RIYADH — Amid blistering heat in Saudi Arabia, at least 550 pilgrim have died while on the annual Hajj pilgrimage. According to authorities, most of the visitors who lost their lives were from Egypt. The temperatures rose to 51 degrees Celsius at the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Of the 550 pilgrims, at least 323 were […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Tuesday fixed for hearing on June 22 further arguments on an application filed by Engineer Rashid, arrested in a 2016 Jammu and Kashmir militant funding case, seeking interim bail to take oath as an MP. Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, defeated former Chief Minister Omar […]
NEW DELHI — Delhi’s Patiala House Court recently granted statutory bail to Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah in a money laundering case under PMLA. Despite the grant of bail, he will remain in custody as there are other cases pending against him. He was arrested in 2017 in this case. He sought statutory bail […]
JAMMU — An army personnel was killed and four others sustained injuries when their vehicle skidded off the road and rolled down into a gorge in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. The accident took place near Bhawani village near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Nowshera sector in the […]
JAMMU — Fifty people have been detained in connection with the investigation into the recent militant attack on a bus carrying pilgrims in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said on Thursday. To ensure a comprehensive probe, the search operation to track down the militants, has been expanded to cover Reasi district’s far-flung Arnas […]
NEW DELHI — India on Thursday categorically rejected “unwarranted” references to Jammu and Kashmir in a latest joint statement by China and Pakistan and asserted that the Union territory and Ladakh have been, are and will always remain its integral parts. The joint statement was issued in Beijing on June 7 following talks between Pakistan […]
JAMMU — In the wake of four militant attacks in as many days, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police R R Swain on Thursday accused Pakistan of trying to disturb peaceful atmosphere through its mercenaries, and asserted that the Indian forces were determined to give a befitting response to the enemy. He warned the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The School Education Department (SED), Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday said that the Morning Assembly in all schools of the Union Territory shall begin with the National Anthem as per the standard protocol. According to an order, issued by Mr. Alok Kumar, Principal Secretary to the Government, School Education Department […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JK BOSE) on Thursday declared the result of Class 10th Annual (Regular) 2024. The BOSE conducted examination of Class 10th in March-April this year. You can check your Result by visiting the Official Website of J&K BOSE or Download the Gazette Part 1 and […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that the decision to give grace marks to 1,563 NEET-UG, 2024 candidates for admission to MBBS, BDS and others courses has been cancelled and they will be given an option to take a re-test on June 23. A vacation bench of justices Vikram Nath […]