WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives has backed a resolution seeking to halt American military action in Iran — a symbolic move that deals a political blow to President Donald Trump as efforts to find a deal with Tehran stagnate. Weeks of complicated talks marked by sharp rhetoric and flare-ups of violence have not […]
SRINAGAR — Upping the ante, the ruling National Conference (NC) on Wednesday announced that its legislature party will launch a protest in New Delhi on the first day of the forthcoming Monsoon session of Parliament to press for the immediate restoration of statehood and constitutional guarantees for Jammu and Kashmir. The announcement was made by […]
WELLINGTON — India will play 12 international cricket matches in New Zealand later this year in a tour billed as the biggest in New Zealand in a generation. The all-format tour will feature India playing the Black Caps in five Twenty20 internationals, five one-day internationals and two test matches. India will play more international matches […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to stop the “witch hunt” against people who expressed their emotions at the funeral of former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Shaikh Ghulam Hassan. “People spoke out of emotion and grief at the funeral of Shaikh Ghulam Hassan who was not only the head […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday carried out searches in a land fraud case in Budgam district. Searches were carried out Semsaan village in Budgam distruct at the residence of one of the accused in the presence of executive magistrates to collect incriminating material and other evidence […]
DUBAI — Tehran’s latest peace proposal to the United States involves ending hostilities on all fronts including Lebanon, the exit of U.S. forces from areas close to Iran, and reparations for destruction caused by the U.S.-Israeli war, state media reported on Tuesday. In Tehran’s first comments on the proposal, Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said they have attached a residential house along with adjoining land measuring 07 marlas worth approximately ₹1.50 crore belonging to a notorious drug peddler namely Owais Amin Denthoo S/o Mohd Amin Denthoo R/o Parimpora Srinagar. The property has been attached under the relevant provisions of the NDPS […]
KINSHASA — The World Health Organization chief voiced concern on Tuesday about the “scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo which has killed an estimated 131 people. The WHO has declared the surge of the highly contagious haemorrhagic fever an international health emergency and will hold an emergency meeting […]
KINSHASA, CONGO — At least 131 deaths and over 500 suspected cases have been reported in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, the Congolese health ministry said Tuesday as details emerged about the government’s delayed response. Samuel Roger Kamba, the minister of public health, said: “513 suspected cases and 131 deaths have been recorded […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader and former high court judge Hasnain Masoodi on Monday asked President Draupadi Murmu to give representation to Jammu and Kashmir on the Supreme Court’s expanded bench strength. Masoodi, who was a member of the Lok Sabha from 2019 to 2024, wrote a letter to the President to this effect as […]
KUPWARA/BIJNOR — A case each was filed in Uttar Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday in the alleged religious conversion of an 18-year-old barber in Kupwara district of the Union territory, officials said. According to a complaint by the father of the teenager, Krishna Kumar, his son Vishal had gone to work at a […]
REASI — District authorities have issued a public advisory ahead of the scheduled opening of spillway gates at Salal Dam on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir’s Jyotipuram for silt flushing. Salal Power Station’s group general manager has intimated that the gates will be opened on May 21 at 9 am and the operation […]
SAN DIEGO — A shooting Monday at a mosque complex in southern California killed three people, with two suspected teenage gunmen later found dead in a car from apparent self-inflicted gunshot wounds, police said. Police said emergency response teams found the victims outside the sprawling Islamic Center of San Diego, before later finding the shooters, […]
