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 — Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi has criticised his party for allegedly abandoning the fight against the Waqf Amendment Bill and the imposition of stanzas of Vande Mataram, saying Jammu and Kashmir needs to show greater sensitivity towards the concerns of minorities. In a post on X, Ruhullah said he had opposed the Waqf […]
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 […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday conducted searches at 10 locations in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with a cross-border terror conspiracy involving Pakistan-based handlers of the proscribed terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and their alleged network of local Over Ground Workers (OGWs). The searches were conducted at locations in Kupwara, Kulgam, Bandipora, […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Friday arrested a Patwari after allegedly catching him red-handed while demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹10,000 from a complainant in Budgam district. The accused public servant has been identified as Bashir Ahmad Dar, Patwari Halqa Gund Ali Nayak, Waterrehal, Tehsil Khansahab, District Budgam. According to the ACB, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police has intensified its crackdown on drug trafficking and the financial networks of narcotics offenders, attaching and freezing immovable properties worth over ₹6.22 crore in six separate NDPS cases in Srinagar. The action was carried out by Police Stations Nigeen and Zakura, along with earlier attachment and freezing proceedings by […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi has criticised his party for allegedly abandoning the fight against the Waqf Amendment Bill and the imposition of stanzas of Vande Mataram, saying Jammu and Kashmir needs to show greater sensitivity towards the concerns of minorities. In a post on X, Ruhullah said he had opposed the Waqf […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Thursday arrested an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) for allegedly demanding and accepting a ₹5,000 bribe at Police Post Talwara in Reasi district, officials said. The accused, identified as Talib Hussain, was serving as the investigating officer in a case and allegedly demanded the bribe from a […]
JAMMU — Nitish Chib was having breakfast with his friend at his PG facility in Delhi’s Satya Niketan on what he believed was just another laid-back Sunday. The next moment, however, the floor beneath him sank; walls and ceiling came crashing down, and he was trapped under the rubble, struggling to draw a breath. Chib, […]
SRINAGAR — Pulwama MLA Waheed ur Rehman Para on Thursday accused the National Conference (NC) of allegedly turning the Islamic Kalima into a personality cult chant for party founder Sheikh Abdullah, describing the alleged act as “blasphemy, not devotion.” In a post on X, Para claimed that the NC had “rewrote the Kalima” in honour […]
KATHUA — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kathua arrested two alleged inter-state drug suppliers and recovered 80 grams of heroin-like substance as part of an investigation into a case registered at Billawar Police Station, officials said on Thursday. The arrests were made during the investigation of FIR No. 89/2026 registered under Sections 8/21/22/29 of the […]
KATHUA — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Kathua arrested two alleged drug peddlers and recovered around 14 grams of heroin-like narcotics in two separate incidents in Lakhanpur and Ghatti areas, officials said on Thursday. In the first incident, a police team from Lakhanpur Police Station, during patrolling near the National Highway, apprehended Hardeep Singh, a […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the National Investigation Agency whether Baramulla MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid, who is in jail in a terror funding case, could be released on bail with stringent conditions. A bench of Justices Prathiba M Singh and Vikas Mahajan asked the NIA counsel to […]
