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 (KIMS) — Deputy Chief Minister, Surinder Chowdhary, today visited the Government hospital Shalimar to enquire about the health of Rajouri tragedy victims. He was accompanied by MLA Budhal Javaid Choudhary and other senior officers. While interacting with the hospital administration and medical faculty there, the Deputy Chief Minister said that the Government is doing […]
JAIPUR — A car in the convoy of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah crashed into a cow on Delhi-Mumbai Expressway on Friday, police said. The National Conference leader was on his way to Ajmer from Delhi. No one was injured in the accident, police said. Deputy Superintendent of Police Ravi Prakash Sharma […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples’ Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti said Friday the transfer of an Anti-Corruption Bureau official, who was probing a case, exposes a “nexus” between the corrupt and most powerful, and raises questions about the Jammu and Kashmir government’s commitment to justice and accountability. The government has ordered the repatriation of ACB SSP Abdul […]
RAJOURI (KIMS) — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today chaired a high-level meeting to discuss the alarming situation in Budhal village of Rajouri district, where mysterious deaths have claimed 16 lives, with one more victim succumbing to an unexplained illness. The meeting was attended by Minister of Health & Medical Education, Sakeena Itoo; Advisor to the […]
RAJOURI — A mysterious illness that has taken 16 lives in a small village here has confounded authorities, which remain clueless about the cause of the deaths even two months after the first casualty. Jatti Begum, 60, who perished from unknown causes on Friday is the latest casualty in the series. Another girl still battles […]
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced on Friday challenging the punishment handed down to party founder, Imran Khan, and his wife, Bushra Bibi, in the Al-Qadir Trust case. “We will challenge this verdict in the superior courts,” vowed Omar Ayub, the leader of the opposition in the National Assembly and a senior PTI leader, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar have solved a theft case within hours by arresting accused person involved in the commission of crime and recovered stolen jewellery from her possession. Police Station Shaltang received an application from one person namely Mst Aimen Akhzar, daughter of Peerzada Akhzar Hussain, resident of Umerabad Srinagar […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday approved setting up the 8th Pay Commission to revise salaries of nearly 50 lakh central government employees and allowances of 65 lakh pensioners. The chairman and two members of the Commission will be appointed soon, I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told reporters here. “Prime Minister has approved […]
NEW DELHI — The Centre has decided against conducting the medical entrance exam NEET-UG in online mode for now, and announced on Thursday it will continue to be conducted in pen and paper mode. The decision comes after detailed deliberations between education and health ministries on whether to conduct the NEET-UG in pen and paper […]
RAWALPINDI — The much-anticipated verdict of the £190 million case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bibi is expected to be announced tomorrow (Friday) after being deferred thrice. The judgment — reserved on December 18, 2024 — will be announced by accountability court Judge Nasir Javed at 11:30am tomorrow at […]
