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 […]
JAMMU — The Bharatiya Janata Party staged a protest here on Wednesday against the National Conference-led Jammu and Kashmir government over the Assembly resolution on statehood including autonomy. The BJP accused the government of passing the resolution without adequate discussion and failing to fulfil its election promises. Hundreds of BJP workers, led by party MP […]
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 — Mohammad Zaid Malik has become the first officer from the Jammu and Kashmir Police Service (JKPS) to head a branch office of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in the Union Territory. Malik was inducted into the premier national agency on September 29 on a deputation. The officer, who joined JK Police Service in […]
KULGAM — Police, along with Army’s 9 Rashtriya Rifles and 18 Battalion CRPF, arrested five alleged terrorist associates in Kulgam district on Wednesday and recovered arms and ammunition from their possession, officials said. Acting on credible information, the joint security forces apprehended the five at Khrewan Chadder area and recovered two pistols, three magazines, 40 […]
JAMMU — A special NIA court here has rejected the bail application of separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah in connection with a case arising from a 1996 FIR relating to violence, stone-pelting and firing on police personnel during a funeral procession in Srinagar. While rejecting the bail plea, Special Judge Prem Sagar held that the […]
SRINAGAR — Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday inaugurated world-class sports facilities at the Sher-i-Kashmir Multi-Sports Activity Centre, Gindun, Rajbagh, Srinagar, giving a major boost to sports infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir. Developed at a cost of over ₹30 crore, the newly inaugurated facilities include an Olympic-sized 10-lane swimming pool measuring 50×25 metres, an all-weather […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces busted an old terrorist hideout in NagdaNar forest area of Handwara in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district and recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition, officials said on Wednesday. Based on specific input, a joint team of Handwara Police, 21 Rashtriya Rifles and 92 Battalion CRPF conducted a search operation […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday conducted a conference of Departmental Vigilance Officers (DVOs) at its headquarters in Peerbagh, Srinagar, to review pending vigilance matters and strengthen departmental mechanisms to curb misconduct. The conference was inaugurated and chaired by ACB Director Shakti Pathak, IPS, and attended by 51 DVOs from Kashmir-based departments, besides […]
SHOPIAN — Police in Shopian arrested a suspected drug peddler and recovered 1.95 grams of heroin-like substance and ₹12,050 in cash from his possession, officials said on Wednesday. Police said a team from Police Station Zainapora, during routine naka checking at Aglar, intercepted a person under suspicious circumstances and searched him. During the search, 1.95 […]
ANANTNAG — Police in Anantnag arrested seven alleged drug peddlers in five separate NDPS cases and recovered over 3.3 kg of contraband substances during intensified naka checking and surveillance across the district, officials said on Wednesday. Police said a team from Police Station Srigufwara intercepted Riyaz Ahmad Hajam of Sirhama at Nowshera Crossing and recovered […]
SRINAGAR — Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Tuesday laid the foundation stone for a Café House and renovation of the existing Guesthouse at the Government Silk Weaving Factory, Rajbagh, a unit of Jammu and Kashmir Industries (JKI). The project, being executed by JK SICOP, is aimed at improving the premises and providing additional facilities […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Government, headed by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, has approved land for the installation of BSNL mobile towers in underserved areas to strengthen telecom connectivity in remote and border villages, officials said. The towers will be installed under the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) in areas including Uri, Tangmarg, Karnah, […]
