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 […]
KOLKATA — West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led Centre, accusing it of trying to snatch away voting rights through the SIR, describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the “biggest infiltrator” and warning that those targeting Bengal “should go to hell”. Addressing worshippers after Eid prayers at […]
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 […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said voiceless and helpless people bear an unbearable cost when vengeance knows no end. Mufti’s remarks came in the wake of heavy cross-border shelling by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. “After the horrific Pahalgam attack, I thought I […]
JAMMU — As panic buying gripped parts of Jammu amid heightened tensions along the Indo-Pak border, the Jammu Traders’ Federation on Wednesday appealed for calm, assuring the public that there is no shortage of essential supplies. The federation announced reactivation of “war rooms” to distribute free ration and medicines to border residents affected by the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday warned people against sharing any content related to security deployment, operational movements or sensitive locations on social media platforms from here. “All citizens of district Jammu are strictly advised not to share, upload, or circulate any content related to security deployments, operational movements or sensitive locations on […]
JAMMU — The Government Medical College Hospital in Jammu city is fully prepared to deal with any eventuality, it said on Wednesday, hours after 12 people were killed along the LoC in cross-border firing. The 12 included four children, while 57 others were injured as the Pakistan Army resorted to heavy artillery and mortar shelling […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday carried out searches at more than 30 locations in the city here as part of a clampdown on the terror ecosystem in the aftermath of the Pahalgam attack that left 26 people dead. Since the April 22 attack, searches of residences of more than 100 terrorists, […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday appealed to all tourists, visitors and local people who might have any more information, photographs or videos relating to the Pahalgam terror attack to immediately contact it. The probe agency has already taken possession of a sizable number of photographs and videos showing various aspects […]
MUZAFFARABAD — India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery fire along their contested frontier on Wednesday after New Delhi launched deadly missile strikes on its arch-rival, in the worst violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in two decades. At least 34 deaths were reported, with Islamabad saying 26 civilians were killed by the Indian strikes and firing […]
JAMMU — Seven persons, including a woman and two children, were killed and 38 others injured Wednesday as Pakistan Army pounded dozens of forward villages with artillery and mortar shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The Indian Army is responding to the shelling in equal measure, they said […]
MUZAFFARABAD/NEW DELHI — India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday and Pakistan said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed enemies. India said it struck nine Pakistani “terrorist infrastructure” sites, some of them linked to an attack by Islamist militants on […]
SRINAGAR — The Counter Intelligence wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday detained a former journalist for allegedly disseminating extremist and distorted content on social media to disturb the peace, promote secessionist ideology, and present India “in a bad shape”, a spokesperson said. In a continued effort to curb the misuse of social […]
