NEW YORK — The US grounded all flights for several hours Friday, sparking travel chaos across the vast country, after what government officials said was a major communications outage caused by decades old technology. The nationwide stop left hundreds of thousands of passengers in limbo, with some pulled off planes moments before departure by airline […]
JAMMU — In a major outreach to disgruntled party lawmakers, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah has accepted a proposal to constitute informal advisory groups of MLAs for each minister in the Omar Abdullah-led government in Jammu and Kashmir, party sources said. The NC chief wrote to all MLAs days after a meeting was held […]
NEW DELHI — India batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest captain in men’s Twenty20 history at 15 years and 232 days after leading Bihar in India’s domestic T20 competition, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, on Saturday. The teenager surpassed Croatia’s Zach Vukusic, who previously held the record after captaining his national side at 17 years […]
KATHUA — Police in Kathua detained a habitual drug peddler under the Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT-NDPS) Act and lodged him in jail, officials said on Monday. The accused, identified as Sandeep Sharma, son of Sat Paul, a resident of Banhore, Mahanpur tehsil in Kathua district, was detained after […]
DODA — Police in Doda have detained a habitual offender under the Public Safety Act (PSA) in view of his alleged repeated involvement in criminal activities, officials said. The detainee has been identified as Riaz Ahmed, son of Wali Mohd, a resident of Kakriyal Jatheli in Mahalla tehsil of Doda district, they said. According to […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday expressed grief over the massive fire that broke out in the Warehouse area of Jammu city, causing extensive damage to shops and property. In a post on X, Jitendra Singh said he was deeply shocked by the incident, which resulted in enormous […]
JAMMU — As many as 64 fire incidents were reported across Jammu region during the Diwali celebrations, causing extensive damage to commercial properties and other assets, officials said on Monday. Jammu district accounted for the highest number of 30 incidents, including at the historic Warehouse Nehru Market in the heart of the city, the officials […]
JAMMU — Fire gutted at least a dozen shops in the historic Nehru Market in the heart of Jammu city on Sunday night, while a separate blaze broke out at the district police lines in Kathua district, officials said. No casualties were reported in either incident, which occurred amid widespread bursting of firecrackers on Diwali. […]
JAMMU — Police in the Bishnah area of Jammu arrested a man and recovered a pistol, a magazine and two live rounds from his possession, officials said on Sunday. The accused has been identified as Asif Ali Chowdhary, son of Nazir Chowdhary, a resident of Langotia, Miran Sahib, Jammu. Police have registered FIR No. 208/2026 […]
JERUSALEM — Israel’s former military chief Gadi Eisenkot started the tough task Sunday of forming a government, reaching out to Benjamin Netanyahu’s allies as he warned the veteran prime minister had brought the country to a historic crisis. Eisenkot, 66, a political novice who has vowed to bridge Israel’s deep polarisation under Netanyahu, formally received […]
GANDERBAL — Police in Ganderbal busted an alleged gambling racket during a raid at a residential house in Rangil Nagbal area and apprehended four persons, officials said on Sunday. They said police acted on credible information regarding gambling activities at the house and registered an FIR (No. 177/2026) under relevant sections of the Gambling Act […]
CAIRO — Two trains collided south of the Egyptian capital on Sunday, derailing several carriages, killing four and injuring dozens, according to the authorities. Egypt’s railway authority said a train traveling from Giza to Fayoum crashed into the rear of another service heading south from Cairo to the city of Aswan. The health ministry said […]
JAMMU — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti visited the fire-ravaged Shiv Market near Jammu Railway Station on Sunday to assess damage from a blaze that gutted dozens of shops last month. Mehbooba arrived in Jammu on Saturday, on her first trip to the winter capital since […]
