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 […]
POONCH — The Army on Monday thwarted an attempt by a woman to cross over to Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) following a domestic dispute in Jammu and Kashmir”s Poonch district, sources said. Shaheen Akhtar, 35, wife of Mohd Akram Faiza, was intercepted by Army troops near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Shahpur sector while attempting […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, while chairing a meeting of all the Administrative Secretaries and Deputy Commissioners about the implementation of PM Gati Shakti (PMGS) Master Plan, remarked that departments should take lead in adding as many layers as possible by mapping all their projects besides those among the social sector. He called […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — A group of IAS Officer Trainees of the 2024 Batch, called on Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhawan, today. During the interaction, the Lieutenant Governor extended his best wishes to the Officer Trainees. He advised them to work with sensitivity, honesty, and dedication and make their valuable contribution to achieve […]
SRINAGAR [Sheikh Nadeem] (KIMS) — In a heartwarming initiative aimed at uplifting the lives of orphaned sisters in the region, the Smile Foundation NGO organized a mass marriage ceremony for 50 orphan sisters on Sunday, January 5, 2025, in Srinagar. This noble event provided these deserving individuals with the joy and dignity of marriage, while […]
JAMMU — Police have arrested 300 people involved in 200 cases of drug peddling and recovered over 43 kg of heroin worth several hundred crores in Jammu district in 2024, officials said. The police also attached 11 properties of drug smugglers worth ₹4.69 crore in the district during the period. “As part of its anti-drug […]
JAMMU — An Army jawan died under suspicious circumstances in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, officials said. Soldier Krishna Yadav, a resident of Rajasthan and who was posted in Sawajian, was found dead under suspicious circumstances, they said. His body was shifted to the hospital where doctors conducted a post-mortem. According to the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday allayed fears of any negative fallout on Jammu after the launch of direct rail service between Kashmir and the rest of the country anytime soon, saying his government will ensure that the region benefits immensely by the completion of the long-pending project. Abdullah was […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Centre Srinagar has predicted improvement in the prevailing weather conditions likely from today afternoon. An official said that there is a possibility of generally cloudy with light snow at isolated places, and improvement from January 6 after noon. He said that slippery roads may temporarily disrupt surface transportation at few higher […]
SRINAGAR — Flight operations at the Srinagar International Airport, disrupted on Monday due to heavy overnight snowfall in the Kashmir valley, have resumed, officials said. “Operations at the Srinagar airport have resumed with the first flight arriving from Amritsar,” an Airports Authority of India (AAI) official said. The flights were delayed early on Monday following […]
PESHAWAR — The provincial government of northwest Pakistan’s Khyber Pukhtunkhwa has imposed section 144 for two months in the violence-torn Kurram district to restore peace following an attack on a government convoy, which injured a top district official. The decision to impose section 144, banning the display of arms and assembly of five people or […]
