BENGALURU — Oil prices rose 2% on Tuesday to their highest in four weeks, as the U.S. reimposed its naval blockade of Iran while the two countries stepped up attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, heightening uncertainty about energy flows. Brent crude futures climbed $1.68, or 2%, to $84.98 per barrel by 0051 GMT, while […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti on Thursday alleged that senior leaders of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) have been issuing threats to PDP leader Yasir Reshi and sought the intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah into the matter. In a post on X, Iltija Mufti claimed that […]
DUBAI — India on Sunday reclaimed the No.1 position in ICC men’s T20I rankings after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against Zimbabwe in the ongoing three-match series at Harare. The reigning T20 world champions regained the top spot from England, who had dethroned Shreyas Iyer’s side after their 4-0 series win recently. India had also […]
JAMMU — The Jammu Division of Northern Railway generated about Rs 78 lakh in revenue by penalising more than 10,000 ticketless and irregular travellers during a month-long special drive in July, reflecting intensified enforcement against fare evasion, an official spokesperson said on Sunday. The drive was carried out across the Jammu Division to curb ticketless […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir government has accorded administrative approval to a ₹18.96 crore Water Supply Scheme for Pulwama town, aimed at strengthening the area’s drinking water infrastructure. According to a post by the Chief Minister’s Office on X, the project will augment and modernise the town’s water supply network to ensure a […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved a ₹19.61 crore project to develop a comprehensive sewerage network in several areas of Srinagar, the Chief Minister’s Office said on Sunday. According to a post by the CM Office on X, the project will cover Ahmed Nagar, Pandach, Illahi Bagh, the right side of […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces have arrested a suspected overground worker of terrorists in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir following recovery of arms and ammunition from his possession, officials said on Sunday. Aijaz Ahmad Ganaie was apprehended by a joint team of police, army and paramilitary forces at a mobile vehicle check point established at […]
JAMMU — A fresh batch of 3,886 pilgrims left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp here early Sunday for the Amarnath yatra after the partial restoration of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, which had remained closed for two days following incessant rains. After a one-day break, the 25th batch departed Jammu base camp at 2:52 am for […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Saturday called for an investigation into the killing of two migrant labourers in a terror attack in Kulgam, and asked why such incidents happen whenever his party demands the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood. “I regret it. We do not even know who killed them and […]
SRINAGAR — A seven-year-old boy died after he was struck by a landslide in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Saturday, officials said. The child was identified as Rehan Ahmad Dar. Dar was hit by the landslide that occurred near his school in the Mawer area of Handwara in the north Kashmir district. He was […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet in a case involving the embezzlement of Rs 3.11 crore from the Central Co-operative Bank, officials said on Saturday. The chargesheet has been submitted to the court of the chief judicial magistrate in Handwara under Sections 420, 468, 471, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday said it solved a blind murder case within six hours of recovering an unidentified body from a canal in Srinagar, leading to the arrest of a mother-son duo allegedly involved in the crime. According to a police statement, Police Station Khanyar on July 30 received information […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday strongly condemned the terrorist attack in Kulgam district in which two labourers working at a brick kiln were killed. In a post on X, Priyanka Gandhi described the attack as cowardly, shameful and reprehensible, saying that identifying and killing two labourers was an inhumane act […]
