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 — Bone-chilling cold continued across Kashmir on Friday as dense fog made pedestrian and traffic movement difficult in the morning in J&K’s Srinagar city. A thick blanket of fog covered Srinagar city and suburban areas as the unabated cold continued. The Meteorological (MeT) Department statement said, “On January 3, generally cloudy weather with Light […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — A bovine smuggler with six FIRs registered against him has been arrested in Nagrota area of Jammu district, police said on Friday. “Under Operation Kamdhenu, Jammu Police, led by SSP Joginder Singh, have tightened their grip on bovine smugglers. Nagrota police recently apprehended a notorious bovine smuggler and booked him under the […]
NEW DELHI — The Railway Ministry will set up a new division with headquarters at Jammu under the Northern Railway Zone by reorganising the Firozpur division. An official communication of the ministry to the Northern Railway dated Jan 1, 2025, said the Jammu division is proposed to have five sections — Pathankot-Jammu-Udhampur (now martyr Captain […]
SRINAGAR — A war of words broke out between Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and his party’s Lok Sabha member Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Thursday over the latter participating in an anti-reservation protest outside the former’s residence here last month. At a media interaction here, Abdullah said he expects Mehdi to hold a […]
ISLAMABAD — The second round of talks between the government and jailed former premier Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party representatives concluded on Thursday with the commitment to meet again next week in a bid to end the prevailing political tension and instability in the country. National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq facilitated the talks held in […]
SHOPIAN (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police along with Division Forest Officer in a joint operation against illegal timber smuggling, seized a huge quantity of illicit forest timber in Keller area of Shopian district of South Kashmir on Thursday. “Acting on a specific information about a consignment of illegally smuggled forest timber in Keller, a […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday prevented a man from committing a suicide at Khellani area of Doda district in Jammu and Kashmir. “A distress call was received at Police Post Khellani from Dial-112 that one person namely Manish Kumar, son of Mohinder Kumar, resident of Paryote Doda was about to commit […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Conference chief Sajad Lone on Thursday filed a public interest litigation (PIL) in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court against the “misuse” of police verification process. The PIL, submitted through advocate Syed Sajad Geelani, seeks to address the “growing misuse” of police verification as a tool of “collective punishment, targeting individuals […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Minister for Health and Medical Education, Social Welfare and Education, Sakeena Itoo, today conducted surprise inspection of LD Hospital to review healthcare facilities being extended to the patients there. The Minister visited various sections of the hospital including emergency ward, outpatient department (OPD), inpatient wards, operation theatres, NICU and PICU wards and […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today convened a meeting with NHAI, NHIDCL, Beacon and Project SAMPARK to review progress on construction of different highways across all districts of Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Principal Secretary, APD, Commissioner Secretary, Forest Department, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu/Kashmir, Secretary, R&B, Deputy Commissioners, Chief Engineers of […]
