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 […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Wednesday rejected a private member’s bill moved by PDP MLA from Pulwama, Waheed Para, seeking regularisation of ad-hoc daily wagers, need-based and temporary workers. The bill was turned down by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, who is also the Leader of the House, soon after it was […]
LAHORE — Pace bowler Naseem Shah has been fined 20 million Pakistani rupees ($71,684) for breaching multiple clauses of his central contract and the Pakistan Cricket Board’s social media guidelines, the PCB said on Monday. The fine followed a post on Shah’s social media account, later deleted, which appeared to criticise Punjab Chief Minister Maryam […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday sealed a medical shop in connection with NDPS case in Nowshera area of Rajouri district. Acting on an ongoing investigation into case FIR No. 24/2025 under Sections 8/21/22 of the NDPS Act a police team from Police Station Nowshera conducted a search at M/S Malik Shah […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested a social media user for allegedly posting extremist content online, an official said on Tuesday. The accused, identified as Showkat Ahmad Dar (28), is a resident of Doodh Mohalla in Srinagar, said the Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) wing, which made the arrest. Its spokesperson said that Dar […]
JAMMU — Security forces recovered an old and rusted grenade in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, officials said. The locals were cleaning a pond in the Dharamshal area when they discovered the old rusted grenade, they said. Police promptly responded to the information and took custody of the grenade. The incident averted […]
ISLAMABAD — The opposition alliance Tehreek Tahaffuz-i-Ayeen Pakistan (TTAP) on Tuesday announced that it had decided not to participate in today’s high-level national moot on counterterrorism at Parliament House in the absence of incarcerated ex-premier Imran Khan. The in-camera meeting of the Parliamentary Committee on National Security comes amid recent heightened attacks on security personnel […]
JAMMU — A high-security alert has been sounded across Jammu and Kashmir in view of the recent terror attacks in Pakistan, including the killing of a top commander of terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), officials said on Tuesday. All the protected persons, including politicians, have been advised to be conscious and strictly follow the security protocols […]
RAJOURI — A fire broke out at the Government Medical College (GMC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Tuesday, prompting the evacuation of more than 150 patients from the hospital, officials said. The fire was noticed in the basement of the hospital in Rajouri town on Tuesday morning. It was controlled within one hour […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces on Tuesday averted a tragedy with the timely detection of an improvised explosive device (IED) in South Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said. A patrol party noticed a suspicious object by the roadside at Habdipora in Shopian district, which turned out to be an IED. A bomb disposal squad has been rushed […]
JAMMU — A woman pilgrim from Delhi was arrested after a loaded pistol was recovered from her possession at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine atop Trikuta hills in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, officials said on Tuesday. Jyoti Gupta, who claimed to be a retired police constable, was intercepted with the weapon and six rounds […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Tuesday listed a plea filed by jailed Jammu and Kashmir MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid seeking permission to attend the ongoing Parliament session for hearing on March 25. A bench of justices Chandra Dhari Singh and Anup J Bhambhani deferred the hearing after the counsel […]
Cape Canaveral — NASA’s two stuck astronauts headed back to Earth with SpaceX on Tuesday to close out a dramatic marathon mission that began with a bungled Boeing test flight more than nine months ago. Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams bid farewell to the International Space Station — their home since last spring — departing […]
