NEW DELHI — Hostilities between Russia and Ukraine, along with sustained demand, is expected to keep global crude oil prices in the range of $95-to-$125 per barrel in the short term. Consequently, the geo-political crisis-led global hike in crude oil prices is expected to push India’s domestic prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 15-22 […]
SRINAGAR — Liquid explosives appear to have returned to the militancy theatre of Jammu Kashmir after 15 years with a consignment of three bottles of a white liquid recently being air-dropped by drones entering from Pakistan along the international border in Jammu, officials said on Sunday. Director General of Jammu Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh, during […]
AMRITSAR — At least five Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were killed on Sunday after their colleague allegedly opened fire at a force camp in Punjab’s Amritsar, officials said. The incident took place at the force mess in Khasa area, about 20 km short of the Attari-Wagah border crossing along the India-Pakistan international front. The […]
SRINAGAR — An elderly man was killed while 34 others including a cop and 18 females were injured in a grenade attack at Hari Singh High Street area of commercial Hub Lal Chowk in Srinagar on Sunday. Officials said that unidentified persons lobbed a grenade towards security forces in the busiest HSHS area, leaving 34 […]
KUPWARA — Authorities in Kupwara district of north Kashmir have booked four notorious drug peddlers’, police said on Sunday. “Acting tough against the menace of drugs peddling in the district, police today detained four more notorious drugs peddlers under PSA under the provisions of the Illicit Drugs trafficking law,” a police official told GNS. The […]
SRINAGAR — In order to provide adequate Job opportunities to the youth of J&K and make them self dependent, the Government of Jammu and Kashmir has started ‘Be Rozgar Se Swarozgar Scheme’. The scheme is part of 10-point campaign initiated by government to give a renewed push to the implementation of employment and other beneficiary […]
SRINAGAR — Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) today said that it is fully aware of the transportation crisis that has affected both schools and the parents at the onset of opening of schools. The Association said that the opening of educational institutes after three years has come up with a new set […]
SRINAGAR — A tourist from Uttar Pradesh died of a ‘suspected’ heart attack at a luxury hotel falling in the jurisdiction of central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Sunday, officials said An official said that 56-year-old Gayas Ud Din Ansari son of Jalal Ud Din from Uttar Pradesh fell unconscious at Golden Tulip in the jurisdiction […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police was lucky to get evidence from the scene of crime of the February 1 acid attack on a woman as someone had “inadvertently” cleaned the area with water, according to the charge sheet filed in the case. The victim, whose identity is not to be disclosed as per […]
SRINAGAR — In view of the fire incident at Bone and Joint hospital in Srinagar, the government has decided to start orthopedic clinics at five district and sub district hospitals so that the patient won’t face any problems. Officials said that orthopaedic clinics will start functioning from Monday, which will run 24×7 and 14 orthopedic […]