ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s parliament on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution urging India to implement the UN Security Council resolutions to allow Kashmiris to exercise their democratic right to determine their future through a fair and impartial plebiscite under the UN auspices. Minister for Kashmir Affairs Amir Muqam moved the resolution that reaffirmed Pakistan’s “unwavering moral, […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Tuesday that the Jammu and Kashmir administration should ensure full implementation of the three new criminal laws in the Union Territory by April. Chairing a review meeting here on the implementation of the three new criminal laws in Jammu and Kashmir, in the presence of […]
SRINAGAR — A court in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday sentenced a faith healer to 14 years of rigorous imprisonment for committing unnatural sexual offences with two minor children during their religious lessons. Dismissing defense counsel’s assertion about four-year delay in registering of FIR, Chief Judicial Magistrate Sopore Mir Wajahat reasoned it with a poem. […]
KARACHI — Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Mohsin Naqvi assured on Tuesday that the ICC Champions Trophy would be hosted in a manner that would bring pride and joy to the people of Pakistan. The 50-over ICC showpiece, beginning here on Wednesday, marks the first major global tournament hosted by Pakistan in nearly 30 years. […]
JAMMU — The crime branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested five accused, including a former manager of the Jammu and Kashmir Bank, in connection with an alleged multi-crore-rupee loan scam here, the agency said on Tuesday. The case was registered in 2023 on a written complaint from Mohammad Shakeel, the chief manager […]
SAMBA (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police have recovered ammunition and explosive substance during search operation from Chilla Danga Forest area falling under the jurisdiction of Police Station Samba. A Police party headed by DySP Hqrs Samba along with SHO PS Samba and I/C BPP Chilla Danga while performing patrolling in the Chilla Danga area, […]
JAMMU — Two teenage sisters from Jammu, allegedly abducted a week ago, were rescued from Chhattisgarh and handed over to their family, police said on Tuesday. The accused Shiva Dass and Manoj Kumar, both residents of Chhattisgarh, are yet to be arrested, they said. Jammu’s Janipur Police Station received a complaint from the father of […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir has witnessed a dry winter this year with the months of January and February recording a precipitation deficit of around 80 per cent, which has raised the possibility of drought in the valley this summer, the MeT department officials said. Several water bodies are flowing below the zero level mark at many […]
JAMMU — A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) jawan allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself dead with his service rifle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Tuesday, officials said. The jawan was part of a road opening party deployed in Tikri area along Jammu-Srinagar national highway when he shot himself dead, they said. They […]
SRINAGAR — New Zealand have suffered a major blow on the eve of their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 campaign with key pacer Lockie Ferguson ruled out of the tournament due to injury. Ferguson will miss the eight-team tournament due to an injury to his right foot, with the right-armer replaced in New Zealand’s squad by […]