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 […]
JAMMU — Police in Samba have busted an inter-state narcotics and illegal arms syndicate with links to Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh, arresting 10 persons, including key members of the Gataru gang, officials said on Friday. Police also recovered five pistols, one country-made weapon, 27.66 grams of heroin, 17 rounds of 9mm ammunition, […]
JAMMU — Police have solved a blind murder case in Kanachak area of Jammu within 12 hours, arresting the accused and recovering the weapon used in the crime, officials said. During the intervening night of November 7 and 8, Police Station Kanachak received information about a person found dead with visible injury marks on his […]
NEW DELHI — The Union Home Ministry on Friday extended the ban on controversial preacher Zakir Naik’s Islamic Research Foundation for another five years, noting it has been indulging in activities that are prejudicial to the security of the country and have the potential to disturb peace and communal harmony. The ministry had invoked the […]
NEW DELHI — India’s capital Delhi overtook Lahore in Pakistan to become the world’s most polluted city on Friday, with air quality reaching hazardous levels and visibility dropping as smog blanketed the city of 20 million people. Air quality index (AQI) in Delhi was “hazardous” at 334, making it the most polluted global major city, […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday returned to the historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar after nearly two weeks of house detention and addressed the Friday congregation, expressing concern over repeated restrictions on his religious and public activities. Addressing the gathering, Mirwaiz said such restrictions cause inconvenience to people and amount to […]
JAMMU — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday inaugurated the 22nd All India Vice-Chancellor T-20 Cricket Tournament for staff members at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Jammu (SKUAST-Jammu), bringing together 24 university teams and around 500 participants from across the country. The Chief Minister commended SKUAST-Jammu for hosting the national-level tournament, saying […]
SAMBA — Police have arrested two alleged drug peddlers and recovered approximately 50 grams of heroin-like substance (Chitta) from their possession during a naka checking operation in Vijaypur area of Samba district, officials said on Friday. A police team from Police Station Vijaypur intercepted a scooty bearing registration number JK02DT-6705 at Tarapur Road. The vehicle […]
SRINAGAR — Moderate to heavy overnight rains lashed most parts of Kashmir, while the higher reaches of the valley received snowfall, officials said on Friday. Tourist resorts of Gulmarg and Sonamarg were among the places which received fresh snowfall during the night. Snowfall was also reported in the upper areas of Gurez, and Kupwara, as […]
SRINAGAR — Several suspects have been picked up for questioning in the aftermath of the Kulgam attack in which three CRPF personnel were injured, officials said on Friday. Terrorists opened fire at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) post in the South Kashmir district on Wednesday. Immediately after the attack, security forces launched a massive […]
JAMMU — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday expressed grief over the killing of two Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Kishtwar district and strongly condemned the attack. The two deceased personnel have been identified as SPOs Babi Chand and Rashpal Kumar. The Lieutenant Governor said he was deeply grieved by […]
