JAMMU — Security forces have busted a suspected terrorist hideout in a forest area of Rajouri district, seizing ration and cooking utensils, officials said. The hideout was found during an area domination search operation in the Bhangai forest belt of Thanamandi on Thursday evening, they said. Officials said the hideout had been constructed in a […]
BUNIA, Congo — Ebola has killed more than 1,500 people in eastern Congo in the fastest-growing outbreak of the disease, data released Thursday showed, marking a 50% increase in around a week as the emergency continues to outpace response efforts. As of Tuesday, 3,442 cases had been recorded, with 1,521 deaths, according to the latest […]
QUETTA — An explosion inside a coal mine in southwest Pakistan killed at least 32 miners Thursday and trapped 10 others underground in what officials believed to be life-threatening conditions as rescuers raced to reach them. The blast was apparently triggered by a buildup of methane gas and occurred on the outskirts of the Baluchistan […]
JAMMU — A Jammu and Kashmir government employee has been suspended, and disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against him for his dismissal from service for allegedly accepting a bribe for issuing an income certificate to a villager, officials said. The action was taken after a citizen approached the deputy commissioner’s office with a complaint that […]
JAMMU — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch filed a chargesheet on Thursday against two persons for allegedly defrauding the State Bank of India (SBI) of Rs 7.2 lakh. Officials said the two obtained a tractor loan using forged documents and diverted the loan amount without delivering the financed vehicle. The case […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The District Administration Udhampur has ordered a complete suspension of traffic on the Udhampur-Chenani section of National Highway-44 (NH-44) on July 31 to facilitate slope stabilisation and restoration works near Ladha, Samroli. According to an order issued by the Office of the District Magistrate Udhampur, the decision was taken on the request […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government has sanctioned Rs 41 lakh to the 2016 unrest pellet victim Insha Mushtaq to make her LPG distributorship operational, minister Satish Sharma said on Thursday. Sharma, the Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, said justice was delayed but not denied. “Justice delayed but not denied. Insha […]
SRINAGAR — Omar Abdullah on Thursday expressed concern over the use of force on protestors in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), and hoped that peace would be maintained. “As far as the situation in that part of Kashmir is concerned, we are all worried,” the Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said while speaking with reporters […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday met various public delegations in Ganderbal district and heard issues concerning public welfare and local development. In a post on X, the Chief Minister said he interacted with the delegations and assured them that their genuine concerns would be appropriately addressed. Abdullah directed […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday attached two immovable properties worth approximately ₹1.05 crore belonging to two alleged drug peddlers under the provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act as part of its ongoing crackdown against drug trafficking under the Nasha Mukti Jammu & Kashmir Abhiyan. According to a […]