SRINAGAR — A doctor was suspended on Saturday after an inquiry into alleged large-scale procedural irregularities at the Anantnag Government Medical College revealed that nearly 50 per cent of his evaluated patients who underwent advanced cardiac surgical procedures did not even require them. The Jammu and Kashmir Health and Medical Education Department revealed fraudulent insurance […]
PESHAWAR — Twin roadside blasts killed at least seven people in Pakistan’s northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police said on Saturday. “A private pickup truck carrying passengers was targeted with a remote-controlled IED,” said Yasir Afridi, a police officer in Bannu district, using a common acronym for a homemade bomb. “… the injured were being transported […]
SRINAGAR — An undertrial prisoner, lodged in the district Jail in Anantnag, died at a hospital after complaining of illness, officials said on Saturday. He was identified as Suneel Kumar, a resident of Jalandhar’ Gandhi Camp, who was an accused in an NDPS case. He complained of illness during the night, officials said. They said […]
NEW DELHI — A nationwide mock drill was underway across the country on Saturday ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination as part of the efforts to ensure smooth, secure and transparent conduct of the medical entrance test, officials said. Security has also been tightened at the National Testing Agency (NTA) office in the national capital, […]
WASHINGTON — US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi were both headed to Switzerland for talks, Axios said on Friday, as a ceasefire in Lebanon appeared to revive efforts to turn an interim Iran war pact into a lasting regional deal. Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire in Lebanon on Friday […]
SRINAGAR — The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has taken over the assets of the Sirajul Uloom Welfare Foundation, an educational institution in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, after it was declared an illegal entity by the authorities earlier this year, officials said on Friday. In an order, the provisional liquidator said all properties and […]
NAIROBI — A senior World Health Organization official said on Friday that 75 medics in the Democratic Republic of Congo had been infected with Ebola and 17 of them had died since the current outbreak started there. Ebola was thought to be circulating months before the outbreak was first declared by Congolese officials on May […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Kashmir have suspended classes on Saturday in 60 schools designated as centres for the NEET examination scheduled on June 21, officials said. The 60 schools span six districts of the valley. Of the 60 schools, 21 are in Srinagar and Anantnag districts each, five each in Baramulla and Kupwara, and four […]
GENEVA — The ceasefire declared in Gaza more than eight months ago is a “deadly illusion”, the UN charged on Friday, with 265 children killed there since the fighting was supposed to have stopped. Despite a ceasefire being declared in October 2025, Israel has continued to launch strikes across Gaza, killing at least 992 Palestinians […]
GENEVA — Deadly exchanges between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon put a newly signed deal to end the Middle East war under further strain on Friday, after the postponement of planned US-Iran talks in Switzerland. The delay came as Tehran’s top negotiator warned it would not bend on its red lines and that its finger […]