WASHINGTON — US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that Washington would not accept Iranian tolls or fees on the Strait of Hormuz, as disputes over the vital waterway, nuclear inspections, and missiles exposed early strains in negotiations to end the Middle East war. Washington and Tehran have signed a preliminary agreement to halt […]
SRINAGAR — Opposition PDP leader Waheed Para on Wednesday expressed concern over the slow pace of work in Jammu and Kashmir. “Thousands of crores have been allocated to the R&B Department, yet the reality on the ground remains alarming. Nearly half the working season has passed, but not a single road has been taken up […]
LONDON — England captain Ben Stokes and Test team-mate Gus Atkinson were both withdrawn from their respective County Championship fixtures on Sunday in what appears to be an indication they will be available to play in next week’s series finale against New Zealand at Trent Bridge. The pair were dropped from the ongoing second Test […]
SRINAGAR — Incarcerated Baramulla MP Engineer Rashid on Sunday announced that he will resign from the Lok Sabha as he is not able to attend to the affairs of his constituency, but his Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) said it would consult the people before taking the final call on the issue. The AIP has decided […]
JAMMU — Police have arrested seven drug peddlers and recovered over 38 grams of heroin in separate operations across Samba, Kathua and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted an SUV at Barian-Supwal along the Jammu-Pathankot National Highway in Samba district and seized 22.28 grams […]
SRINAGAR — Congress leader Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Saturday accused the BJP of engineering defections and splits in opposition parties to increase its strength in the Parliament for the passage of the delimitation and women’s reservation bill. The party general secretary also accused the ruling party at the Centre of giving the corrupt a clean […]
GAZA — Gaza health officials said Israeli strikes on Saturday killed at least 11 people, including four members of the same family, in the latest violence to rock the Palestinian territory despite a ceasefire. Israel and Hamas trade near-daily accusations of truce violations and the Gaza Strip remains gripped by bloodshed as progress on permanently […]
WASHINGTON — The US military said Saturday it remained “present and vigilant” in the Strait of Hormuz, shortly after Iran announced it was closing the critical shipping lane. “US forces remain present and vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement with Iran are adhered to, obeyed, and in full force and effect,” US Central […]
JAMMU — The Crime Branch’s Special Crime Wing has registered two separate FIRs here against three people, including a retired Assistant Sub-inspector (ASI) of police, for their alleged involvement in job fraud, cheating and use of forged documents, officials said. Retired ASI Hamid-ullah, a resident of Ramnagar, was booked following a complaint regarding alleged use […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (LG) Manoj Sinha on Saturday ordered the reopening of the Naranag tourist destination in Ganderbal district almost 14 months after it was closed following last year’s Pahalgam terror attack. The popular tourist destination in the central Kashmir district also houses the Naranag Temple, an eighth-century temple dedicated to […]
SRINAGAR — Opposition PDP on Saturday lashed out at the Jammu and Kashmir government after an alleged ‘pacemaker scam’ came to the fore at the GMC Anantnag, saying the fraud is a result of the “institutionalised corruption.” Training guns on the government, PDP leader Iltija Mufti said that instead of getting J-Ks “collapsing” healthcare on […]
TEHRAN — Pakistan’s interior minister arrived in Iran on Saturday after planned talks between Iran and the United States in Switzerland were postponed, Iranian media reported. Tehran and Washington were due to hold talks in Switzerland on Friday, after signing a memorandum of understanding ending the war in the Middle East, but the latest negotiations […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district have ordered an inquiry to examine the circumstances leading to an alleged roadside delivery of a patient after being discharged from a hospital, officials said on Saturday. The family of Hafeeza Begum, a resident of north Kashmir’s Chechinar Aloosa area, have alleged that she delivered a […]
