SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday notified the Jammu Kashmir Viksit Bharat–Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) [VB-G RAM-G] Scheme, 2026, which will come into force across all notified rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir from July 1, 2026. According to a post shared by the Lieutenant Governor on X, the […]
QUETTA — A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced prominent civil rights activist Mahrang Baloch and an associate to life in prison over the killing of a paramilitary soldier during a July 2024 protest. Baloch’s lawyer said he would appeal against the verdict. Baloch, who has been detained since March 2025, has been a vocal opponent […]
TEHRAN — Iran called the deal it struck to end the Middle East war “a declaration of America’s defeat” on Wednesday, as the top US diplomat kicked off a tour of Gulf countries hit hardest by Tehran. The war that began with a massive US-Israeli campaign of strikes against Iran on February 28 ended with […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday said it has filed a chargesheet against seven accused, including six public servants and a contractor, in an alleged corruption and embezzlement case involving government funds meant for developmental works in Kupwara district. According to an ACB statement, the chargesheet was filed before […]
JAMMU — Ten alleged drug peddlers, including a resident of Punjab, were arrested along with a large quantity of heroin at separate places in Jammu, Udhampur, Kathua and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Wednesday. Gagandeep Singh of Amritsar and his two associates from Jammu — Damanjot Singh and Vivek Kumar — […]
SRINAGAR — Opposition PDP leader Waheed Para on Wednesday expressed concern over the slow pace of work in Jammu and Kashmir. “Thousands of crores have been allocated to the R&B Department, yet the reality on the ground remains alarming. Nearly half the working season has passed, but not a single road has been taken up […]
JAMMU — At least 23 pilgrims were injured when a bus carrying them skidded off the road and fell into a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district on Wednesday, officials said. The pilgrims from Goran and Sumb villages of Samba were travelling to the Mata Sukrala Devi Temple in Billawar when the accident took […]
SRINAGAR — Thousands of members of the Shia community in Kashmir took out a Muharram procession on Wednesday here to mark the eighth day of mourning amidst tight security arrangements, officials said. The procession was taken out in a peaceful manner as authorities had made adequate security and other arrangements. However, commuters faced difficulties due […]
WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that Washington would not accept Iranian tolls or fees on the Strait of Hormuz, as disputes over the vital waterway, nuclear inspections, and missiles exposed early strains in negotiations to end the Middle East war. Washington and Tehran have signed a preliminary agreement to halt […]
TEHRAN — Iran said on Tuesday that inspectors from the United Nations nuclear watchdog would not be given access to its nuclear sites that were bombed during the war with Israel and the United States last year. “We have not had a meeting with the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, nor do […]