GAZA — At least 33 Palestinians were killed on Friday evening, 18 October, in an Israeli airstrike on the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip, the Hamas-run Gaza government media office said. Among the killed were 21 women, and total fatalities may reach 50 due to many victims trapped under rubble and buildings. The […]
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military continued its push into Lebanon on Friday, calling up another brigade for combat and urging residents of 23 listed villages and towns to flee northward. “For your own safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move to the north of the Awali River,” Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesperson Avichay […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — D C Raina resigned on Friday as the Advocate General of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Raina formally submitted his resignation to the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj Sinha. Reports suggest that Raina resigned to allow the government, led by Omar Abdullah, to appoint a new Advocate General. […]
KARACHI — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reached out to the BCCI and proposed an arrangement allowing India to return to either New Delhi or Chandigarh in between matches during the Champions Trophy next year if the team is not willing to stay in Pakistan due to security reasons. The PCB has “verbally” suggested […]
KYIV — Russia on Friday returned to Ukraine the bodies of 501 soldiers, Ukrainian authorities said, in what appeared to be the biggest repatriation of war dead since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Most of the soldiers were killed in action in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine, mostly around the city of Avdiivka […]
SRINAGAR — Newly-appointed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday asked his Cabinet colleagues to actively monitor and review the functioning of the departments assigned to them to improve governance in the Union Territory. After the J&K Lieutenant Governor allocated portfolios to the newly-inducted ministers in the Omar Abdullah-led Cabinet on Friday, the […]
JAMMU — Police on Friday said that it have arrested a husband for killing his wife in Ramban district. The police said that a missing reported case converted into an FIR at Police Station Ramban related to the death of wife by husband. According to police spokesman, on 7th September an application was submitted by […]
NEW DELHI — India on Friday dispatched the first tranche of 11 tons of medical supplies to Lebanon as part of a humanitarian effort to support the nation amid rising tensions and the ongoing conflict in southern Lebanon. A total of 33 tons of medical supplies are being sent. Randhir Jaiswal, the official spokesperson for […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Hours after assigning portfolios to five ministers, the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Mr. Manoj Sinha, on Friday appointed Mr. Mubarak Gul as the Speaker Protem for the J&K Legislative Assembly. In an official order, the Lieutenant Governor stated, “Mr. Mubarak Gul is appointed as Speaker Protem to administer the oath/affirmation […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Friday constituted a high-powered fact-finding committee to ascertain the reasons behind its poor performance in the recent Assembly elections in the Union Territory, and suggest measures for strengthening the party in J&K. A party spokesman said that J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President Tariq Hameed Karra constituted […]