WASHINGTON — The US House of Representatives has backed a resolution seeking to halt American military action in Iran — a symbolic move that deals a political blow to President Donald Trump as efforts to find a deal with Tehran stagnate. Weeks of complicated talks marked by sharp rhetoric and flare-ups of violence have not […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday said his party will attend the meeting of the INDIA bloc in Delhi on June 8. “The meeting is going to taking place. Omar (Abdullah) or I, one of us will go. Obviously, we are part of that. We will be there,” Abdullah told reporters in […]
LAHORE — Pakistan overcame Australian spin on a tricky wicket to win the third and final one-day international by four wickets and clinch the series 2-1 on Thursday. Pakistan had to fight hard on a turning wicket to reach 161-6 in 41.5 overs after Australia had crashed to its lowest ODI total in Pakistan and […]
SRINAGAR — Baisakhi was celebrated with religious fervour and gaiety in Kashmir on Tuesday, with the devotees thronging different gurdwaras to offer prayers. The main function was held at Gurdwara Chati Padshahi in the Rainawari area of the city, which was attended by a huge number of Sikh devotees. Senior officers of police and civil […]
SRINAGAR — Police have arrested eight people allegedly involved in vandalism during protests against sexual harassment of a girl student by a lecturer in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. A senior lecturer at a government higher secondary school in Sopore was on Monday booked on charges of sexually assaulting a […]
ANANTNAG — Two siblings drowned after slipping into the Jhelum River in South Kashmir’s Anantnag District on Monday. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that the duo drowned after accidentally falling into the river while washing livestock in the Padshahibagh village of Bijbehara town this afternoon. “One of the brothers slipped, and […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Monday recovered bodies of a boy and a girl from an abandoned house in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two decomposed bodies were spotted by locals inside the house in Kamad village this morning. He said locals informed the police after noticing […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A former Patwari has been convicted in a corruption case dating back to 2007 and sentenced to one year imprisonment along with a fine of ₹10,000 by the Special Judge, Anti-Corruption Court Srinagar. The judgment was pronounced by Special Judge Tasleem Arif in connection with FIR No. 20/2007 registered at Police Station […]
SRINAGAR — The Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden, a major tourist attraction in Kashmir in the spring season, will be closed to the public as bloom season comes to an end, an official said here on Monday. The decision to close the garden on Thursday, located on the banks of Dal Lake here, was taken […]
SRINAGAR — A police has been filed against a senior lecturer posted in north kashmir’s Sopore town after a girl student accused him of harassment, even as the teacher has been suspened with inquiry ordered into the matter. Senior Superintendent of Police Sopore, Iftikhar Talib, as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), said the teacher […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Monday forecast mainly dry weather across Jammu and Kashmir from April 13 to 16, with a brief spell of light rain or thunder expected at a few places towards the evening of April 16. The Department said that weather conditions are likely to remain generally cloudy on […]
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 […]
ISLAMABAD — Senior Iranian officials have arrived in Islamabad, Pakistan, for ceasefire talks with the United States as violence continues across the region. Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are leading the Iranian side in the negotiations, while Washington is being represented by US Vice President JD Vance, along with […]
