BEIJING — China said it will donate US$200,000 (S$256,000) to the parents of students killed in what it called an “indiscriminate” missile strike on a school in Iran early in the Middle East war. Tehran has accused the US and Israel of conducting the deadly missile attack on the school in Iran’s south on the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday announced the schedule for the upcoming Assembly elections in four states and one Union Territory. The schedule was announced by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar during a press conference in New Delhi. According to the ECI, polling in Assam, Kerala and the Union Territory […]
ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed announced his retirement from international cricket on Sunday bringing an end to a career that lasted almost two decades. The wicketkeeper-batter played all three formats for Pakistan that included 54 Tests, 117 ODIs and 61 T20Is. He scored 6,164 runs across all three formats, which included six centuries […]
JAMMU — Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday addressed a public rally in support of his niece and BJP candidate Devyani Rana in Jammu and Kashmir’s Nagrota assembly constituency. Addressing a rally in Jindrah, the Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office highlighted the Narendra Modi-led Central government’s achievements in the last 10 […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Saturday said that while his party supports the National Conference-led government in the Union territory, it is not part of it. He said the NC, despite having a pre-poll alliance with the Congress, unilaterally announced its candidates for the recent Rajya Sabha elections and […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday raided several places across the Valley as part of its crackdown on Union Territory natives allegedly involved in aiding terror operatives from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, officials said. The raids were carried out in Anantnag, Sopore, Pulwama, Shopian, Bandipora, Budgam, Awantipora, Ganderbal, Kulgam and Handwara areas, they said. […]
SRINAGAR — The State Investigation Agency on Saturday filed a chargesheet in an NIA court here against seven persons accused in a narco-terror case in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The chargesheet was submitted before the Court of Special Judge (designated under the NIA Act), Srinagar, in a case registered earlier this year, they said. […]
SRINAGAR — The attack on the special status of Jammu and Kashmir did not start in 2019 but in 2015 when the PDP formed a government with the BJP, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Saturday. “The BJP has caused maximum damage to Jammu and Kashmir. Everything was snatched from us. The map has not […]
JAMMU — The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday claimed to have achieved a major breakthrough with the arrest of the kingpin of a narco-terror module from Mumbai airport. Mohd Arshad alias Asif, a resident of Degwar-Terwan village in Haveli tehsil of Poonch, had been absconding since 2023 and was operating […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government is considering the establishment of a single window digital system for framing and amending recruitment rules across all departments in the Union Territory, officials said on Saturday. Satish Sharma, Minister of Administrative Reforms, Inspections (ARI) and Training, chaired a high-level meeting here to assess the proposal, a spokesperson […]
JAMMU — The crime branch unit of Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested a man wanted for duping a job seeker of Rs 4.20 lakh on the pretext of providing a government job here, an official said on Saturday. The accused, Fayz Ahmed from Chadoora in Budgam district, was evading arrest after a case was registered […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A loco pilot sustained minor injuries after an eagle hit a moving train between the Bijbehara and Anantnag section in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Saturday morning, officials said. The incident occurred around 9:37 am when the train was en route from Baramulla to Banihal. Officials said the bird (eagle) hit the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Two terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces after the Army foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Keran sector of North Kashmir’s Kupwara district, the Army said on Saturday. Indian Army’s Srinagar-based Chinar Corps, in a post on X, said the joint operation was […]
