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 […]
PESHAWAR — Suspected militants riding a motorcycle shot and killed two police officers assigned to protect polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign Tuesday in northwestern Pakistan, officials said. The drive-by shooting in Mohmand, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan, also wounded a third officer. The police officers were traveling to a […]
SRINAGAR — The process to appoint the next Vice-Chancellor of the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), Awantipora, has reached a decisive stage, with the selection committee completing interactions with shortlisted candidates in New Delhi. According to sources familiar with the development, nearly 80 applications were received following a fresh advertisement issued by the […]
BARAMULLA — Two cowsheds were partially damaged in a fire incident in Khimbyar village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday, officials said. Baramulla Police, along with Fire and Emergency Services, rushed to the spot after receiving information about the incident and launched firefighting operations. The fire was brought under control, preventing it from […]
ANANTNAG — Police arrested four alleged drug peddlers and recovered over 17.6 kg of contraband substances in four separate operations in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district, police said on Tuesday. The operations were carried out by teams from Police Station Bijbehara, Police Post Sangam and Police Post DK Pora as part of the ongoing crackdown […]
SRINAGAR — The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted searches at multiple locations in Jammu and Kashmir in a money laundering case linked to an alleged terror funding case, officials said. At least four premises in Srinagar were raided under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the case involving Umar Adil […]
JAMMU — A 3.1-magnitude earthquake jolted Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district, officials said. According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the tremor occurred at 11.56 pm on Monday at a depth of five km. The epicentre was located at latitude 33.292 degrees north and longitude 75.892 degrees east in Kishtwar district, it said. No […]
SYDNEY — Australia all-rounder Glenn Maxwell on Monday announced his retirement from international cricket, bringing an end to a 14-year career during which he won three ICC World Cup titles. The 38-year-old last represented Australia in their final match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 against Oman. Maxwell played 149 One-Day Internationals (ODIs), […]
KYIV — Ukraine said Monday that Russian strikes on a school distributing humanitarian aid killed at least 26 people, dashing fragile hopes of “progress toward peace” after a local ceasefire in the south expired without violations. Russia resumed its strikes on the southern region of Kherson after the end of a ceasefire in the area, […]
WASHINGTON — The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved a low-cost version of a twice-yearly HIV prevention shot, bringing the breakthrough drug closer to market in low-income countries. The tentative approval was announced by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, the Indian maker of the generic version of lenacapavir, and by Unitaid, a global health initiative. […]
BANDIPORA — Police in Bandipora arrested an alleged drug peddler and recovered 10.130 kg of charas-like substance from his possession during a naka checking in Hajin area on Monday, officials said. The accused was apprehended at Hakbara-Chandergair crossing and has been identified as Tariq Ahmad Mir, son of Mohammad Sabir Mir, a resident of Hakbara. […]
