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 — Jammu and Kashmir Police has booked BJP’s Pulwama president Showkat Gayoor for allegedly making an extortion demand from a contractor through intimidation, officials said on Tuesday. The BJP, reacting to the development, suspended Gayoor with immediate effect from all party posts and responsibilities and initiated disciplinary proceedings against him. The FIR was registered […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday said that the PGTI golf tournament, J&K Open, that concluded on Friday, will be an annual event from here on and the effort is to make the union territory the golfing capital of the country. Addressing the concluding ceremony of the Professional Golf Tour of India […]
SRINAGAR — Two teenage boys were killed and two others injured on Thursday after they were struck by lightning in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The lightning struck Gawran Nard in Anantnag district. Officials said the deceased have been identified as Faizan Ahmad (18) and Bilal Ahmad Battana (16). Sajad Ahmad Battana […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir government has approved the Chief Minister’s Digital Internship Programme 2026 (Batch-I), a six-month paid initiative aimed at providing students with hands-on experience in government technology projects. The programme will be executed by the J&K e-Governance Agency and will be open to eligible students from BE/B.Tech, M.Tech, MCA and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat on Thursday chaired a security review meeting at Police Control Room Kashmir to assess preparedness for the upcoming Independence Day celebrations across the Union Territory. The meeting was attended by senior officers from the J&K Police, BSF, CRPF, SSB and other security and […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir police activated the National General Emergency Response System, Dial 112, on Thursday for immediate assistance to people during emergencies through a single helpline, officials said. They said the service is available through all police stations across the Jammu zone, and the public has been urged to make full use of […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has set aside a contempt of court notice against Shopian’s deputy commissioner, observing that the judicial magistrate exceeded jurisdictional boundaries under the Code of Criminal Procedure. On July 10, Shopian’s judicial magistrate ordered Deputy Commissioner Shopian Shishir Gupta to appear at the court and […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday arrested two persons for allegedly extorting ₹24,000 from a man by threatening to falsely implicate him in a case under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act in Anantnag district of South Kashmir. According to a police statement, Police Station Srigufwara received a complaint from […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — CPI(M) leader and MLA Kulgam Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami on Thursday condemned threats issued against Kashmiri Pandits, following reports that the government has sent members of the community on leave as a precautionary measure. In a post on X, Tarigami said the threats were highly condemnable and stressed that the Kashmiri Pandit community […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Government has approved three major heritage conservation projects worth ₹18.60 crore across the Union Territory, aimed at preserving historical sites and promoting heritage-led tourism. According to a post on X by the Office of the Chief Minister, ₹6.86 crore has been approved for the restoration and revival of […]
SRINAGAR — The State Investigation Agency (SIA) of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday conducted raids at multiple locations across the Union Territory in connection with the double murder of a Kashmiri Pandit writer and his son in 1990, officials said. The SIA searched nine locations, including in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district and Bagh-e-Bahu area […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration has notified consolidated ex-gratia relief norms for law and order disturbance victims, with civilian death compensation fixed at Rs 1 lakh, while the Union territory domicile defence or CAPF personnel killed would get Rs 25 lakh under the security-related expenditure. In an order by the Lieutenant Governor, the […]
