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 — The EOW wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Crime Branch has filed two chargesheets against a person accused of fraud and impersonation, a spokesperson of the probe agency said on Sunday. The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) submitted the chargesheets before the Court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Srinagar, against Abdul Majeed Mir, a resident […]
BUDGAM — Police in Budgam have recovered a bag containing medicines and eatables from the vicinity of Palmaidan in Doodhpathri, where Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Hashim Moosa was killed in an exchange of fire with security forces on September 29, officials said. Police suspect that the recovered items may have been intended for the use of the […]
JAMMU — Security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday launched search operations in the forest areas of Rajouri and Udhampur districts following information about suspected terrorist movement in the area, officials said. Three suspected terrorists reportedly abducted a villager, Anil Sudan, near his house at Upper Lardia in the Sunderbani sector of Rajouri late […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir has made a good start under the central government’s rooftop solar scheme and is expected to see rapid progress once the momentum builds, secretary in the Union power ministry Pankaj Agarwal said on Saturday. Agarwal visited the Seva Setu Abhiyan Camp organised under the PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana […]
JAMMU — The authorities on Saturday demolished nearly a dozen illegally constructed huts, mostly occupied by Rohingya immigrants, on forest land in Jammu, marking the second major eviction drive targeting the community in the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir within a month. The anti-encroachment drive was carried out by the forest department in collaboration […]
BARAMULLA — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Baramulla have recovered ₹6.70 lakh out of ₹11.70 lakh allegedly defrauded from a victim in an online financial fraud case, officials said on Saturday. The recovery was made in connection with FIR No. 03/2026 registered under relevant provisions of the Information Technology Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita […]
BANDIPORA — Police in Bandipora have arrested two accused persons in connection with a theft case registered at Police Station Sumbal and recovered the stolen property, officials said on Saturday. The case was registered after police received a complaint on September 18 regarding the theft of various items at Ganastan, Nowgam. Accordingly, FIR No. 209/2026 […]
REASI — Police in Reasi have registered four FIRs at Police Station Katra in connection with alleged illegal possession of Pregabalin capsules and other offences, officials said on Saturday. Police said 550 Pregabalin capsules, each containing 300 mg, were recovered in three of the cases. In the first case, FIR No. 312/2026 under Section 223(a) […]
SHOPIAN — Police have arrested a man in Shopian district for allegedly impersonating a government employee and cheating the family of a cancer patient of ₹9,999, officials said on Saturday. Police said the complaint was received at Police Station Shopian from Farooq Ahmad Sofi of Manghama, who had posted an appeal on social media seeking […]
JAMMU — A 19-year-old woman from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was apprehended by the Indian Army after she allegedly crossed the LoC and entered Indian territory in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The woman, identified as Samiya Azeem, a resident of Bains Gala village in Khuiretta tehsil of Kotli district, was intercepted […]
