JAMMU — A court here has remanded three publishers to 10-day police custody in connection with the alleged publication and circulation of books allegedly glorifying separatist leaders, officials said on Monday. The Counter Intelligence Unit in Jammu arrested the three publishers on Sunday as part of its ongoing probe into the controversy over certain books […]
JAMMU — At least 18 people, most of them Amarnath pilgrims, were injured when two buses and a car collided outside a community kitchen on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway on Monday, officials said. The accident occurred outside the Chanderkote Langar point at around 7.20 am after one of the buses allegedly suffered a brake failure, […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday served a legal notice to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over his claim that the national party had attempted to bribe National Conference legislators with cash and ministerial berths in a bid to topple his government. Calling the allegations “false, baseless […]
SRINAGAR — The lieutenant governor’s administration Monday imposed restrictions in several parts of Srinagar to prevent people from assembling at the martyrs’ graveyard in Naqshband Sahib area of the city. While the area within a one-kilometre radius of the graveyard was sealed off on Sunday, barricades were set up in the old city and some […]
JAMMU — Amid tight security, over 7,700 devotees departed from Jammu on Monday in the twelfth batch for the twin base camps of the annual Amarnath Yatra in the Kashmir Valley. So far, more than 252,000 pilgrims have paid their respects at the ice Lingam of Lord Shiva, located at the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine. Officials […]
JERUSALEM — Israel will hold national elections on October 27, the last date allowed by law, its parliament said on Sunday, with the vote widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership since the Gaza war erupted. The Knesset, as parliament is known, is set to end its current term on July […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani intruder retreated across the International Border after Border Security Force personnel fired warning shots when he attempted to enter Indian territory in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Sunday, officials said. BSF troops observed the intruder’s movement in the Bobiya area of Hiranagar sector this evening and challenged him, the officials […]
JAMMU — Leader of Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Sunil Sharma on Sunday accused the National Conference of using the demand for restoration of statehood to shift the political narrative away from governance issues. He also claimed that the unrest within the ruling party in Jammu and Kashmir stemmed from internal differences and opposition […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress working president Raman Bhalla on Sunday welcomed the National Conference’s proposed protest for restoration of the UT’s statehood in Delhi next week, describing it as a positive, albeit delayed, step towards achieving a common objective. Bhalla’s remarks come hours after Chief Minister Omar Abdullah asserted that the July 20 […]
LONDON — Brendon McCullum has been sacked as head coach of England’s test team after four years in the role, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Sunday. McCullum, who was appointed in 2022 just after Ben Stokes was made test captain, helped transform England’s red-ball fortunes with a swashbuckling brand of play […]