KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday accused Russia of intensifying strikes across the country to put pressure on Kyiv at upcoming talks after an overnight barrage triggered power cuts as temperatures drop. The latest strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure came days before the trilateral US-brokered meeting in Abu Dhabi scheduled for Tuesday and […]
NEW DELHI — Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has accepted the resignation of Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, who on November 3 resigned from his Parliamentary seat and the National Conference following differences with the party leadership. “Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, an elected member of Lok Sabha from the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency, has resigned […]
SYDNEY — Former opener Usman Khawaja claimed on Saturday that the entire Australian team knew about the 2018 “Sandpapergate” scandal in Cape Town and said they also employed the tactic during the previous Test at Port Elizabeth. Captain Steve Smith, his deputy David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were sent home in disgrace and found by […]
SRINAGAR — A girl student died and 17 others were injured after a college bus they were travelling in met with an accident in North Kashmir’s Handwara on Saturday, officials said. A bus of Government Degree College Handwara carrying 27 students for picnic lost control and turned turtle near Vodpora area of Handwara, they said. […]
JAMMU — The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday said there has been a significant increase in enforcement actions in drug-related crimes, with 2,897 arrests and 350 detentions made in 1,978 drug-related cases over a 15-month period in the union territory. In 2024 alone, 1,514 cases were registered, resulting in 2,260 arrests and 274 […]
JAMMU — A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army was killed in an encounter with terrorists along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Akhnoor sector here, but their infiltration bid was thwarted, officials said on Saturday. They said alert army troops picked up the movement of a group of heavily armed terrorists near […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling National Conference (NC) on Friday said it has filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the recent amendments to the Waqf Act. The party first announced its decision to challenge the Act, which it termed a constitutionally “alarming interference” in the religious affairs of the Muslim community, on […]
JAMMU — In a major crackdown against drug trafficking, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday detained 35 drug peddlers in the Jammu district, officials said. With this, a total of 77 detentions have been made in the district during the anti-narcotics operation ”Cleanup” of the J&K Police in just two days, they said. This large-scale […]
JAMMU — An army personnel was injured in a gunfight after alert troops intercepted heavily armed terrorists attempting to sneak into this side from across the Line of Control near Jammu late Friday night, security officials said. The troops guarding the border picked up the movement of a group of terrorists in Keri Battal area […]
SRINAGAR — The National Conference (NC) on Friday slammed Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Sunil Sharma over his remarks that statehood should be restored only after terrorism and separatism are completely uprooted from the Union Territory. In a statement, NC’s state spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said Sharma’s remarks “directly contradict the […]
JAMMU — Panic gripped the bus stand area after an unclaimed bag was found in front of a lodge in Jammu city, officials on Friday said. A red-coloured bag was found lying unclaimed in front of Jehangir Muslim hotel in the bus stand area and the information was passed on to the police, they said. […]
JAMMU — Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General M V Suchindra Kumar on Friday complimented the troops for their swift action in neutralising a terrorist in Kishtwar, and reiterated the army’s commitment to keeping the region free of terror. One terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday have registered a case against the former Managing Director, J&K Cooperative Housing Corporation Ltd and others for financial irregularities. Anti Corruption Bureau registered a case FIR No. 02/2025 u/s 5(1)(d) r/w Section 5(2) of J&K Prevention of Corruption Act, Samvat 2006 and 120-B, RPC […]
