WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump said on Friday he had ordered the military to be prepared to launch strikes against Iran if the Iranian government carried out or attempted an assassination of the president. “1000 Missiles are Locked and Loaded and aimed at the Islamic Republic of Iran, with thousands of more to immediately […]
JAMMU — Leader of Opposition in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Sunil Sharma on Sunday accused the National Conference of using the demand for restoration of statehood to shift the political narrative away from governance issues. He also claimed that the unrest within the ruling party in Jammu and Kashmir stemmed from internal differences and opposition […]
LONDON — Brendon McCullum has been sacked as head coach of England’s test team after four years in the role, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said on Sunday. McCullum, who was appointed in 2022 just after Ben Stokes was made test captain, helped transform England’s red-ball fortunes with a swashbuckling brand of play […]
YADGIR — In a shocking case, a minor threw a three-month-old girl into a well after the baby’s uncle refused her love proposal in Karnataka’s Yadgir district, said officials on Monday. The deceased baby, identified as Meenakshi, was the daughter of Nagesh and Chittemma, a couple residing in Ambedkar Layout in Yadgir city. According to […]
NEW DELHI — The National Testing Agency (NTA) has confirmed the schedule for the re-examination and published the provisional answer key for the Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate (CUET UG) 2024. According to the official notification, the re-test for CUET UG 2024 is scheduled to take place from July 15 to 19, 2024, contingent upon […]
JAMMU — Over 1.82 lakh pilgrims had ‘darshan’ inside the holy cave shrine of Amarnath during the last nine days as another batch of 5,803 yatris left for Kashmir on Monday. Officials of Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board (SASB) said, “Another batch of 5803 yatris left Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in Jammu for the Valley in […]
BEIRUT — Hezbollah has said that it attacked with drones at Israel’s technical and electronic reconnaissance centre in Mount Hermon, north of Golan Heights, in response to Israel’s killing of a senior Hezbollah member on Saturday. The well-equipped centre was set on fire, and its targeted devices were destroyed in the air attack by “successive […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration has introduced a ‘pony ambulance’ service to provide critical healthcare support to the Amarnath Yatra pilgrims. An official spokesperson said the pony ambulances — horse-mounted emergency response system equipped with medical kits and oxygen cylinders — will accompany pilgrims along both the Baltal and Pahalgam axis. He added […]
NEW DELHI — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday arrested a key accused, who had been absconding since June 2020, in a narco-militancy nexus case of Jammu and Kashmir linked with Pakistan-based militant outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba and Hizbul Mujahideen. Syed Saleem Jahangir Andrabi alias Saleem Andrabi, a resident of Kupwara district, was carrying a reward […]
JAMMU — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district closed down 25 stone crushers, in a major crackdown against illegal mining activities and unauthorised processing of mined material, an official said on Sunday. The action against the stone crushers was initiated by Kathua Deputy Commissioner Rakesh Minhas after conducting physical verification and assessing the working […]
JAMMU — The out-patient department (OPD) services will start at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Jammu along with other facilities within a fortnight, Union Health Minister J P Nadda said on Sunday. Accompanied by Union minister Jitendra Singh, Nadda inspected the Vijaypur campus of the AIIMS and reviewed its facilities and infrastructure, […]
JAMMU — A temple was vandalised on the outskirts of Jammu, police said on Sunday, adding that the perpetrator was arrested within hours of the incident. The man, alleged to be responsible for the vandalism and arson at the temple, claimed he carried out the act on Saturday night after being “annoyed by black magic […]
JAMMU — An Army personnel was injured when militants opened fire on a security post in a village in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir early Sunday, officials said. The militants fired on a sentry post of Territorial Army at village Galuthi in Manjakote area around 4 am, prompting retaliation by troops, they said. They […]
