NEW DELHI — One person died and five were injured after a portion of the roof of the Delhi airport’s Terminal-1 collapsed on cars, including taxis, amid heavy rain early Friday, Delhi Fire Services (DFS) officials said. They said a search operation was conducted to make sure no one was trapped in the damaged vehicles. […]
NEW DELHI — Miscreants allegedly vandalised the official residence of Asaduddin Owaisi, the AIMIM MP from Hyderabad, in Delhi’s high-security Ashoka Road on Thursday night with black ink besides pasting posters demanding cancellation of his Lok Sabha membership. The alleged vandals also posted posters reading ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ with the demand that Owaisi’s Lok […]
NEW DELHI — The country’s top telecom operator Jio will increase mobile services rates by 12-27 per cent from July 3, according to a company statement. This is the first hike in mobile services rates by Jio after a gap of about two-and-a-half years. “The introduction of new plans is a step in the direction […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a significant development, the Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) has announced the immediate dissolution of all its frontal organizations in the Kashmir province. According to a communique, the party’s Youth Wing, Women Wing, and ST Wing have been dissolved with immediate effect. “It is hereby ordered that all frontal organizations […]
LONDON — Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy, currently facing the threat of prosecution over historic comments on Kashmir 14 years ago, was on Thursday honoured with the prestigious Pen Pinter Prize 2024 for her “unflinching and unswerving” writings. The prize, established in 2009 by the charity English PEN, defends freedom of expression and celebrates literature […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday attached immovable properties worth one crore rupees of five Pakistan based militant handlers in Baramulla district of North Kashmir. “After obtaining attachment order passed by Hon’ble Court Baramulla 9 Kanals of land worth one crore rupees belonging to five militant handlers based in Pakistan were attached […]
NEW DELHI — Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, the newly-elected MP from Srinagar, on Wednesday urged Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to ensure the sanctity of the House by restraining members from making disparaging remarks like dubbing a Muslim parliamentarian a “terrorist” or rushing legislations like the abrogation of Article 370. In his two-minute inaugural address […]
JAMMU — Three militants, suspected to be affiliated with the Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) outfit, were killed in a gunfight that lasted for more than six hours in a forest area in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district on Wednesday, police officials said. A policeman was also injured in the gunfight that broke out in Bajaad village […]
ANANTNAG [Raouf Dar] (KIMS) — In preparation for the upcoming Amarnath Yatra, Anantnag Police, in collaboration with other security forces, conducted comprehensive mock drills today at various locations across Anantnag district, including Pahalgam, the National Highway, Anantnag town, and base camps. The drills aimed to assess the preparedness and coordination between various agencies responsible for […]
SRINAGAR — At least six residential buildings in the city’s Rainawari locality have developed cracks and suffered damage due to suspected land subsidence, prompting the administration to vacate the homes and form an expert committee to ascertain the details and suggest remedial measures, officials said on Wednesday. Some homes in the Khwajapora Surteng area of […]