JAMMU — Jammu police seized 33 kilograms of heroin worth Rs 33 crore and arrested a suspect on Friday, officials said. “Jammu Police has recovered drugs worth approximately Rs 33 crores from Jammu bus stand area. The Jammu bus stand got information that 2 suspicious men were carrying a heavy bag and were coming to […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday expressed concerns over the proposed amendments to the Waqf Act, describing those as “interference in religious matters” and alleged that the government was using Muslims as “polarising agents for electoral purposes”. Addressing the Friday congregation at the historic Jamia Masjid here, he said the introduction […]
SRINAGAR — Scores of enthusiastic youth in Kashmir on Friday came together to promote the importance of voting and express their faith in democracy, by participating in several programmes inaugurated here by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar. Hundreds of youngsters of Kashmir came together with unmatched enthusiasm, promoting the importance of voting and expressing […]
TRAL (KIMS) — Senior leader of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC), GM Kantro, widely known as Bin Kantro, today issued a fervent appeal for the urgent upgrading of the Sub-District Hospital (SDH) Tral. Addressing the media, Mr. Kantro stressed the critical need for the establishment of specialized facilities, including a dialysis centre, trauma […]
MIAN CHANNU, PAKISTAN — Dozens of villagers gathered in front of the modest home of Pakistan athlete Arshad Nadeem to watch the hulking javelin thrower take part in the Olympic Games final late Thursday. The event was broadcast live by a digital projector onto a screen hanging on the back of a truck in his […]
KUPWARA — The Cyber Cell Kupwara successfully solved an online financial fraud cases, a police spokesman said on Friday. Cyber Cell Kupwara received complaint regarding online financial fraud of Rs 1,00,000 and soon after receipt of complaint cyber cell Kupwara collected evidence and information from the victim, the statement issued to the news agency Kashmir […]
‘Visted Several area of Anantnag Central Constituency’ Anantnag, 9 August: National Conference is committed to safeguard the interests of people of jammu and Kashmir and it is our party’s foremost agenda to fight tooth & nail for restoration of statehood. This was stated by the NC leader & senior Socio- Political Activist Imran Amin Shah […]
JAMMU — Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Friday said that the EC was committed to conducting polls in Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest and would not allow any internal or external forces derail the electoral process. Addressing a press conference here, Kumar said all parties in Jammu and Kashmir are “batting strongly” for […]
ISLAMABAD — An accountability court has extended by 11 days the physical remand of jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi in the new Toshakhana corruption case, media reports said on Friday. The hearing, presided over by Accountability Court Judge Nasir Javed Rana, took place on Thursday in the makeshift […]
DHAKA — People in Bangladesh have welcomed the new interim government led by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, hoping it would restore order, end repression and hold a fair election to facilitate a democratic transition of power. Yunus, 84, on Thursday took oath as the head of an interim government, replacing Sheikh Hasina who abruptly resigned […]