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 […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri mixed martial arts (MMA) athlete Owais Yaqoob scripted a memorable international victory on Saturday after defeating previously unbeaten Bulgarian fighter Delyan Georgiev via first-round Technical Knockout (TKO) at BRAVE Combat Federation (BRAVE CF) 107 held at Burgas Arena in Bulgaria. Yaqoob produced a dominant performance, stopping Georgiev at the 4:00 mark of […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Legal Services Authority has cancelled the examination for the post of junior legal assistants which was conducted on 13 November 2021, officials said. In a notification by member secretary MK Sharma, the authority stated that it has given the sanction to cancel the examination conducted on Saturday, 13 November 2021 […]
BARAMULLA — A 40-year-old man died after being hit by a vehicle near Stadium colony in Baramulla district on Thursday evening even as the driver has been arrested. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that the man identified as Abdul Majeed Najar of Sumbal died on the spot when a bike he was riding […]
ANANTNAG — National Conference on thursday organised a one day workers covention at Thajiwara, Achabal area of Anantnag district in presence of Former Chief Minister and Vice Presidemt Omar Abdullah. Besides, Former Chief Minister, Nasir Sogami, Constituency Incharge Peer Mohammad Hussain, District President Altaf Kaloo, Youth National Conference Media Incharge Hashim Hussain, Bashir ahmad Veeri, […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offence Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir produced a chargesheet against six accused persons for illegally encroaching upon government land in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In a statement, chargesheet was filed in Case FIR No. 04/2015 U/S 420, 467, 468, 120-B, 447-A RPC r/w 5(2) PC Act of P/S Crime Branch Kashmir […]
SRINAGAR — At least five residential houses were damaged, while a minor boy suffered burn injuries in a fire incident in Bemina erea of Srinagar on Thursday. Quoting sources news agency KNO reported that 3 residential houses were completely damaged, while two were partially damaged in the fire incident in Mansoor Colony locality of Bemina. […]
SRINAGAR — Sub-zero night temperatures with morning mist on Thursday forced people to remain indoors till the morning hours in Kashmir and Ladakh region. The weather was dry and very cold in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh during the last 24 hours. “Dry, cold weather with mainly clear sky and morning mist is expected in […]
GENEVA — The chief of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said that he hopes that Covid-19 will no longer be a global health emergency sometime next year. Addressing a press briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the WHO Covid-19 Emergency Committee will discuss next month the criteria for declaring an […]
UNITED NATIONS — The 54-member UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) on Wednesday adopted a resolution to remove Iran from the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) for the remainder of its four-year term ending in 2026. The development comes in the wake of the country’s brutal crackdown on protests calling for justice for […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police claimed to have solved a theft case by arresting an accused person involved in the commission of crime and recovered stolen property in Pulwama. A police spokesman in a statement said that on 07-12-2022, Police Station Litter received a written complaint from one person namely Abid Hassan Khan son […]
SRINAGAR — Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai Tuesday informed Rajya Sabha that nine Kashmiri Pandits have been killed by terrorists in Kashmir since 2020. He also informed the House that there has been a “substantial decline” in militant attacks from 417 in 2018 to 229 in 2021. Rai said that among the […]
