NEW YORK — The price of oil surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time in almost six weeks after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to debilitate an already weakened supply chain. The most heavily traded contract for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, settled at $97.89 […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday appealed to “secular-minded” people to join a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on September 29 against “injustices” and to “protect” the country’s democracy, brotherhood, and composite culture. Mehbooba said the protest has been organised by the Monitoring Committee for Indian Muslims. “You know that today in our country, mosques, shrines, and […]
PULWAMA — The second edition of the Royal Premier League Pulwama commenced in this south Kashmir district on Wednesday evening, marking a striking display of the region’s changing social landscape. In an area once associated with the presence of terror groups, the cricket tournament has brought a very different energy to the forefront-one defined by […]
JAMMU — Police in Jammu have recovered stolen gold ornaments weighing around 300 grams and valued at approximately ₹50 lakh within 24 hours of registering a theft case, officials said on Saturday. The recovery was made by Police Station Gandhi Nagar after a complaint was lodged on September 22 by a woman from Ashok Nagar, […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has outlined a series of measures to strengthen disaster preparedness and reduce risks across the Union Territory, the Legislative Assembly was informed. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, while responding to a question as Minister in-charge of Disaster Management, Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction (DMRRR), said District Disaster Management Plans remain […]
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, PAKISTAN — A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a roadside police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 11 people and wounding about 30 others, officials said, in a sign of increasing violence in the region bordering Afghanistan. The attack occurred in Dera Ismail Khan, a district in […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday appealed to “secular-minded” people to join a protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar on September 29 against “injustices” and to “protect” the country’s democracy, brotherhood, and composite culture. Mehbooba said the protest has been organised by the Monitoring Committee for Indian Muslims. “You know that today in our country, mosques, shrines, and […]
SRINAGAR/JAMMU — As part of its Vigilance Awareness campaign, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jammu and Kashmir has launched an initiative to engage law students from reputed universities of the Union Territory as interns. Under the special internship programme, the students will be assigned to various government departments to gain first-hand exposure to their functioning, particularly […]
SAMBA — Police in Samba have arrested two alleged drug peddlers in two separate cases and recovered approximately 14.46 grams of heroin-like substance from their possession, officials said on Saturday. In the first case, a police team from Police Station Samba intercepted a motorcycle at SIDCO Chowk during a naka. The motorcycle, bearing registration number […]
AWANTIPORA — Police in Awantipora have arrested a Physical Education Teacher (PET) in connection with a case involving alleged sexual harassment of a 15-year-old girl in the Aripal area of Tral, officials said. According to police, a written complaint was lodged at Police Post Aripal on September 24, alleging sexual harassment of the minor by […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Police has attached or frozen four immovable properties collectively valued at around ₹7.11 crore in connection with cases related to drug trafficking and terror activities, officials said on Saturday. In the latest action, Police Station Zakura attached a residential house along with land at Bilal Colony, Zakura, valued at around ₹2.5 crore […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government has outlined a series of initiatives to strengthen urban infrastructure, including drainage, sewerage, affordable housing and waste management projects across the Union Territory. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, replying to questions in the Legislative Assembly in his capacity as Minister in charge of Housing and Urban Development, said one […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government has outlined a series of initiatives to strengthen tourism infrastructure and promote new destinations across the Union Territory, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said in the Legislative Assembly. Replying to questions in his capacity as Minister in charge of Tourism, Abdullah said Patnitop has been proposed for consideration under […]
