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 — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Monday quashed the preventive detention of Aam Aadmi Party legislator Mehraj Malik under the Public Safety Act (PSA), holding that the order was legally unsustainable and based on “non-application of mind”. Setting aside the detention order issued by the Doda district magistrate against […]
NEW DELHI — Delhi Capitals bowler Lungi Ngidi was rushed to hospital after sustaining a head injury during an Indian Premier League game on Saturday, but the South African is stable and will soon be discharged, organisers said. Chasing a skier offered by Punjab Kings batter Priyank Arya, Ngidi back-pedalled from his mid-off position but […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police have destroyed narcotic drugs & psychotropic substances worth over one crore in Sopore town of Baramulla district in North Kashmir on Friday. “The District Drug Disposal Committee headed by SSP Sopore Smt. Divya D-IPS, SDPO Sopore Shri. Sarfaraz Bashir-JKPS (Member) and DySP DAR Sopore (Member) in compliance to […]
SRINAGAR — As mercury dropped to minus 6.2 degrees Celsius on Friday, J&K’s Srinagar city recorded the season’s lowest minimum temperature. MET Department officials said that at minus 6.2 degrees Celsius, Srinagar city recorded the lowest minimum temperature of this season so far. Gulmarg had minus 6 degrees Celsius while Pahalgam recorded minus 8.2 degrees […]
NEW DELHI — Former Australia head coach Justin Langer heaped rich praise on Jasprit Bumrah, calling India’s fast-bowling spearhead a right-handed equivalent of legendary Pakistan left-arm pacer Wasim Akram. Bumrah has taken 21 wickets at an average of 10.90 to be the leading wicket-taker of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy series, including a five-wicket haul in […]
SRINAGAR [Farhan Kitab] (KIMS) — Ruheena Shahzad has expressed heartfelt gratitude to senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders, particularly Shri Ashok Koul Ji, for their trust and support. Recently appointed as the District Returning Officer in Budgam, Shahzad conveyed her appreciation for this significant responsibility. “I extend my profound thanks to the esteemed senior BJP […]
SRINAGAR [Farhan Kitab] (KIMS) — The Shah Re Khass Traders and Chambers (SKT&C) have taken a resolute stance against the implementation of the e-challan system in Srinagar, particularly affecting the vibrant area of Shah Re Khass. The ongoing lack of adequate parking facilities has forced customers to park near shops to make their purchases. Unfortunately, […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday expressed confidence that the goal of achieving a “terror-free Jammu and Kashmir” will soon be realised and instructed security agencies to ensure complete dominance over terrorism in the region. During a high-level meeting at the Home Ministry to assess the security situation in the Union […]
JAMMU — J&K’s State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Thursday filed a supplementary charge sheet against detained advocate Mian Abdul Qayoom in the murder of an advocate killed by terrorists in 2020. The SIA, in a statement, said that a supplementary charge sheet was filed in the designated court against Qayoom, the former President of the […]
NEW DELHI — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday met with Union Home Minister Amit Shah here to discuss a range of key issues, including the early restoration of statehood, officials said. This is Abdullah’s second meeting with the Union minister after taking over as the first chief minister of the Union […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Thursday sent a terror-funding case against Jammu and Kashmir MP Engineer Rashid back to the special judge hearing the matter so that the grievances of the accused can be adjudicated. Principal District and Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav was hearing the matter after the special judge had requested […]
JAMMU — A forest fire on Thursday triggered mine blasts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district, officials said. There were no casualties or injuries, they said. The forest fire in the forward areas of Gursai, Ucchad, and Prambranar, as well as the border belts, has been raging for the […]
