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 […]
NEW DELHI — In a massive jolt to the Aam Aadmi Party on Friday, seven of its Rajya Sabha MPs, including Raghav Chadha, Sandeep Pathak and Ashok Mittal, quit the party. Addressing a press conference, Chadha, flanked by Pathak and Mittal, said that two-thirds of the Aam Aadmi Party’s Rajya Sabha MPs have quit the […]
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 — The BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit on Wednesday hit out at the National Conference for running a “visionless and directionless government” in the Union Territory, accusing it of failing to address critical public issues such as water, electricity and jobs shortages, tourism, and key development projects. The saffron party expressed confidence in its […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Chief Secretary, Atal Dulloo, today launched the much anticipated UT wide baseline survey under Mission YUVA (Yuva Udyami Vikas Abhiyan). The survey, to be done jointly by Labour & Employment (L&E) and Planning Departments, aims identification of around 1.37 lakh potential entrepreneurs besides seeking feedback from the existing enterprises. Present on the […]
JAMMU — Four employees of a construction company suffered minor injuries in an attack on a bus that was carrying them to a project site in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Wednesday, leading to the detention of eight people who are being interrogated, officials said. The bus carrying the employees of the company to […]
SRINAGAR — Three decades after it was constructed, one of the oldest security bunkers in Srinagar city has been dismantled — underlining the improvement in the Kashmir valley’s security situation. The security bunker, constructed by the Border Security Force (BSF) in the early 1990s, at Braripora in the city’s Safakadal area is in the process […]
KARACHI — The ninth edition of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy, famously known as the Mini World Cup, will be held from February 19 to March 9, 2025, in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Teams have started announcing their squads for the event, and it is expected that the defending champions, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Jammu and Kashmir is taking a significant step towards enhancing transparency and efficiency in its operations by transitioning to a fully electronic challan system. Effective January 1st, 2025, all ACB branches will discontinue the use of manual registration of FIRs and submit their respective challan electronically through […]
NEW DELHI — Union ministers Amit Shah and Dharmendra Pradhan will on Thursday launch a book titled “Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh: Through the Ages”, according to education ministry officials. “The book attempts to document the story of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh from a perspective and format that enables an overview for both the subject […]
SAMBA (KIMS) — Police has arrested five drug peddlers in two separate incidents in Vijaypur and Ghagwal area of Samba district and recovered 10.30 grams approximately heroin like substance and 4 grams approximately heroin like substance respectively from their possession. A Police party headed by SHO PS Vijaypur under the supervision of SDPO Vijaypur and […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — In a significant move to combat illegal mining and tighten the noose around violators, Jammu Police in Rural zone has intensified its efforts against those exploiting public resources for personal gain. Special drives against illegal mining were conducted throughout the year 2024 in the Rural Zone of Jammu District. As a result […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police along with security forces have arrested four associates of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit in Tral town of Pulwama district in South Kashmir on Wednesday and recovered incriminating materials from their possession. “Four militant associates identified as Mudasir Ahmad Naik, son of Farooq Ahmad Naik and Inayat Firdoos Rather, […]
