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 […]
RAWALPINDI — Taking a U-turn, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar said on Thursday that he had called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir along with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur. PTI Chairman Gohar, speaking to journalists at the Adiala Jail courtroom, finally confirmed that he had indeed met with […]
NEW DELHI — In a major decision, the government on Thursday decided to set up the 8th Pay Commission to revise salaries of central government employees and allowances of pensioners. The decision to set up the 8th Pay Commission was taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, I&B Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said. The 7th Pay Commission […]
RAJOURI — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Thursday said it is closely monitoring the situation in Budhal village of Rajouri district, where an unexplained illness has claimed 15 lives. One child admitted to a hospital in Jammu remains critical. The government has also ordered a probe into the deaths with police forming a Special […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday apprehended an individual in Srinagar involved in the sale of counterfeit gold ornaments. “On 09-01-2025, a written complaint was lodged at Police Station Nowhatta by an individual namely Nisar Ahmad Bhat, a resident of Bindoo Kokernag, at present living in Srinagar & working as a storekeeper […]
SRINAGAR — A 4,048 km cycle expedition from Kashmir to Kanyakumari began from here on Thursday to promote a pollution-free India. The expedition with several participants from Maharashtra, including two sexagenarians, was flagged off by the Deputy Inspector General, Central Kashmir Range, Rajiv Pande from the iconic Lal Chowk here. The cycle rally will travel […]
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PIT) on Thursday finally presented its demands in writing, seeking probes into the May 9, 2023, and November 26, 2024 events, as well as the release of “political prisoners”. PTI’s ‘Charter of Demands’, available with Geo News, also mentions that if the government fails to constitute two separate commissions on […]
AHMEDABAD — Asserting that the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has improved after the abrogation of Article 370, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said no one now dares to do any mischief when the Krishna Janmashtami procession passes through Srinagar’s Lal Chowk. Speaking at Kalol in Gandhinagar district, the BJP leader said it […]
RAJOURI — A nine-year-old girl died at a hospital here on Wednesday, taking the number of mysterious deaths in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district to 15 in one-and-a-half months while the police set up a special investigation team to probe the reason for the fatalities. Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Sakeena […]
MUMBAI — Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was injured after an intruder attacked him with a knife at his residence in Mumbai, police said on Thursday. Khan was hospitalised following the incident which took place around midnight at the actor’s house in Bandra area, they said. As per initial information, an unidentified person entered Khan’s […]
JAMMU — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said on Wednesday that the doors of the civil secretariat, the seat of the Jammu and Kashmir government, are open for people to visit and have their grievances addressed. “People have finally breathed a sigh of relief after a decade of undemocratic rule, during which they were treated […]
