DUBAI — Intrigue, uncertainty, backstage drama. The ICC Champions Trophy has seen it all even before the curtains go up on the tournament and it would only get more stirring over the next three weeks, starting with the opening clash between Pakistan and New Zealand in Karachi. Eight teams will vie for a trophy, often […]
SRINAGAR — A court in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday convicted a faith healer of committing unnatural offences with children who used to visit him for religious lessons. Chief Judicial Magistrate, Sopore, Mir Wajahat issued the order of conviction against Aijaz Ahmad Sheikh on charges under section 377 (unnatural offences) of the Ranbir Penal Code […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir unit president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Sat Sharma on Monday in consultations with Tarun Chugh, National General Secretary, BJP & Prabhari J&K-UT, Ashok Kaul, General Secretary Organisation, and Sunil Sharma, Leader of Opposition in Assembly and Kashmir Prabhari, has nominated presidents for ten districts. According to a party […]
NEW DELHI — Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the next chief election commissioner on Monday, the law ministry said. Kumar is the first CEC to be appointed under a new law on the appointment of the members of the Election Commission (EC). His term will run till January 26, 2029, days before the […]
JAMMU — District Magistrate of Jammu, Sachin Kumar Vaishya, on Monday ordered the mandatory installation of CCTV cameras at key establishments, including banks, ATMs and educational institutions, to enhance public security, an official spokesman said. The directive, issued under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), aims to improve surveillance through technology, the […]
JAMMU — Union minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said India is being recognized as global leader in space technology, biotechnology and preventive healthcare, crediting the remarkable achievements to the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The minister of state for science and technology was speaking after inaugurating the ‘Science and Technology Expo 2025’ at the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday solved two burglary cases by arresting three accused persons involved in the commission of crime in Srinagar. Police Post Hazratbal received a written complaint from an individual namely Junaid Maqbool Mir son of Mohammed Maqbool Mir resident of Litter Pulwama stating there in that on 13/02/2024, […]
JAMMU — Senior CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami on Monday said all secular forces should unite to press for restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir as he lashed out at the BJP for allegedly misleading the country by false propaganda on Article 370 that granted special status to the region and was revoked in […]
SRINAGAR — A trial court in Ganderbal district of Jammu and Kashmir has sentenced a man to 27 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping and abducting a minor. The court convicted Mohammad Saleem Taploo for offences under section 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO) and section 363 of the Ranbir […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday emphasised the role of public-private partnerships to empower youth by improving infrastructure, providing opportunities and opening up new avenues in diverse sectors in the Union Territory. “Public-Private Partnerships can provide us an extensive network of skilling and entrepreneurship projects and we can take these […]