ISLAMABAD — Pakistan police raided the headquarters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s party on Monday, a week after the military-backed government vowed to ban the political movement. An AFP journalist at the scene saw the headquarters of Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) sealed off by police, who led a number of party workers into […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday issued an alert about a propaganda video by the pro-Pakistan banned militant outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), cautioning people against sharing it it as it may attract charges under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The JeM has produced a 5 minute and 55 second video with a […]
ISLAMABAD — Islamabad Police apprehended Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Khan and Information Secretary Raoof Hasan at the PTI Secretariat on Monday, according to party leader Shibli Faraz, Geo News reported. Following the arrests, the opposition party criticised law enforcement, accusing them of flouting legal procedures. “It’s absolutely shameful how Islamabad Police continues to […]
MUMBAI — India’s newly-appointed head coach Gautam Gambhir on Monday declared that his much talked about relationship with batting mainstay Virat Kohli “is between the two of us and not for TRPs”. Gambhir and Kohli had not been the best of friends, something which was evident from the multiple confrontations between the two in the […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Ladakh’s Drass on July 26 to mark the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas. Earlier on Sunday, Lt. Governor of Ladakh Brig (Retd) B D Mishra held a meeting at the secretariat on Sunday and reviewed arrangements for the PM’s visit to the Kargil War Memorial […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a significant development in the ongoing human trafficking case in Ushkara Baramulla, two more individuals have been arrested, and three additional minor girls have been rescued. This brings the total to four accused arrested and seven minor girls rescued so far. “The investigation, under case FIR No. 173/2024, revealed the involvement […]
KULGAM — The two-day National Coordination Committee meeting of the Apple Farmers Federation of India (AFFI) concluded on Sunday at Chawalgam in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district with a strong demand for immediate and policy solutions to prevent the “corporatisation” of the apple industry and protect apple farmers. The meeting was presided over by Rakesh Singha, […]
WASHINGTON — Minutes after US President Joe Biden dropped out of the US Presidential race and endorsed Kamala Harris as the presidential nominee for the Democratic party, Republican nominee Donald Trump said that defeating Harris would be “easier” than the 81-year-old President. According to Trump, Biden is the “worst President in the history” of America, […]
REHOBOTH BEACH, US — Joe Biden on Sunday dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party’s new nominee, in a political earthquake that upends an already extraordinary 2024 race for the White House. Biden, 81, said he was acting in the “best interest of my party […]
GAZA — The Israeli army has bombed the central Gazan refugee camp of Nuseirat 63 times in seven days, killing 91 Palestinians and injuring 251 others, the Hamas-run Gaza government media office said. The Gaza-ruling faction on Sunday held the Israeli and the US administrations “fully responsible” for continued killings in the refugee camp, which […]