WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters he believes the war in Iran “militarily is effectively over,” suggesting that — at least for now – he’s not prepared to resume the bombardment that has devastated the Islamic Republic and caused reverberations across the global economy. The president made a surprise visit to the […]
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 […]
SYDNEY — Australia captain Pat Cummins on Friday said Usman Khawaja was “100 percent wrong” in claiming the whole team knew about “Sandpapergate”, calling it “complete and utter nonsense”. The retired Khawaja reopened old wounds with the release of his autobiography this week and a chapter dealing with the 2018 ball-tampering scandal in South Africa […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Students Association here today sent legal notice to Turkey based Outlet TRT World for using and broadcasting fake images of three Kashmiri students and landing them in Trouble. Association sent a copy of legal notice, through their lawyer Aamir Masoodi, claiming defamation of three Kashmiri students seeking a compensation of […]
SRINAGAR — National Immunization Day 2022 (Polio Ravivaar), was organised today across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. According to Director General, Family Welfare, MCH & Immunization, Dr. Saleem Ur Rehman, on the first day both level activity, a total of 1726674 (88%) children of 0-5 years age group were administered polio drops against […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested an active militant of (LeT) Lashkar-i-Toiba) militant outfit in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Anantnag Police in a statement said, “during surprise naka checking, movement of a suspicious person was noticed, who was apprehended tactfully by the alert police party.” He has been identified as Shahid Thoker […]
MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian nuclear forces put on high alert Sunday in response to what he called “aggressive statements” by leading NATO powers. The order means Putin has ordered Russia’s nuclear weapons prepared for increased readiness to launch, raising the threat that the tensions could boil over into nuclear warfare. In giving […]
KYIV — Ukraine on Sunday said it would hold talks with Russia at its border with Belarus — near the Chernobyl exclusion zone — after a phone call between President Volodymyr Zelensky and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko. “The politicians agreed that the Ukrainian delegation would meet the Russian one without preconditions at the Ukraine-Belarus border, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 54 fresh Covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Sunday. They said 38 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 16 from Kashmir Division, taking the overall tally to 452955. Giving district wise […]
KUPWARA — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Jabdi, a remote village of Kupwara saved a precious life by shifting a critically-ill patient to sub district hospital Karnah for immediate medical relief as the area is still out of bounds due to heavy snowfall . “Kupwara Police evacuating a critically ill elderly patient from snowbound forward […]
JAMMU — Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad’s nephew Mubashir Azad joined the BJP on Sunday and said he was “influenced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s developmental works at the ground level”. Mubashir Azad, the son of Ghulam Nabi Azad’s youngest brother Liaqat Ali, also said his uncle was “disrespected” by the Congress leadership which […]
KULGAM — The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Dr Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat Sunday said electricity in Kulgam district will be restored within few hours. Bhat said that men and machinery are on job and almost entire work has been completed. He said that within one to two hours electricity is being restored in the district. “Major […]
KULGAM — A 47-year-old man from Damhal Hanjipora belt of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district was found hanging in a rented accommodation at Amnoo Kulgam on Sunday afternoon, officials said. An official said that the man identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Dar (47) son of Sona-Ullah Dar, a resident of D K Marg Kulgam was found hanging […]
