NEW YORK — The US grounded all flights for several hours Friday, sparking travel chaos across the vast country, after what government officials said was a major communications outage caused by decades old technology. The nationwide stop left hundreds of thousands of passengers in limbo, with some pulled off planes moments before departure by airline […]
JAMMU — In a major outreach to disgruntled party lawmakers, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah has accepted a proposal to constitute informal advisory groups of MLAs for each minister in the Omar Abdullah-led government in Jammu and Kashmir, party sources said. The NC chief wrote to all MLAs days after a meeting was held […]
NEW DELHI — India batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest captain in men’s Twenty20 history at 15 years and 232 days after leading Bihar in India’s domestic T20 competition, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, on Saturday. The teenager surpassed Croatia’s Zach Vukusic, who previously held the record after captaining his national side at 17 years […]
ANANTNAG — Police arrested two alleged drug peddlers in separate operations in Anantnag district and recovered over 4.5 kg of cannabis powder and 4 grams of heroin, officials said on Friday. They said a police team from Police Station Uttrasoo, during routine patrolling at Krad, intercepted a suspicious person carrying a polythene sack. During a […]
SYDNEY — Australia captain Pat Cummins on Friday said Usman Khawaja was “100 percent wrong” in claiming the whole team knew about “Sandpapergate”, calling it “complete and utter nonsense”. The retired Khawaja reopened old wounds with the release of his autobiography this week and a chapter dealing with the 2018 ball-tampering scandal in South Africa […]
RAJOURI — Police have attached immovable property worth approximately Rs 81 lakh belonging to a Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK)-based terror handler in Thanamandi area of Rajouri district, officials said on Thursday. The property, comprising 2 kanals and 14 marlas of land falling under Khasra numbers 125, 128 and 160 at village Khablan in Thanamandi, belongs to […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan released two of former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sisters from prison on Thursday, after weeks in jail ahead of a planned anti-government march by their brother’s party, their lawyer said. Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi were freed from Kot Lakhpat Jail in the eastern city of Lahore after the government suspended their […]
JAMMU — A rusted landmine was detected along the Line of Control in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. An Army patrolling party noticed the landmine at Panjani near the border fence in Balakote sector of Mendhar around 4 pm, the officials said. The Force’s experts safely defused the landmine. No […]
JAMMU — A village defence guard died on Thursday after falling from a hillock at a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district, officials said. Sukh Dev Singh (57), a resident of Dugga Dhandrath village, died on the spot after reportedly slipping and falling from the hillock in the Lag-gali area, they said. A […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday announced immediate financial assistance of Rs 1 lakh from the Red Cross for each shopkeeper affected by the recent fire incident at Warehouse, Nehru Market and Shiv Market in Jammu. In a post on X, the Lieutenant Governor said he visited the affected markets […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested an Assistant Engineer of the Rural Development Department (RDD) and a contractor for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 8,000 for clearing pending work bills in Bandipora district, officials said. The accused government employee has been identified as Mohd Rafi Moon, Assistant Engineer posted […]
SRINAGAR — Former Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Thursday condemned the terror attacks in Kulgam and the killing of two Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Kishtwar, saying such acts undermine peace and communal harmony in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement posted on X by his office, Ruhullah described the incidents as cowardly […]
JAMMU — A madrassa on Thursday witnessed an enthusiastic response to a blood donation camp organised after an urgent appeal from a government hospital in Jammu, which was facing a severe shortage of blood. The camp, held on the premises of Jamia Markaz-ul-Ma’arif in Bathindi locality here, saw active participation from the institution’s faculty, staff […]
