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 — Amid reports suggesting that his formal resignation could come on November 3, estranged National Conference Lok Sabha MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Friday said he will resign from Parliament but demanded answers on the party’s shift in stand on Article 370 before stepping down. In a two-page letter to party president Farooq […]
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 — Amid reports suggesting that his formal resignation could come on November 3, estranged National Conference Lok Sabha MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Friday said he will resign from Parliament but demanded answers on the party’s shift in stand on Article 370 before stepping down. In a two-page letter to party president Farooq […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir’s chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said the Nepal tragedy should serve as a warning, and called for urgent protection of the valley’s “fragile ecology” by creating a balance between development and environmental preservation. Addressing the Friday congregation at the historic Jamia Masjid here, Farooq said the devastation being witnessed in […]
ANANTNAG (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police has registered a case Anantnag district after a man allegedly cheated another of ₹8.25 lakh on the pretext of securing him a government job and facilitating permission for installation of tents at Pahalgam during the Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra. According to a police statement, Police Post Khanabal received […]
SRINAGAR — J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday ordered the transfer of 11 senior IPS officers and three officers belonging to the Jammu and Kashmir Police Service. According to the order issued by the home department, the police chiefs of both Kashmir and Jammu zones have been replaced. Sujith Kumar has been named the […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the Jammu and Kashmir government must reconsider the electricity tariff hike to give relief to the poor, who are already reeling under rising costs. In a post on X, the former chief minister also expressed concern over reports of police allegedly detaining Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]
JAMMU — Kishtwar observed a complete bandh on Thursday following a joint call by the Majlis-e-Shura and Sanatan Dharam Sabha over the alleged rape and death of a 15-year-old tribal girl in the district. Shops and business establishments remained closed across the district, while public transport was also affected, officials said. Security forces and police […]
JAMMU — The Special Investigation Team probing the rape and death of a 15-year-old tribal girl in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar has arrested three more persons, including a health department daily-wager, for their alleged role in a conspiracy to conceal the sexual assault and terminate the minor’s pregnancy, taking the total number of arrests to […]
JAMMU — Six people, including two women, were killed, and three others injured, when a vehicle veered off the road and fell into a ditch in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The vehicle, a Maruti Eeco, was heading for Seri Chouhana village when its driver lost control and the vehicle […]
SRINAGAR — Several houses were damaged in a massive fire incident in the Watal Kadal area of the summer capital on Wednesday, officials said. The blaze engulfed at least seven houses in the congested locality, they said. Fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the blaze was brought under control. Seven houses were directly […]
SRINAGAR — Three days after escaping from the high-security Central Jail here, two inmates facing trial in separate POCSO cases were successfully apprehended in Rajasthan by Srinagar police on Wednesday, an official said. Farman Khan of Rajasthan’s Sadanpora area and Mukhtar Ahmed Gujar of Sanglan Chittergul in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district escaped from Central Jail […]
