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 […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said he feels honoured to have received a “love letter” in the form of a legal notice from the BJP as it proves that he is a political force they cannot ignore. The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP on Monday served a […]
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 […]
BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS — India pulled off a sensational seven-run win against South Africa in a gripping final of the Twenty20 World Cup on Saturday. South Africa, playing its first ever final of an ICC tournament, needed a run-a-ball 30 to win on the back of Heinrich Klaasen’s belligerent 52 off 27 balls. But Jasprit Bumrah, […]
HOSHIARPUR — Four persons, including two children, died on the spot after their car collided head-on with a truck on the Hoshiarpur-Tanda road on Saturday, police said. The car, bearing a Jammu and Kashmir registration number, was coming from the Jammu side when it rammed into the truck near Adda Saran, about 25 kilometres from […]
LEH — Five Army personnel, including a junior commissioned officer, drowned when their T-72 tank sank due to flash floods in the Shyok river near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in the Nyoma-Chushul area in Ladakh early Saturday, officials said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh expressed grief over the unfortunate accident. The incident occurred near […]
NEW DELHI — The CBI registered an FIR on Friday in connection with four lakh fake students detected in Haryana government schools in 2016, officials said. The case was handed over to the CBI on the orders of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on November 2, 2019, the officials said. The CBI had approached […]
JAMMU — At least five police personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police, were injured on Saturday after allegedly being attacked by a mob protesting against an anti-encroachment drive in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district, officials said. A drive was launched in the Nagri area of Hiranagar to demolish an illegal place of worship that […]
SRINAGAR — The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Saturday as the first batch of pilgrims left the twin base camps in Baltal and Nunwan to start their journey to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The yatra started early morning from the twin tracks — the traditional 48-kilometre Nunwan-Pahalgam route […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a recent development, Sh. Ovais Amir, the Naib Tehsildar (NT) of Pahalgam, has been suspended from his duties for leaving his station without permission and sabotaging the ongoing Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra (SANJY) 2024. The Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM) of Kokernag has been assigned to investigate the matter of noncompliance. During […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday lifted the suspensions of two of its members from Srinagar, following recommendations from the BJP Disciplinary Committee of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory (JK-UT). Mr. Asif Massodi and Mr. Manzoor Bhat, who were previously suspended from the party, have been reinstated. The decision comes after […]
NEW DELHI — Amid a raging row over alleged irregularities in the conduct of competitive exams, the National Testing Agency (NTA) Friday night released fresh dates for cancelled and postponed examinations, announcing the UGC-NET will now be held from August 21-September 4. The University Grants Commission National Eligibility Test (UGC-NET) was cancelled a day after […]
JAMMU — Three persons were held for hurting religious sentiments of a community in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials on Friday said. Some persons informed the police about the carcass of a cow lying in the general area of Triloke di Chapri in Samba, promoting them to register an FIR, they said. A special […]
