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 […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday said the democracy in the country is “beginning to breathe” while referring to the protests against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, and demanded that all polls held under his supervision be “revisited and reviewed”. He also criticised the crackdown on protesters in Delhi during […]
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 […]
ANANTNAG — Anantnag Police in challaned 244 vehicles and seized 166 others during a special traffic enforcement drive across the district on Tuesday. According to officials, a total of 410 vehicles, including two-wheelers, were dealt with for various traffic violations during the drive. The enforcement campaign was aimed at ensuring compliance with traffic rules, improving […]
RAJOURI — A grenade was found abandoned near a temple in a remote village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district on Tuesday, prompting police to rush a bomb disposal squad to the spot, officials said. The explosive device was noticed by some children playing with construction material near a temple in Chattyar village, the officials […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi on Tuesday said the democracy in the country is “beginning to breathe” while referring to the protests against Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, and demanded that all polls held under his supervision be “revisited and reviewed”. He also criticised the crackdown on protesters in Delhi during […]
KULGAM — Jammu and Kashmir Police have solved a hit-and-run case in Kulgam district with the arrest of the accused following an investigation and technical analysis of CCTV footage. According to police, the incident took place on October 7, when a motorcycle hit a pedestrian, Hilal Ahmad Laloo, 55, son of Ab Salam Laloo, a […]
SRINAGAR — Medical interns in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday resumed their strike over the government’s failure to fulfil its commitment to increase their monthly stipend. The interns had gone on strike in September to press for a stipend hike. On September 8, the government had asked them to call off their agitation and give […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested six alleged drug peddlers in Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag districts and recovered charas-like substances, cannabis and heroin from their possession, police said on Tuesday. In Shopian, police arrested two persons during naka checking at Circuit House, Heerpora, and recovered 60 grams of a charas-like substance from each of […]
LUDHIANA — A Delhi to Srinagar bus was attacked with stones near Doraha in Punjab, barely a day after another bus of the same company was targeted in Haryana. The incident took place on Sunday night when the bus was passing through Doraha in Khanna, said police. A stone thrown from the roadside smashed a […]
SRINAGAR — Operating hour restrictions imposed at Srinagar International Airport were withdrawn on Monday, officials said. “Srinagar International Airport wishes to inform passengers and stakeholders that the previously imposed restrictions on airport operational hours, limiting operations to 0800 hrs to 1700 hrs, have been withdrawn,” the officials of the Srinagar Airport said in a statement. […]
SRINAGAR — Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) Jammu and Kashmir has filed a chargesheet against Mudasir Ahmad Najar, a Postal Assistant posted at Sub Post Office Bandipora, for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹6,500 for the release of a subsidy under the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP). According to an ACB statement, a complaint […]
JAMMU — A 45-year-old labourer was killed and four others injured in a landslide while carrying out road construction work in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Monday, officials said. The labourers were engaged by the General Reserve Engineer Force (GREF), which functions under the Border Roads Organisation (BRO), they said. The incident occurred at […]
