DUBAI — The ICC has announced that Scotland will replace Bangladesh at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026. It was formally announced on Saturday that Bangladesh will no longer compete in the upcoming ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, after the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) refused to participate in the tournament per the published match […]
SRINAGAR — Farusa Riyaz, a young athlete from Ganderbal district has won a gold medal in the 70 kg category at the UT-level Thang-Ta Championship held recently in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir. The championship was organised by the Directorate of Youth Services and Sports, J&K for girls across all age categories at the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Fresh snowfall across the Kashmir Valley disrupted land and air traffic on Friday, while rain lashed parts of Jammu, as the Meteorological Department forecast more wet weather in the coming days across Jammu and Kashmir. According to traffic officials, vehicular movement has been suspended from both sides on the Srinagar–Jammu National Highway […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Economic Offences Wing Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K on Friday said it has filed a chargesheet before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Budgam, in connection with land fraud case. The chargesheet has been filed in FIR No. 61/2023 under Sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC registered at Police Station […]
JAMMU — In a major relief for the 50 students affected by the revocation of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence, the Jammu and Kashmir Board of Professional Entrance Examinations has set January 24 as the fresh date for their counselling to adjust them in seven government-run colleges across the Union Territory. […]
JAMMU — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday chaired a cabinet meeting here ahead of the upcoming budget session of the Jammu and Kashmir legislative assembly scheduled to commence on February 2, with the address of Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha. “Chief minister today chaired a cabinet meeting at the civil secretariat, Jammu, to consider key […]
JAMMU — Nearly 3,700 people have died and over 29,000 others were injured in more than 20,000 road accidents across Jammu and Kashmir since June 2022, a senior government official said here on Thursday. The majority of these fatalities and accidents occurred on major highways, in Jammu, Kathua, Udhampur and Rajouri districts, the official said. […]
JAMMU — An Army vehicle skidded off the road and plunged into a deep gorge in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, killing 10 soldiers and injuring 11 others, officials said. The accident took place at the 9000-feet-high Khanni top along Bhaderwah-Chamba interstate road around noon when the driver of a bulletproof Army […]
SRINAGAR — At least two journalists from mainstream English dailies were summoned by Jammu and Kashmir police over their reports on the profiling of mosques and their management committees, the move leading to a massive debate with the Editors Guild and several political parties expressing their outrage. The Indian Express and the Hindustan Times on […]
NEW DELHI — The exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the valley was a tragedy that tore apart a social fabric built over centuries but must not be allowed to define Kashmir’s future, moderate Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said Wednesday. He said Kashmir’s soul was “wounded, not lost”, and called for rebuilding bridges of […]