BEIRUT — Hezbollah has said that it attacked with drones at Israel’s technical and electronic reconnaissance centre in Mount Hermon, north of Golan Heights, in response to Israel’s killing of a senior Hezbollah member on Saturday. The well-equipped centre was set on fire, and its targeted devices were destroyed in the air attack by “successive […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration has introduced a ‘pony ambulance’ service to provide critical healthcare support to the Amarnath Yatra pilgrims. An official spokesperson said the pony ambulances — horse-mounted emergency response system equipped with medical kits and oxygen cylinders — will accompany pilgrims along both the Baltal and Pahalgam axis. He added […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested a key accused, who had been absconding since June 2020, in a narco-militancy nexus case of Jammu and Kashmir linked with Pakistan-based militant outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen. Syed Saleem Jahangir Andrabi alias Saleem Andrabi, a resident of Kupwara district, was carrying a reward […]
JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district closed down 25 stone crushers, in a major crackdown against illegal mining activities and unauthorised processing of mined material, an official said on Sunday. The action against the stone crushers was initiated by Kathua Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Minhas after conducting physical verification and assessing the working […]
JAMMU — The out-patient department (OPD) services will start at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jammu along with other facilities within a fortnight, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said on Sunday. Accompanied by Union minister Jitendra Singh, Nadda inspected the Vijaypur campus of the AIIMS and reviewed its facilities and infrastructure, […]
JAMMU — A temple was vandalised on the outskirts of Jammu, police said on Sunday, adding that the perpetrator was arrested within hours of the incident. The man, alleged to be responsible for the vandalism and arson at the temple, claimed he carried out the act on Saturday night after being “annoyed by black magic […]
JAMMU — An Army personnel was injured when militants opened fire on a security post in a village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir early Sunday, officials said. The militants fired on a sentry post of Territorial Army at village Galuthi in Manjakote area around 4 am, prompting retaliation by troops, they said. They […]
LOS ANGELES — John Cena will soon bring the curtain down on his legendary WWE career. In a video posted on social media accounts of WWE, John Cena announced his retirement from the in-ring competition. He will bid farewell to WWE in 2025. Cena announced a surprise appearance at WWE Money in the Bank in […]
GAZA — At least 16 people have been killed while several others injured in an Israeli air strike on a school in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials have said. According to the Hamas-run health ministry, the building was sheltering thousands of displaced people. In a statement posted on social media platform X on Saturday, the […]
JAMMU — Over 1.50 lakh pilgrims have successfully performed the Amarnath Yatra so far, the officials of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) have said here. Although the ongoing Yatra was temporarily suspended due to heavy rainfall, 7,500 had ‘darshan’ on Saturday taking the total to 1.59 lakh. “Due to heavy rain and slippery track conditions, […]