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 […]
NEW DELHI — Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday accused Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the Congress of using students’ concerns for political gain and attempting to disrupt Parliament during the ongoing Monsoon Session. In a post on X, Pradhan alleged that Rahul Gandhi and the Congress staged a protest outside Prime Minister […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan spin-bowling all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz has accepted a three-month period of ineligibility (which will be reduced to one month on completion of a substance of abuse treatment programme) for breaching the ICC Anti-Doping Code. The 32-year-old had tested positive for a Substance of Abuse (Carboxy-THC) under the ICC Anti-Doping Code following a doping […]
SRINAGAR — Education Minister Sakina Itoo on Wednesday said the Jammu and Kashmir government has put on hold the conduct of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET), adding that the Union Territory will be the last to implement the Supreme Court order mandating TET for all in-service teachers of primary and upper primary classes, requiring them […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday registered a disproportionate assets case against Vijay Singh Choudhary, an Inspector in the J&K Police and brother of Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary after verification revealed he allegedly amassed assets worth crores of rupees beyond his known sources of income. […]
LUDHIANA — Vice-Chancellor of CT University, Nitin Tandon, was removed on Tuesday following allegations of misbehaviour with a group of Kashmiri students, Chancellor Charanjit Singh Channi said. The private university has also initiated an internal inquiry into the incident, while local authorities are monitoring the situation. According to the students, the incident occurred on Monday […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly will consider during the second part of the Budget session a private member’s resolution moved by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Waheed Ur Rehman Para, seeking mandatory use of the Kashmiri language in official work across the Kashmir division and identified Kashmiri-speaking areas. The Budget session will […]
JAMMU — Barely hours after announcing the extension of the Vande Bharat train service from Srinagar to Jammu from March 1, the Railway Board late Tuesday night put the decision on hold. Senior Divisional Commercial Manager Uchit Singhal said the notification regarding the extension had been deferred due to “unavoidable circumstances.” “Due to some unavoidable […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In a major boost to rail connectivity in Jammu and Kashmir, Northern Railway has announced the extension of the Vande Bharat train service up to Jammu Tawi with effect from March 1, 2026. According to an official notification, the train, which was earlier operating between Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra (SVDK) and […]
JAMMU — Subordinate courts across Jammu and Kashmir are grappling with a pendency of 3,89,210 cases till January-end, with criminal matters accounting for nearly two-thirds of the total backlog and over 58,000 cases lingering between five to 30 years, official data shows. The government is actively pursuing multiple measures to tackle the persistent pendency of […]
SRINAGAR — The state unit of the BJP on Tuesday slammed Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah over his artificial snow pitch for Gulmarg, saying the government has “failed” to protect the environment. Addressing a press conference here, BJP spokesperson Abhijeet Jasrotia attacked the government over what he termed “complete inaction” on environmental protection, […]
RANCHI — All seven persons on board an air ambulance were killed after the aircraft crashed near Simaria in Jharkhand’s Chatra district, and their bodies have been brought to a hospital for post-mortem examination, officials said on Tuesday. The Beechcraft C90 air ambulance, operated by Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd, was en route to Delhi from […]
Fourteen former international captains from around the world have written a letter to Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, expressing deep concern for former captain Imran Khan’s health, and requesting that he be treated with “dignity and basic human consideration”. Recent reports of an eye complaint that Imran’s family said has left him almost completely blinded […]
