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 (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti on Thursday alleged that senior leaders of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) have been issuing threats to PDP leader Yasir Reshi and sought the intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah into the matter. In a post on X, Iltija Mufti claimed that […]
DUBAI — India on Sunday reclaimed the No.1 position in ICC men’s T20I rankings after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against Zimbabwe in the ongoing three-match series at Harare. The reigning T20 world champions regained the top spot from England, who had dethroned Shreyas Iyer’s side after their 4-0 series win recently. India had also […]
SRINAGAR — Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Monday said BF.7 variant is unlikely to cause a new wave of Covid-19 in our population. “BF.7 is not a cause of concern for us and there is no need to worry about it,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. Dr Hassan said BF.7, […]
KUPWARA — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said that they have arrested a man in Kupwara district in North Kashmir and recovered arms and ammunition from his possession. The arrested man has been identified as Mohammed Azam Daniyal, son of Mohd Tehseen Daniyal, a resident of Dhani Karnah in Kupwara district. Police in a […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday said that they averted a major tragedy by recovering an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Basantghar area of Udhampur district. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that police after generation specific inputs, recovered an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) weighing around 15 kgs along with a coded […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Government on Monday constituted a 16-member committee to oversee preparations of G20 Summit in the Union Territory in 2023. According to an order, Mr. Raj Kumar Goyal, IAS Financial Commissioner (Additional Chief Secretary), Home Department has been appointed as Chairman while as Mr. Dilbagh Singh, IPS Director General of Police, […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department office on Monday forecast partly to mainly cloudy weather with freezing night temperatures in Kashmir Valley and Ladakh. “Partly to mainly cloudy weather with sub-zero night temperatures is expected in Ladakh and Valley during the next 24 hours”, IANS quoted an official of the MeT department as having said. He […]
RAMBAN — Two persons were killed after a truck rolled down into deep gorge in Ramban district on Monday morning. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that a truck laden with gas cylinders, rolled down into a deep gorge near Battery Chishma area of Ramban district at around 04:00 AM on Monday morning, resulting […]
SRINAGAR — Scores of Kashmiri students Sunday protested at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) against the alleged thrashing of a Kashmiri scholar their Quoting one of the protesting students news agency KNO reported that some students of the university were playing badminton at 1 am and a Phd scholar from Kashmir asked them not to disturb […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested a militant associate in Mendhar area of Poonch district and recovered arms and ammunition from his possession. Police in a press release said that on 25th of December, a joint cordon and search operation was launched by Police and Indian Army in general […]
GANDERBAL — Three persons were injured after a passenger cab skidded off the road fell down into a gorge in Sonamarg area of Ganderbal district in Central Kashmir on Sunday. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that a passenger cab (Tavera) bearing registration number JK01X 4504 coming from Sonamarg towards Srinagar skidded off the […]
BARAMULLA — Security forces in the Kashmir region have been largely successful in reducing the number of militants while the remaining ones are facing an ammunition shortage, a top army official said here Sunday. The army offical said that the security forces have stepped up anti-miltancy operations and have set a target to bring down […]
