SINGAPORE — Oil prices rose on Monday following days of tit-for-tat strikes by the U.S. and Iran that underscored the fragility of their interim peace deal and again slowed energy shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures climbed 58 cents, or 0.8%, to $72.57 a barrel at 0207 GMT while U.S. West Texas […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Saturday wrote to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, demanding a thorough probe over the alleged assault on party MLA Nizam-ud-din Bhat by some National Conference workers. He called for a thorough investigation into the incident and expressed hope that the chief minister would intervene promptly […]
LONDON — England captain Ben Stokes made the dramatic decision Sunday to announce his imminent retirement from international cricket midway through the deciding third test against New Zealand. “This is my last two days as your captain and my last two days representing England,” Stokes told his England teammates inside the dressing room at the […]
JAMMU — Four children, who went for bathing in the Tawi River, were rescued after a sudden rise in the river’s water level left them stranded near the Peer Kho Temple here on Saturday, police said. The Jammu Police and the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) launched a coordinated rescue operation to save the four […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday claimed to have busted an alleged sex racket in Akhnoor area of Jammu and arrested three persons, including the owner of the house where the alleged illegal activities were being carried out. According to a police statement, Rural Police Jammu conducted a raid at a house […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday suspended eight officials of the School Education Department, removed a contractual staff and ordered an inquiry into two controversial books found containing “highly inappropriate content”. The action comes after BJP, Congress and other political groups raised objections that the book allegedly “glorified” separatism. In […]
PULWAMA, Mudasir Maqbool (KIMS) — The 2026 lavender harvesting season was inaugurated at the CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM) Field Station in Bonera, Pulwama, on Saturday by Director Dr. Zabeer Ahmed in the presence of scientists, farmers, entrepreneurs and officials. The event highlighted the institute’s ongoing efforts to promote medicinal and aromatic crops in […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Saturday wrote to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, demanding a thorough probe over the alleged assault on party MLA Nizam-ud-din Bhat by some National Conference workers. He called for a thorough investigation into the incident and expressed hope that the chief minister would intervene promptly […]
NEW DELHI — The Monsoon session of Parliament will be held from July 20 to August 13, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Saturday. In a post on X, he said that on the recommendation of the government, President Droupadi Murmu has approved the summoning of both the Houses of Parliament for the Monsoon […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday welcomed the Airports Authority of India (AAI) decision to withdraw the proposed NOTAM for the full closure of Srinagar International Airport’s runway for maintenance, describing the move as a huge relief. “This Monday-Tuesday thing was hitting us very hard. Just yesterday, I spoke to […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Srinagar Airport on Saturday announced that there will be no full airfield closure this year, withdrawing the previously proposed Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) that envisaged complete runway closure on Mondays and Tuesdays. In an update shared on its official X handle, the airport said flight operations will continue on all days, with […]
TEHRAN — Iran began a dayslong funeral Saturday for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at the start of the war. He was 86. Authorities unveiled the casket containing Khamenei’s body in a glass case at the Grand Mosalla in Tehran, Iran’s capital. Mourners wept at the sight, […]
JAMMU — A Special Police Officer (SPO), his sister, and two more were killed in separate road accidents in Rajouri and Kishtwar districts, officials said on Saturday. SPO Shubam Kumar and his sister Rainu Choudhary were travelling in a car which had a head-on collision with a bus at Bagnoti along the Jammu-Poonch National Highway […]
