WASHINGTON — Iran launched attacks on US sites in the Gulf in response to American strikes on the country, state media said Saturday, after Washington accused Tehran of attacking one of its cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz. The trading of fire raised questions about efforts to keep the crucial waterway open while Washington […]
SRINAGAR — The Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) on Friday decided to continue Sheikh Abdul Rashid as a Member of Parliament after he had expressed his intent to quit. The AIP conducted a secret ballot poll on the question of whether the Baramulla MP, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, should continue or not in the Parliament. […]
LONDON — England captain Ben Stokes and Test team-mate Gus Atkinson were both withdrawn from their respective County Championship fixtures on Sunday in what appears to be an indication they will be available to play in next week’s series finale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 […]
KOLKATA — A suspected member of a militant outfit in Kashmir valley was arrested from West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Sunday, a police officer said. Javed Munshi, suspected to be a member of the outlawed ‘Tehreek e Mujahideen’ outfit in Kashmir Valley was picked from near Canning Hospital by a joint team of […]
ISLAMABAD — In a significant political development, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday constituted a high-level committee comprising senior members of the coalition government to hold dialogue with the main opposition party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which has warned the incumbent rulers of civil disobedience. The committee includes Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Rana Sanaullah, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday said he has cancelled all his forthcoming programmes in Jammu and would station himself in Srinagar to personally oversee the functioning of the power department and other essential services in view of the severe cold wave in the valley. Kashmir valley is reeling under […]
SRINAGAR — The residents of Kashmir are going back to traditional ways of coping with the intense cold wave conditions as frequent and unscheduled power cuts have rendered modern heating gadgets useless. Kashmir is witnessing Chilla-i-Kalan, the 40-day harshest winter period. Srinagar city witnessed the coldest night in 33 years as the minimum dipped to […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples’ Conference chief Sajad Lone Saturday expressed concern over erratic power supply in Kashmir, saying consistent supply is a must as the cold season intensifies. “With temperatures plunging to record low levels, electricity outages are creating their own records. Electricity supply is at its elusive best. And when and if electricity supply is […]
ISLAMABAD — Sixteen Pakistan Army soldiers were martyred while thwarting terrorists’ bid to attack a security check post in South Waziristan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the military’s media wing said on Saturday. On the night between December 20-21, a group of terrorists attempted to attack security forces check post in general area Makeen in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Saturday said there was no proposal or discussion in the GST council to increase tax on Pashmina shawls, and the speculation over it was “ill-informed commentary.” “Contrary to media speculation & some ill informed commentary there was no proposal or discussion to increase VAT on Pashmina […]
SRINAGAR — J&K Police on Saturday conducted a comprehensive inspection of SIM card vendors in several districts of Kashmir to prevent their misuse and ensure strict compliance with the established regulations, officials said. The drives were carried out in Srinagar, Ganderbal, Anantnag, Budgam, Pulwama, Shopian and Bandipora districts of the Valley, a police spokesman said. […]
SRINAGAR — The National Conference on Saturday dismissed Mehbooba Mufti’s claims that ration cards of thousands of people below the poverty line were cancelled as “unfounded” and a “desperate ploy” to stay in the spotlight. In a statement, the party’s chief spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq said such “baseless accusations” had no place in the realm of […]
JAMMU — Members of Jammu and Kashmir Youth Congress clashed with the police here on Saturday as they staged a protest against the detention of their national president Uday Bhanu Chib and several other office-bearers by the Assam Police. Chib was taken into “preventive detention” by the Assam Police Friday morning, ahead of a protest […]
