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 — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday expressed concern over the rising cases of sexual violence against females in the country, saying cow protection seems to be a higher priority than women’s safety. “In BJP’s India, cow protection has become a higher priority than women’s safety. On mere suspicion of cow slaughter, people have […]
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 Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Tuesday trapped and arrested two police officers for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 15,000 in connection with a case registered at Police Station Ram Munshi Bagh in Srinagar. According to the ACB, a written complaint was received alleging that PSI Karanjeet Singh, the investigating officer […]
JAMMU — A Special NIA Court in Jammu has rejected the bail application of a private school teacher who was arrested more than five years ago for allegedly providing shelter, food and logistical support to Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in the Doda-Kishtwar region. The court, presided over by Special Judge Prem Sagar, dismissed the bail plea […]
SRINAGAR — The Union Territory Level High Powered Steering Committee (UTHPSC) in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday approved three major urban development projects worth nearly Rs 2700 crore. The projects identified by the Housing and Urban Development Department (H&UDD) include TARANG (Tawi Area Regeneration and Green Growth) in Jammu, Walled City and Nigeen Lakefront Revitalisation […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of Crime Branch J&K has filed a chargesheet against a man and a deceased former Patwari in connection with a land fraud case involving alleged use of forged documents to obtain building permission from the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC). According to the Crime Branch, the chargesheet in […]
THE HAGUE — An international tribunal ordered India on Monday to “observe its obligations” under a treaty with Pakistan on the sharing of the Indus and other rivers, which the New Delhi government sought to suspend. The Permanent Court of Arbitration, based in The Hague in the Netherlands, also made an order “prohibiting” India from […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Monday produced a charge-sheet against Mohd. Farooq, then Junior Assistant and dealing hand for Mid Day Meal (MDM) in the office of ZEO Manjakote, in connection with the alleged misappropriation of rice and cooking costs under the MDM scheme. The charge-sheet was produced before […]
JAMMU/SRINAGAR — MBBS and BDS interns across medical colleges in Jammu and Kashmir went on an indefinite strike on Monday, protesting a monthly stipend of just Rs 12,300 — around Rs 400 a day — and demanding it be raised to Rs 30,000. The protesting interns claimed that their stipend had remained unchanged for nearly […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday expressed concern over the rising cases of sexual violence against females in the country, saying cow protection seems to be a higher priority than women’s safety. “In BJP’s India, cow protection has become a higher priority than women’s safety. On mere suspicion of cow slaughter, people have […]
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed the preventive detention of an Anantnag resident under the Public Safety Act (PSA), terming the proceedings a “sham exercise” and a “gross abuse of preventive detention jurisdiction” after finding that the District Magistrate had already coordinated jail lodgement with prison authorities before […]
JAMMU — Probe into the rape and subsequent death of a 15-year-old girl in Kishtwar district has been handed over to the Crime Branch, officials said on Saturday. The teenager had been allegedly raped by her school teacher over several months. She died on August 20 during a pregnancy termination procedure. A Special Investigation Team […]
