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 (KIMS) — Anti-Corruption Bureau on Thursday trapped and arrested two revenue officials namely Girdawar Ayaz Ahmad Hurra and Lumberdar Rafiq Ahmad Sheikh red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe for issuing revenue extracts related to a property sale in Srinagar. Anti Corruption Bureau received a written complaint alleging therein that Ayaz Ahmad Hurra, Girdawar, […]
JAMMU — Three policemen, including a station house officer, were injured after members of a narcotics gang attacked them during an anti-drug operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said. The incident occurred in the Balol Khad area of the district. A police team led by SHO Pushpinder Singh had arrived to crack down […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday dismissed two more government employees including a wireless operator in police department for their alleged terror links, officials said. More than 70 employees have been sacked by the LG since taking over the charge in August 2020, emphasizing a “zero-tolerance” policy towards terrorism and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — With the advent of New Criminal Laws aimed at promoting social responsibility, Police in Srinagar, after reporting a case in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar, has sentenced an individual caught for public drunkenness to Community Service. As per the New Criminal Laws aimed at promoting social responsibility, Srinagar Police after […]
BARAMULLA (KIMS) — Police on Thursday attached property of a notorious drug peddler worth lakhs under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in North Kashmir’s Sopore. The attached property includes two storied commercial building, one storied bakery workshop and second storey of residential house valued around approximately ₹45,19,816/- located at Mazbugh Sopore. These properties […]
AWANTIPORA (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday booked a notorious drug peddler under PIT NDPS Act in Pampore area of Police district Awantipora. The notorious drug peddler identified as Javid Ahmad Dar @Brichi son of Mohd Akram Dar resident of Lalpora Chatlum Pampore. He has been booked under PIT NDPS Act after obtaining […]
GANDERBAL (KIMS) — Police on Thursday have attached immovable property in the form of agricultural land measuring 9 Kanals and 7 Marlas worth Rs 3.47 crore in Ganderbal. The properties according to police belongs to three individuals who have illegally exfiltrated to Pakistan for obtaining illegal arms and ammunition training. The order was passed by […]
SRINAGAR — In a first-of-its-kind initiative, India’s reputed cardiologist Upendra Kaul on Thursday launched a project — ‘Heart Clinic on Wheels’ — to provide healthcare facilities in the remote pockets of south Kashmir’s Pulwama, Shopian and Kulgam districts. The mobile hospital will also be used for school surveys to detect rheumatic and congenital heart diseases, […]
KARACHI — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is planning to have a conference with players, coaches, national selectors and mentors during or after the Pakistan Super League (PSL) to “resolve some internal issues” in the national team. A source said on Thursday that PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi was not happy with the way matters related […]
KARACHI — Pakistan’s senior all-rounder Shadab Khan has said he is frustrated by repeated allegations of being favoured and promoted by his father-in-law Saqlain Mushtaq, who holds considerable influence in the country’s apex body for cricket. Saqlain, who is one of the five mentors appointed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) last year on hefty […]
