ISLAMABAD — Senior U.S. and Iranian leaders were in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Saturday for negotiations to end their six-week-old war, although Tehran threw the talks into doubt by saying they could not begin without commitments on Lebanon and sanctions. The U.S. delegation, led by Vice President JD Vance and including President Donald Trump’s […]
JAMMU — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday lashed out at the BJP, accusing it of targeting relatives of political adversaries and questioning what he termed the party’s inability to “compete directly.” “Is your (BJP’s) system so weak that you cannot compete with us directly, and instead go after family members?” Abdullah said while addressing […]
DHAKA — Former Bangladesh captain Tamim Iqbal became the youngest head of the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) on Tuesday, after the National Sports Council dissolved the BCB’s board of directors following an investigation into elections held in October. A committee found irregularities in the BCB’s election process, the NSC’s sports director Mohammed Aminul Ahesan told […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Kashmir have issued an advisory, warning people about the high risk of forest fire over the next seven days. In a letter issued by the office of the Kashmir divisional commissioner, deputy commissioners of all 10 districts of the valley have been directed to make people living in fire-prone areas aware […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan former PM Imran Khan said that neither he nor his wife Bushra Bibi benefitted financially from the Al-Qadir Trust case, and that business tycoon Malik Riaz could testify that he was the only prime minister who “never sought anything from him for personal or financial gain”. Imran and Bushra were convicted last […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Jammu and Kashmir conducted searches at six different locations across Union Territory in connection with irregularities in Fire & Emergency Services (F&ES) Department recruitment. “In connection with the investigation of Case FIR No. 01/2025 registered at Police Station ACB Central, the Bureau conducted searches in the residence, […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today chaired a review meeting of the Jammu & Kashmir State Power Development Corporation Limited (JKSPDC) here at Civil Secretariat to assess the progress made in execution of new hydro- electric projects and the expected enhancement in power generation from these projects. The meeting was attended by Advisor […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday asserted the importance of a land and its people in forging their identity and exhorted them to never let it go. The land of Jammu and Kashmir, a region restive for decades, must be protected by its people at all costs, he said. “When […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has called off negotiations with the government due to its failure to establish a judicial commission within the seven-day period, according to PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan. Speaking to the media outside Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, Barrister Gohar said that the party’s legal team, including himself, met […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Minister for Health and Medical, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Itoo, today visited the Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu and SMGS Hospital, Shalamar to enquire about the health and well being of patients of Budhal village of Rajouri district. MLA Banihal, Sajjad Shaheen; Principal GMC Jammu; Medical Superintendents of both the hospitals […]
MUMBAI — It was a “prized wicket” for Umar Nazir Mir but being a fan of Rohit Sharma, the Jammu and Kashmir pacer said he could not bring himself to celebrate the high-profile dismissal in the Ranji Trophy clash against defending champions Mumbai here on Thursday. The 31-year-old rattled Mumbai with his 4/41 on the […]
RAJOURI — Over 200 individuals, who came in contact with the affected families of the 17 people who died due to the mysterious illness in Rajouri, have been quarantined as a precautionary measure, an official said on Thursday. Four people, including three sisters, have been shifted to hospitals, with three airlifted to a hospital in […]
LEH — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said his government’s top priority is to develop sports across the country, especially in Jammu and Kashmir and the union territory of Ladakh. In a message during the opening ceremony of the Khelo India Winter Games 2025 here, Modi reiterated the government’s commitment to spread sporting activities […]
