WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order directing the United States to withdraw from the World Health Organization (WHO), a body he has repeatedly criticized over its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the White House hours after his inauguration, Trump said the United States was paying far more to […]
JAMMU — Authorities on Monday attached assets worth more than Rs 2.22 crore of a man who allegedly impersonated a lieutenant colonel in the Army and defrauded people by promising to secure jobs for them in various central government departments in Jammu and Kashmir. Harpreet Singh, the accused, allegedly posed as a lieutenant colonel to […]
JAMMU — More than 70 lakh voters, including over 34 lakh women, are eligible to vote in the panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the annual revision of electoral rolls, officials said. The Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission on Monday concluded annual revision of panchayat electoral rolls that were published with January 1, 2025, […]
RAJOURI — A high-level inter-ministerial team on Monday conducted an investigation for nearly six hours in the Badhaal village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district to ascertain the causes of deaths of 17 members of three families under mysterious circumstances, officials said. The village also witnessed the burial of a 15-year-old girl who died in […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday said his recent sentencing in the al-Qadir Trust corruption case was part of a political strategy to force him into making a deal, and has dismissed any suggestions of negotiations or compromise with the government. A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Monday reported a 26.2 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 531 crore for the October-December quarter of FY2024-25 compared to Rs 421.08 crore in the year-ago period. A bank spokesman said that the financial institution is well on course to meet the annual profitability target. “The […]
JAMMU — Three employees of a flour mill here were booked on Monday for embezzlement of more than Rs 2 crore, police said. The crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police registered a case on the basis of a complaint by Jammu Flour Mills owner Arun Mahajan alleging financial irregularities and embezzlement of Rs 2 […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Itoo, today chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat to review the performance and functioning of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura. The meeting was attended by Secretary Health and Medical Education, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Director SKIMS, Dr. Ashraf […]
JAMMU — Senior BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha member Shamsher Singh Manhas died after a prolonged illness at his residence here on Monday, his party colleagues said. Manhas, 65, is survived by his wife, son and a daughter. Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha expressed grief over Manhas’s death. “Saddened by the demise […]
JAMMU — A ready-to-use IED was found during an anti-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, security officials said. The improvised explosive device (IED), weighing a kilogramme, was found hidden at a secluded place in Dalan village of Degwar sector by army troops. It was subsequently defused by experts, the officials said. […]