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 […]
JAMMU — More than 70 lakh voters, including over 34 lakh women, are eligible to vote in the panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the annual revision of electoral rolls, officials said. The Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission on Monday concluded annual revision of panchayat electoral rolls that were published with January 1, 2025, […]
RAJOURI — A high-level inter-ministerial team on Monday conducted an investigation for nearly six hours in the Badhaal village of Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district to ascertain the causes of deaths of 17 members of three families under mysterious circumstances, officials said. The village also witnessed the burial of a 15-year-old girl who died in […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday said his recent sentencing in the al-Qadir Trust corruption case was part of a political strategy to force him into making a deal, and has dismissed any suggestions of negotiations or compromise with the government. A Pakistani court on Friday sentenced Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Bank on Monday reported a 26.2 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 531 crore for the October-December quarter of FY2024-25 compared to Rs 421.08 crore in the year-ago period. A bank spokesman said that the financial institution is well on course to meet the annual profitability target. “The […]
JAMMU — Three employees of a flour mill here were booked on Monday for embezzlement of more than Rs 2 crore, police said. The crime branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police registered a case on the basis of a complaint by Jammu Flour Mills owner Arun Mahajan alleging financial irregularities and embezzlement of Rs 2 […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Itoo, today chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat to review the performance and functioning of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura. The meeting was attended by Secretary Health and Medical Education, Dr. Syed Abid Rasheed Shah, Director SKIMS, Dr. Ashraf […]
JAMMU — Senior BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha member Shamsher Singh Manhas died after a prolonged illness at his residence here on Monday, his party colleagues said. Manhas, 65, is survived by his wife, son and a daughter. Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha expressed grief over Manhas’s death. “Saddened by the demise […]
JAMMU — A ready-to-use IED was found during an anti-terrorist operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, security officials said. The improvised explosive device (IED), weighing a kilogramme, was found hidden at a secluded place in Dalan village of Degwar sector by army troops. It was subsequently defused by experts, the officials said. […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha today took pledge for Organ Donation by registering on Ayushman Bharat Organ Donation Registry of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India (notto.abdm.gov.in). The State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (SOTTO) representatives, Dr Elias Sharma, Nodal Officer, Dr Sanjeev Puri, Joint Director and Sh […]
RAJOURI — A high level inter-ministerial team on Monday visited Badhaal village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district to ascertain the cause of death of 17 members of three families under mysterious circumstances, officials said. The central team headed by a director-rank officer in the Ministry of Home Affairs reached Rajouri district headquarters on Sunday […]
