SRINAGAR — Celebrations erupted in various places across Kashmir after the US-Iran ceasefire announcement, with people calling it a “victory” for the Islamic Republic. Hundreds of people, especially in the Shia-dominated areas of the valley, gathered on roads to celebrate the ceasefire. The celebrations erupted in Saidakadal and Zadibal areas of the city here, as […]
DHAKA — Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal became the youngest head of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday, after the National Sports Council dissolved the BCB’s board of directors following an investigation into elections held in October. A committee found irregularities in the BCB’s election process, the NSC’s sports director Mohammed Aminul Ahesan told […]
JAMMU — The Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was closed for traffic on Tuesday due to multiple landslides in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir, a few hours after its restoration. Over 200 vehicles are stranded at different points on the 270-km highway, the only all-weather road in the region, officials said. The highway was reopened for […]
SRINAGAR — Police in Srinagar has busted a major interstate Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) module and arrested five people, including Pakistani terrorist Abdullah alias Abu Hureira who was the run for 16 years and was able to set up bases outside the union territory, officials said on Tuesday. A second Pakistani terrorist, Usman alias Khubaib, was also […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Kumar Khajuria, pending an inquiry into alleged misappropriation of general provident fund and income tax deductions of police personnel. According to an order issued on behalf of the L-G by Principal Secretary (Home) Chandraker Bharti, Khajuria will remain attached to the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Saturday passed the Private Universities Bill that deals with the establishment and incorporation of private institutions in the Union Territory. The bill moved by Education Minister Sakeena Itoo reads, “A Bill to provide for the establishment and incorporation of private universities in the Union Territory of Jammu […]
JAMMU — Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather on Saturday adjourned the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly sine die after a largely well-conducted budget session that lasted for 22 sittings spread across February, March and April. The assembly session commenced on February 2 with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah presenting the Budget on February 6, while the House […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly witnessed uproar on the final day of the Budget Session on Saturday, with members of the National Conference, the Congress and the PDP demanding a judicial probe into the recent Ganderbal encounter. The army has claimed that the man killed in the encounter in Arhama forests on March […]
JAMMU — A man accused of raping a minor from Himachal Pradesh has been arrested by a police team from Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district after evading arrest for nearly five years, officials said on Saturday. The accused, Avtar Singh, a resident of Thakrai village, was wanted in connection with an FIR registered at the […]
JAMMU — In a major push to transform Kashmir’s economic landscape by linking its fruit industry and parcel trade with national markets, Northern Railway’s Jammu Division held a stakeholder meeting to boost rail-based parcel movement from the Valley, officials said on Saturday. The meeting, held in Srinagar on Friday, aimed at formulating a roadmap to […]