WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Wednesday the United States would hit Iran “hard”, though he expected the latest military flare-up to end quickly and left the door open to more talks. The US leader had earlier said the ceasefire with Iran was over after the latest fighting, which led mediators Pakistan and Qatar […]
JAMMU — Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Wednesday said the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir would help the government work independently and effectively, and asked why the Centre has not honoured the statehood promise when it has fulfilled several others. Choudhary reiterated that the ruling National Conference would stage a protest at […]
NEW DELHI — Former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran died on Tuesday, a day short of his 39th birthday, after reportedly undergoing treatment for a rare severe immune system disorder at a New Delhi hospital. “With profound grief and deep sorrow, the Afghanistan Cricket Board mourns the passing of former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran,” […]
SRINAGAR — Congress general secretary Ghulam Ahmad Mir on Tuesday said regional parties in Jammu and Kashmir which did not join the INDIA bloc might be “sailing in two boats”, suggesting that they could join hands with the BJP for the assembly polls in the union territory. Mir, who is contesting the assembly elections from […]
SRINAGAR — Several former members of the banned Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday filed nomination papers to contest the Assembly polls in the Union Territory as independent candidates. Sugra Barkati, daughter of jailed religious preacher Sarjan Barkati, also filed nomination papers on behalf of her father. While Jamaat cannot take part in the elections […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a major success, the Jammu and Kashmir Police, along with the Indian Army and CRPF, arrested three militant associates in Anantnag district and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from their possession. The militant associates were arrested during a naka checking at Wopzan Trijunction in the Bijbehara area of the […]
PULWAMA — Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah said on Tuesday that the Congress-National Conference alliance will get success in the upcoming assembly polls. When asked if his party, if elected, would push the Centre to resume talks with Pakistan, Farooq responded, “Sab manifesto mein hai…” (everything is in the manifesto). “This time, […]
ANANTNAG — Congress candidate from Dooru Assembly constituency, Ghulam Ahmad Mir, on Tuesday, filed his nomination for the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls and said that the people are suffocated by the torture of the BJP and that’s why the INDIA bloc has always demanded democracy in the region. Speaking to ANI after the nomination […]
SRINAGAR — PDP youth president Waheed Para on Tuesday said the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir were an opportunity for the people to reclaim the space from where they were “unconstitutionally” evicted after abrogation of Article 370. Para, who filed his nomination papers for Pulwama assembly segment as a PDP candidate, said he would […]
JAMMU — Two bodies, including that of a 12-year-old boy, were recovered on Tuesday as rescue operation continued in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district to trace five other missing people following a cloudburst, officials said. The cloudburst occurred in Panchayats Kumate, Dhraman and Halla in Rajgarh tehsil late Monday afternoon, causing flash floods in Tanger […]
JAMMU — A group of Village Defence Guards opened fire on observing suspicious movement in a village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Tuesday. The guards noticed two unidentified persons near the house of a political activist at village Meira-Nagrota, eight km from Rajouri district headquarters, late Monday night, the officials […]
SRINAGAR [Sheikh Nadeem] (KIMS) — On the auspicious day of Arbaeen, Ehsaas Foundation, in collaboration with Smile Foundation and Noor-ul-Huda Foundation, organized a free medical camp at Khomaini Chowk, Bemina. The camp, aimed at serving the local community, was attended by hundreds of residents, offering essential medical services on this significant day. As part of […]
SRINAGAR [Sheikh Nadeem] (KIMS) — The Hindu community celebrated Janmashtami with great spiritual fervour and gaiety on Monday, both across the country and in Jammu and Kashmir. In Vessu village, located in the Qazigund area of Kulgam district in Jammu and Kashmir, the celebrations were marked by hundreds of devotees, including men, women, and children, […]
