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 — Washington has no business interfering in internal matters of other countries, National Conference (NC) Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi said Saturday, questioning Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s meeting with the US envoy despite violence in Palestine and Iran perpetrated by the United States and its ally Israel. “If I were to receive legitimacy from […]
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 […]
JAMMU — The Amarnath Yatra was suspended from Jammu on Saturday amid inclement weather, a forecast of heavy rain over the next few days and a decline in pilgrim arrivals, officials said. No fresh batch of pilgrims was allowed to leave the Bhagwati Nagar base camp for the Kashmir Valley this morning, they said. Officials […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Police counter-intelligence wing raided five districts in the valley on Saturday to crack down on suspected terror-related activities, online misuse and alleged radicalisation networks, officials said. Officials said the raids in Kupwara, Baramulla, Anantnag, Shopian and Bandipora were carried out in connection with FIR number 03/2023 registered at Police […]
JAMMU — An SUV evaded a security checkpoint on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Ramban district early Friday, prompting police personnel to fire three warning shots before the occupants abandoned the vehicle and fled, officials said. Following a massive search operation, one of them was arrested, they said. The incident occurred around 4 am when […]
JAMMU — A body has been recovered after a couple was swept away in a flash flood triggered by heavy rainfall in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district on Thursday evening, officials said. The incident occurred in Kaghote panchayat of the Ramnagar area after intense rains triggered a sudden flash flood, they said. According to locals, […]
JAMMU — Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS), Northern Circle, Dinesh Chand Deshwal on Friday completed the safety inspection of the Katra-Srinagar section of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) in light of the region’s challenging geographical terrain and weather conditons. Deshwal inspected the rail corridor from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra to Srinagar and expressed satisfaction […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Srinagar Police on Friday said it has secured the conviction of an accused in a 2020 murder case, with the court sentencing him to life imprisonment. According to a police statement, the conviction was secured in FIR No. 03/2020 registered at Police Station Maisuma. The court convicted Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Dar, son of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday arrested a man for allegedly impersonating a police official, assaulting a person and extorting ₹10,000 from him in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to a police statement, Police Post Bus Stand received a complaint from Nazir Ahmad Lone, son of Ali Mohammad Lone, […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said that fruit-laden trucks from Kashmir and petroleum tankers from Jammu were being given priority on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential commodities and timely transportation of horticultural produce during the ongoing Amarnath yatra. He reviewed the traffic situation on […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Anantnag district unit on Friday suspended the primary membership of nine party office bearers and removed them from all organisational posts with immediate effect for allegedly organising and participating in an unauthorised Tiranga rally held at Khanabal in Anantnag on August 5. According to an office order […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Iltija Mufti, who was on Friday questioned in connection with alleged assault of a police officer during a recent protest, asserted that she was willing to cooperate with the police inquiry but it was her right to protest peacefully for restoration of Article 370. Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti and […]
