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 — Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Wednesday said the government has a policy of zero tolerance against militancy and that security situation has improved significantly in Jammu and Kashmir. Rai, while informing the Rajya Sabha said there has been substantial decline in militant incidents from 417 in 2018 to 229 […]
Sheikh Nadeem ANANTNAG — Government Middle School Palpora in Anantnag District today celebrated its Annual Day in which Zonal Education Officer Ghulam Hassan Sheikh was the Chief Guest. Zonal Education Plans Officer of the also were present in function. On the occasion various cultural programmes were presented by the students of the institution and […]
BANDIPORA — A 4-year-old girl drowned to death in the River Jhelum in Banyari village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday. Quoting an official news agency KNO reported that the girl identified as Zehrish Tariq daughter of Tariq Ahmad Dar of Jadalpora Banyari drowned in the River Jhelum. He said after completing medico-legal formalities, […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offence Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir produced a challan against three accused persons for producing a fake death certificate to extract insurance money fraudulently. According to a statement, challan was produced in case FIR No. 15/2008 U/S 420, 467,468,471,201,120B RPC before the court of Forest Magistrate Srinagar against Taveen Hussain Shah, […]
SRINAGAR — Cold, dry weather continued in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Wednesday that same conditions are likely to continue. “Cold dry weather with haze is expected to continue during the next 24 hours in J&K and Ladakh. “We are expecting light snowfall […]
JAMMU — Police have launched an investigation after a “blast-like” sound was heard near a checkpoint on a vital bridge here, officials said on Wednesday. The sound was heard late Tuesday night near a bridge over the Tawi river, the officials said. There was no report of any casualty or damage in the “blast”, they […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples’ Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday accused the BJP of “exploiting the pain and suffering” of Kashmiri Pandits and said the government had failed to protect the minority community in Kashmir. “This government has failed to protect Kashmiri Pandits. It is only exploiting the pain and suffering of the community for […]
SRINAGAR — A senior journalist from South Kashmir’s Anantnag district has been arrested by the Police, officials said here on Tuesday. A top police official told the news agency KNO that the senior journalist Khalid Gul of Anantnag has been arrested. He said he was arrested in an old case filed in 2017. Khalid Gul […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offence Wing of Crime Branch Kashmir produced a challan against six accused including 3 deceased persons for establishing fake examination centres for class 12 in Kupwara distric. According to a statement, the challan in Case FIR No. 65/2005 U/S 420, 467, 468, 471,201,120-B RPC of Police Station Crime Branch Kashmir against […]
WASHINGTON — Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc on Monday threatened to remove news from its platform if the U.S. Congress passes a proposal aimed at making it easier for news organizations to negotiate collectively with companies like Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook. Sources briefed on the matter said lawmakers are considering adding the Journalism Competition […]
