DHAKA — Bangladesh’s fugitive former leader Sheikh Hasina has vowed to return to her country “this year”, according to an interview published on Sunday, months after she was sentenced to death in absentia for crimes against humanity. Hasina, 78, fled to neighbouring India in August 2024 after a student-led uprising ended her 15-year, iron-fisted rule. […]
JAMMU — Eight Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel and a civilian driver were injured as a bus carrying them overturned near Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Reasi district on Sunday, officials said. The accident occurred along the Tarakote route to the shrine, and the condition of three injured CISF personnel — head constables Sammy […]
JAMMU — A 31-year-old Pakistani intruder was apprehended by Indian Army troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch on Sunday, the third such incident in the district this month, officials said. Rayees Khan, a resident of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, was taken into custody from Balakote sector shortly after he crossed the […]
JAMMU — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch on Sunday registered an FIR into an alleged fraud of more than ₹68 lakh in Jammu and Kashmir Grameen Bank after an internal vigilance inquiry uncovered suspected fake loan accounts, unauthorised transactions and diversion of funds. The case was filed under sections 420 and 120-B […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said they destroyed over 3.7 tonnes of seized narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances as part of the Government of India’s Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan. According to a police statement, the destruction was carried out by the District Drug Disposal Committee (DDDC), Udhampur, under the chairmanship of […]
LEH — The Dalai Lama received a grand welcome on his arrival in Ladakh on Sunday for a two-month visit, with thousands of devotees, monks and well-wishers lining the Technical Airport route here to greet him. The 14th Dalai Lama, who recently underwent a knee surgery in Delhi, will celebrate his 91st birthday in Leh […]
LEH — In a first-of-its-kind enforcement drive, the Ladakh administration has cracked down on illegal off-roading in ecologically sensitive areas, imposing a Rs two lakh penalty on four tourists for violating the Wildlife (Protection) Act, officials said. The action, aimed at curbing environmental damage in Pangong lake and other protected wildlife habitats, comes as Lieutenant […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Sunday flagged that several states have raised concerns regarding MGNREGA-substitute VB G RAM G Act, and said the new law would guarantee only centralisation and further financial stress on states. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said the Modi government, “vengeful and petty” as ever, bulldozed the repeal of MGNREGA […]
KARACHI — At least three of Pakistan’s Sindh Rangers personnel were killed in an attack on the paramilitary forces building in Karachi, the Dawn newspaper reported on Saturday. Witnesses said they heard a loud blast followed by gunfire along a major road in Karachi’s Gulistan-i-Jauhar neighbourhood near several universities and Pakistan’s meteorological department. Three militants […]
JAMMU — Two notorious drug peddlers were detained under the PIT-NDPS Act in Samba and Reasi, while properties, including residential houses and bank accounts of two more peddlers, were attached in adjoining districts on Saturday, police said. The police also arrested seven drug peddlers, including a woman, along with heroin from different districts of the […]