SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said they have attached multiple immovable properties worth approximately ₹2 crore belonging to alleged drug peddlers in Srinagar under the provisions of the NDPS Act. According to a police statement, in the first case, Police Station Bemina attached immovable property worth around ₹1.5 crore belonging to […]
Author: KIMS Kashmir
18 killed, 29 injured in truck accident in Afghanistan
KABUL — A truck overturned in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing 18 people on board including 10 children, a provincial official told AFP. Deadly traffic crashes are common in Afghanistan, due in part to poor roads after decades of conflict, dangerous driving and a lack of regulation. The vehicle was carrying Afghan families returning from […]
Two CRPF officers die of suspected cardiac arrest in camps in Pulwama, Shopian
SRINAGAR — Two CRPF officers died due suspected cardiac arrest in their camps in Pulwama and Shopian districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, officials said. Inspector Tejpal Singh, a resident of Haryana, was found unconscious at the the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Regional Training Centre, Lethpora, in Pulwama around 5.00 pm. Officials said […]
Vance says progress made as US-Iran deal awaits Trump green light
WASHINGTON — US Vice President JD Vance said Washington and Tehran are close to agreeing a deal to extend their ceasefire in the Middle East war, but the potential breakthrough still hangs on President Donald Trump’s approval. Trump remained notably silent into Friday morning, despite US sources telling AFP a deal just needed his sign-off, […]
WHO announces first confirmed Ebola recovery in DRC outbreak
GENEVA — The World Health Organisation (WHO) on May 29 announced the first recovery of a confirmed Ebola patient in the outbreak raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo. “The DRC has said that on May 27, a patient recovered and left the hospital and has been discharged into the community,” the WHO’s Ms Anais […]
‘If Ebola comes, we’ll be wiped out’: DR Congo conflict-displaced
BUNIA, DR CONGO — Dorcas Mapenzi fears the worst if Ebola comes to the Kingonze camp, where she lives alongside more than 25,000 other displaced people in the conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. “If Ebola comes, we’ll be wiped out as we’re packed like sardines,” the displaced woman told AFP at the sprawl of […]
Noted poet Bashir Badr passes away at 91
BHOPAL — Bashir Badr, one of most quoted Urdu poets of his generation with famous lines like “Ujale apni yaadon ke hamare saath rehne do”, died in Bhopal on Thursday after a prolonged illness. He was 91. The veteran poet, who was living with dementia for many years, breathed his last at his home in […]
Security forces launch fresh assault on terrorist hideouts as Operation Sheruwali enters day 6
JAMMU — Security forces on Thursday launched a fresh fire assault and multiple grenade launcher (MGL) attacks on specific suspected terrorist hideouts as the anti-terror operation in the dense forests of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district entered its sixth consecutive day. According to preliminary reports, two to three Pakistani terrorists, including a commander, are believed […]
Global temperatures likely to remain at record levels in 2026-30: UN
GENEVA — Global average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels this year and for the next four years afterwards, the United Nations warned on Thursday. The 11 hottest individual years ever recorded all happened from 2015 onwards and the UN’s weather and climate agency said the trend was set to continue, […]
US carries out new strikes on southern Iran
WASHINGTON — The United States carried out new strikes on southern Iran on Thursday, after President Donald Trump threatened to “finish the job” if Tehran did not agree to a peace deal. Iranian media reported three loud explosions rang out in the port city of Bandar Abbas in the early hours of Thursday morning, following […]









