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 (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister on Tuesday inaugurated the fifth edition of the DP World Professional Golf Tour of India (PGTI) J&K Open 2026 at the Royal Springs Golf Course in Srinagar by unveiling the tournament trophy and performing the ceremonial tee-off. Welcoming leading golfers from across India and abroad, the Chief […]
ANANTNAG — The body of a missing man has been recovered from the forest area of Larnoo in Kokernag area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday, official said. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that Ghulam Mohammad Lone, son of Lassa Lone of Lessu Larnoo had gone to see his sheep […]
JAMMU — Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik appeared before a special court here via videoconferencing on Thursday an cross-examined a witness in the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, the daughter of then Union home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Malik, who is lodged in Delhi’s Tihar Jail in a militant financing case, was […]
BARAMULLA — A class 8th student has allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in Boniyar area of Uri in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday. Quoting an official news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that the boy hanged himself to death at his residence at Bimyar village of Boniyar today. He said soon after the […]
NEW DELHI — The administration of Delhi’s famed Jama Masjid has put up notices outside the main gates banning the entry of ‘girls’, whether alone or in groups. As controversy escalated, the mosque’s Shahi Imam on Wednesday said the order is not applicable to those coming to offer prayers. The issue led to an outrage […]
SRINAGAR — The School Education Department Kashmir has proposed winter vacations in a phased manner from the first week of December for winter zone of Kashmir division. Quoting official sources news agency Kashmir News Observer reported that DSEK has forwarded a proposal to government for approval in this regard. They said DSEK has proposed that […]
ISLAMABAD — Lt Gen Asim Munir, a former head of Pakistan’s spy agency ISI, was on Thursday named as the new Army chief to succeed incumbent General Qamar Javed Bajwa, ending the suspense over the key appointment. Bajwa, 61, is scheduled to retire on November 29 after a three-year extension. He has ruled out seeking […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday carried out searches at seven locations in three districts of the Valley in connection with a case of online threat to journalists. A top police officer told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that seven locations in three districts of Kashmir valley Srinagar, Budgam and […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Wednesday orally observed that the need is for a Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) who can even take action against the Prime Minister and also asked the Centre to show the mechanism adopted in the appointment of an Election Commissioner (EC) last week. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by […]
SRINAGAR — Night temperatures continued to remain below the freezing point in Kashmir and Ladakh, the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Thursday. It also forecast dry weather with further drop in minimum temperature in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Dry weather is expected in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir police on Thursday claimed to have recovered a drone dropped by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Samba district. Senior Superintendent of Police Samba, Abhishek Mahajan said drone came from Pakistan side and was dropped near the LoC in Swanka area of Samba. He said as sealed packets […]
