SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the Jammu and Kashmir administration must act swiftly to establish facts around the killing of a civilian in Bhaderwah and ensure accountability. A youth, identified as Arif Hussain, was killed in police firing at Bhaderwah in Doda district on Thursday night after he allegedly […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone on Friday said the protest scheduled by the National Conference on the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament was a process to bury Article 370 and create confusion by taking Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood issue to pan-India politics. “I cannot be certain of the National Conference’s […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday the refusal of the elected government at the Centre to engage with the protesting youth at Jantar Mantar indicated a colonial mindset. “The distressing scenes unfolding at Jantar Mantar, where Sonam Wangchuk is risking his life to safeguard the future of our Gen Z, evoke memories […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Srinagar Police on Friday said they traced and recovered three missing minor girls from Amritsar, Punjab, within 72 hours of their disappearance in a coordinated operation conducted with the assistance of Punjab Police. According to a police statement, the recovery was made in connection with FIR No. 63/2026 registered under Section 137(2) […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hamid Karra on Friday said the party will join the National Conference’s statehood protest in New Delhi, asserting that the movement was initiated by the grand old party. Addressing a press conference here, Karra said the NC has invited the Congress leadership, including party president Mallikarjun Kharge, […]
JAMMU — A fresh batch of 4,640 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas here early Friday for the annual Amarnath Yatra amid tight security arrangements, officials said. More than 3.45 lakh pilgrims have paid obeisance to Lord Shiva at the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine till now. The 16th batch, travelling in a convoy of 171 […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan spin-bowling all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz has accepted a three-month period of ineligibility (which will be reduced to one month on completion of a substance of abuse treatment programme) for breaching the ICC Anti-Doping Code. The 32-year-old had tested positive for a Substance of Abuse (Carboxy-THC) under the ICC Anti-Doping Code following a doping […]
NEW DELHI — Bollywood star Aamir Khan said his character in the film “3 Idiots” was not based on Sonam Wangchuk, calling it a “misconception” and expressed concern over the activist’s hunger strike. Khan attended the Q&A session at the London Indian Film Festival, where he was asked by a reporter to address Wangchuk’s protest. […]
ISLAMABAD — As Pakistan stepped into the global centre-stage through Iran war mediation, it hired a US lobbying firm to push Washington for boosted security cooperation and minerals investment, the contract shows. The two-year, $1.2-million lobbying agreement, filed in a public official database, began in May, spanning a period officials and experts say is critical […]
DUBAI — The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by increasingly hitting bridges, part of President Donald Trump’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran launched new missile attacks against U.S.-allied nations in the Middle East and warned that its […]