POONCH — The Indian Army on Sunday provided comprehensive training to Village Defence Guards (VDGs) in a forward area of the Mendhar sector in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, security officials said. A total of 43 VDG members attended the training session, which aimed to enhance their skills in minor tactics, endurance and firing, the […]
KARACHI — Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will pay an additional sum of USD 100,000 to six high-profile foreign players in PSL franchisees for making themselves available for the League. The PCB agreed to shell out the money from a special fund which has now grown to USD one million. During the PSL draft, the PCB […]
SRINAGAR — Minimum temperatures rose marginally across Kashmir, bringing residents some respite from the intense cold. The respite, however, is likely to be short-lived as several parts of the valley are expected to receive rain and snow till January 24, officials said on Sunday. Minimum temperatures across Kashmir were higher than usual on Saturday night. […]
SAMBA — A rusted 82-mm mortar shell was recovered on Sunday by the Border Security Force (BSF) near the International Border in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The mortar shell was noticed by a BSF patrolling party near Border Outpost Kamour area in Ramgarh sub-sector around 9.45 am, the officials said. The […]
JAMMU — The trial run on the Katra-Budgam railway track of Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) was completed on Sunday as the 18-coach trial train started at 8 a.m. from Katra railway station towards Kashmir “The trial 18-coach train has reached Budgam now and this completes the final trial run on the USBRL”, officials of the […]
MUMBAI — The burglar who broke into actor Saif Ali Khan’s Mumbai home and stabbed the actor six times could be a Bangladeshi national who entered India illegally a few months back, Mumbai Police have said. Speaking to the media this morning, Deputy Commissioner of Police Dixit Gedam said they have arrested an accused in […]
JAMMU — The inter-ministerial team of experts constituted under orders of Union Home Minister Amit Shah will arrive here on Sunday to visit Budhal village of Rajouri district to probe ‘mysterious deaths’. The Union Home Minister ordered the constitution of an inter-ministerial team comprising experts from the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry, Agriculture Ministry, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In view of the upcoming Republic Day celebrations, Inspector General of Police Kashmir Zone Shri V. K Birdi-IPS chaired a security review meeting at the Conference Hall of PCR Kashmir. The meeting was attended by IGP CRPF Srinagar, DIG Armed/IR Kashmir, DIG’s of Kashmir Zones, DIG CRPF North/South/KOS Srinagar, DIG BSF Srinagar, […]
ISLAMABAD — A day after being convicted in £190 million case, incarcerated Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan on Saturday said that he would not let Al-Qadir University fall into the hands of ruling Sharif family, his lawyer quoted him as saying. His remarks came a day after Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said that […]
RAJOURI — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Saturday visited Rajouri district’s Badhaal village, where 16 people died of mysterious illness in less than two months, and assured the people there of a conclusive investigation. “This is a big tragedy for the village, J&K and the nation. No government likes people dying […]