Shadab Khan all […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday disengaged a Special Police Officer (SPO) from service in Baramulla district of North Kashmir with immediate effect following his alleged involvement in an NDPS case. According to a police statement, SPO Khalid Nazir Khan (3098/SPO), resident of Katipora Tangmarg, was removed from the SPO cadre after […]
JAMMU — A rusted mortar shell was found in a border village here on Wednesday and subsequently neutralised in a controlled explosion, officials said. The shell was noticed by labourers who were filling the plinth of a house in Kothey Sanian village of Bishnah on the outskirts of Jammu, with soil, they said. Following information […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said they have arrested an alleged drug peddler and recovered 104 grams of charas-like substance along with ₹25.50 lakh in cash during a raid in the Tulkhan area of Bijbehara in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. According to a police statement, acting on specific information that a […]
TEHRAN — Iran attacked US bases in Jordan and Bahrain on Wednesday, the latest salvo in tit-for-tat strikes with the United States after the downing of a US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz. The worst bout of fighting between Washington and Tehran since their April 8 ceasefire has cast further doubt on US President […]
KABUL — Afghanistan said Wednesday that Pakistan launched new airstrikes targeting the country, killing at least 13 people and wounding 14 others. Taliban chief spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid announced the airstrikes, which he said targeted the Afghan provinces of Khost, Kunar and Paktika. He said the strikes killed 11 children, one woman and one elderly man. […]
SRINAGAR — Two soldiers died in an accidental grenade blast in Uri sector of Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. A hand grenade exploded accidentally during routine handing over of equipment at a camp in Kamalkote in Uri, resulting in injuries to two jawans, the officials said. They said the injured […]