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 — Jammu and Kashmir Police has booked BJP’s Pulwama president Showkat Gayoor for allegedly making an extortion demand from a contractor through intimidation, officials said on Tuesday. The BJP, reacting to the development, suspended Gayoor with immediate effect from all party posts and responsibilities and initiated disciplinary proceedings against him. The FIR was registered […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday said that the PGTI golf tournament, J&K Open, that concluded on Friday, will be an annual event from here on and the effort is to make the union territory the golfing capital of the country. Addressing the concluding ceremony of the Professional Golf Tour of India […]
JAMMU — The 9.8 km tunnel connecting two stations on 111 km under-construction Banihal-Katra railway link in Jammu and Kashmir was completed on Monday, officials said. It is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Railway Line (USBRL) project. This is the third tunnel following the 12.6 km tunnel T-49B, the longest tunnel of Indian Railways, which was […]
SRINAGAR — In a surprising development, at least 57 percent of students of Jammu and Kashmir who have gone through the recent National Achievement Survey (NAS) have scored less than fifty percent. According to the official documents available with the news agency Kashmir News Observer reads, “Differences in the learning levels among the students of […]
SRINAGAR — The federal probe agency NIA on Monday said it has arrested the 12th accused in connection with Handwara narco-militancy case from Kupwara in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) for his alleged involvement in supply of narcotics, cash and arms and ammunition through the Line of Control (LOC). An official spokesperson of the agency said […]
PULWAMA — At least 41 lumpy skin disease cases in the cattle have been reported in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district so far. Top officials of animal husbandry department told news agency Kashmir News Observer that around 41 cases of lumpy disease have been reported among cattle in Kakapora and Pampore areas of Pulwama district. They […]
JAMMU — Authorities on Monday imposed Section 144 in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba to prevent rallies and protests on the national highway, officials said. An order issued by Anuradha Gupta, District Magistrate, Samba, reads “Section 144 will come into force on August 29 and remain for 2 months”. The order reads that Supreme Court in […]
ISLAMABAD — A huge relief operation was under way Monday and international aid began trickling in as Pakistan struggled to deal with monsoon flooding that has affected more than 33 million people. Officials said 1,061 people have died since June when the seasonal rains began, but the final toll could be higher as hundreds of […]
KARACHI — Pakistan’s top pace bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi will undergo treatment of his knee injury in London and he is expected to regain complete fitness before the T20 World Cup starting mid-October, the PCB said on Monday. Shaheen has departed for London where he will undergo rehabilitation of his injury which he sustained while […]
SRINAGAR — The flow of passengers has declined at Srinagar international airport while the authorities said that only 10,000 passengers are being handled per day. The officials also said that the new integrated terminal is an advanced stage and is set to enhance the passenger capacity to 6.5 million. Director Srinagar Airport, Kuldeep Singh told […]
SRINAGAR — The problem was not with mass gathering but the offering of namaz, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said on Monday after FIR was lodged against 25 people in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad after they offered namaz at an open space. According to a police official, the case has been registered under the Indian Penal […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its order on a father’s plea to perform last rites, at the burial site, of his son, who was killed in the Hyderpora encounter in Srinagar in November last year. Senior advocate Anand Grover, representing Mohammad Latief Magrey, submitted before a bench of Justices Surya Kant […]
