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 […]
BUDGAM — Ending months of differences with the National Conference leadership, Srinagar Lok Sabha member Syed Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday announced his resignation from the party, accusing its leadership of abandoning key election promises including the restoration of Article 370, at a rally here marking the 26th death anniversary of his father, Aga Syed […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday opposed a plea by Baramulla MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid in the Delhi High Court for bail in a terror funding case, alleging that he has influenced some of the prosecution witnesses. The probe agency contended that two of the prosecution witnesses, who are […]
HANDWARA — Police have attached a residential property worth ₹10.18 lakh belonging to an alleged drug trafficker in Langate area of Handwara as part of their ongoing crackdown against drug trafficking, officials said. The property belongs to Mehraj-Ud-Din Gojree, a resident of Langate, and was allegedly renovated using proceeds generated through illicit narcotics trafficking, police […]
JAMMU — Crime Branch Jammu has filed a chargesheet against four accused in a case involving the alleged fraudulent procurement of Permanent Resident Certificates (PRCs) through fabrication of census records and lineage details, officials said on Tuesday. The chargesheet was filed by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Crime Branch before the Additional Sessions Judge, […]
JAMMU — Former Jammu and Kashmir minister Prem Sagar Aziz on Tuesday rejoined the Congress, with Pradesh Congress Committee president Tariq Hameed Karra terming his return a reflection of the changing political landscape in the country. Aziz, who hails from the Bani-Basohli area in Kathua district, joined the BJP in October 2021 after resigning from […]
JAMMU — Senior BJP leader Ravinder Raina on Tuesday distanced his party from the developments within the National Conference, saying it had no role in MP Aga Ruhullah’s resignation and would not resort to defections or political manoeuvring to form a government in Jammu and Kashmir. However, he warned that the National Conference (NC) would […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Tuesday dismissed concerns over the stability of the Omar Abdullah-led government amid reported differences within the ruling National Conference following the recent Cabinet expansion and dissent by MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi. Ruhulla, the Srinagar Lok Sabha MP, on Tuesday announced his resignation from […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Tariq Hameed Karra on Tuesday attributed National Conference MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi’s differences with his party to a possible lack of ideological compatibility, while asserting that the Congress would stand firmly with the NC whenever it faced a threat from the BJP. Reacting to recent […]
JAMMU — BJP national vice president Ram Madhav on Tuesday accused the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi of deliberately spreading false propaganda over the SIR issue as they were unable to challenge the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi through democratic elections. The Congress, he charged, was attempting to destabilise the country, undermine democratic […]
JAMMU — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday inspected the ongoing construction work on the new Legislative Assembly Complex in Jammu and reviewed the pace of execution, emphasising its time-bound completion. The six-level complex will house a modern Assembly Hall, Central Hall, visitor and press galleries, committee rooms and advanced building management systems. The long-delayed […]
