NEW YORK — The US grounded all flights for several hours Friday, sparking travel chaos across the vast country, after what government officials said was a major communications outage caused by decades old technology. The nationwide stop left hundreds of thousands of passengers in limbo, with some pulled off planes moments before departure by airline […]
JAMMU — In a major outreach to disgruntled party lawmakers, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah has accepted a proposal to constitute informal advisory groups of MLAs for each minister in the Omar Abdullah-led government in Jammu and Kashmir, party sources said. The NC chief wrote to all MLAs days after a meeting was held […]
NEW DELHI — India batter Vaibhav Sooryavanshi became the youngest captain in men’s Twenty20 history at 15 years and 232 days after leading Bihar in India’s domestic T20 competition, the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, on Saturday. The teenager surpassed Croatia’s Zach Vukusic, who previously held the record after captaining his national side at 17 years […]
JAMMU — A massive fire engulfed a mountain slope in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar, and was brought under control on Tuesday morning after an 11-hour-long joint operation, an official of the Fire and Emergency Services said. No casualties were reported in the fire that caused extensive damage to plants, with dry grass accelerating the spread […]
JAMMU — The Fire and Emergency Services Department on Monday refuted allegations that fire tenders took approximately one-and-a-half hours to reach the site of the Warehouse Nehru Market blaze here, saying available records and CCTV footage do not substantiate the charges. According to a statement issued by the department tonight, the emergency call regarding the […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K has filed a chargesheet against a man accused of impersonating a CID officer and cheating people of lakhs of rupees by promising government jobs and favours, officials said. The chargesheet in FIR No. 24/2023 under Sections 420 and 468 of the IPC has […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters he believes the war in Iran “militarily is effectively over,” suggesting that — at least for now – he’s not prepared to resume the bombardment that has devastated the Islamic Republic and caused reverberations across the global economy. The president made a surprise visit to the […]
BARAMULLA — Police have arrested a person in connection with multiple complaints of ATM fraud in Sopore area of Baramulla district and recovered seven ATM cards belonging to different banks along with ₹30,000 in cash from his possession, officials said on Monday. The accused, identified as Irfan Mushtaq Gasi, a resident of Kraltang, Sopore, was […]
JAMMU — A father-son duo were killed and six others injured in two separate road accidents along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway near Banihal in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, officials said. Khalid Muzamil Wani, a teacher, and his father Ghulam Mohammad, a retired lecturer, lost their lives when their private car hit […]
PULWAMA — Police in Pulwama solved an apple theft case within 24 hours, recovering all 30 stolen crates of apples and arresting three minors allegedly involved in the crime, officials said on Monday. The case came to light after a complaint was lodged at Police Station Rajpora regarding the theft of 30 crates of apples […]
SRINAGAR — The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 10.63 crore in connection with an alleged fraud involving the misuse of the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) loan scheme in Jammu and Kashmir. The attached properties include 11 assets comprising land and buildings in Srinagar and Bandipora districts, which were […]
JAMMU — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday visited the fire-ravaged Nehra market here and sought adequate financial assistance from the government for traders who suffered massive losses in the blaze. Several shops were gutted in a major blaze at the historic market, one […]
ANANTNAG — Police in Anantnag booked a man described as a notorious fraudster under the Public Safety Act (PSA), 1978, for his alleged involvement in activities prejudicial to the maintenance of public order, officials said on Monday. The accused, identified as Raoof Ahmad Wani, alias Dr Fahim and Raoof Kasab, a resident of Khudhamam, Dooru, […]
