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 […]
NEW DELHI — On Thursday, shortly after talismanic India batter Virat Kohli was dismissed for 16 in the second ODI against England at Lord’s, Pakistan skipper Babar Azam put out a tweet with a picture of him and Kohli from the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup last year, with the caption reading as “this too […]
NEW DELHI — An Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) jawan Saturday fire at his three colleagues before shooting himself dead at a camp in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The incident took place around 3:30 pm at the Devika Ghat community centre in the district. Constable Bhupendra Singh shot at his colleagues, leading […]
BUDGAM — A youth from Budgam was killed while another one was grievously injured in a road accident on Saturday at Dras Bridge when they were returning from Ladakh. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that two persons, who were returning back after their visit to Ladakh on their motorcycle, met an […]
KULGAM — A carpenter died after he fell off a rooftop of a residential house in Karewa village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday afternoon. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that the carpenter identified as Abdul Hameed Najar son of Abdul Gani of Matregam fell off the rooftop of a […]
GANDERBAL — A minor girl among two people received burn injuries after a fire broke out in a residential house in Yachihama village of Ganderbal district on Saturday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that fire broke in the house of Abdul Majeed Bajad after LPG cylinder leakage. He said that in […]
SRINAGAR — A man was killed, while his wife was critically injured in a road accident at 90 feet road near Al Khuddam Ahmad Nagar area of Srinagar outskirts on Saturday morning. Reports said that 58-year-old man identified as Farooq Ahmad Wani of Ellahi Bagh and his wife identified as Naseema (55) were critically injured […]
SRINAGAR — The first batch of over 145 pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir returned on Saturday from the annual Haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia. As many as 145 Hajis returned on the first day of Haj arrivals at the Srinagar airport, Executive Officer J&K Hajj Committee Dr. Abdul Salam Mir told news agency Kashmir News […]
BUDGAM — Two youth died, while another one was grievously injured in a road accident in Khansahib area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Friday evening. An official said that three persons, who were riding on a bike, were hit by an unknown vehicle in Khansahib area, leaving them grievously injured. He said that they […]
PATNA — A 26-year-old man was arrested in Patna on Friday for allegedly propagating “anti-India” views through a WhatsApp group that he operated, police said. Marguv Ahmad Danish (26) alias Tahir, a resident of Phulwari Sharif, was also found to have links with Pakistan-based extremist group Tehriq-e-Labbaiq, they said. “Danish was running a WhatsApp group […]
SRINAGAR — Special Investigation Agency on Friday said that NIA court Jammu dismissed bail application of Journalist Fahad Shah and other. In a statement, the SIA said that today, the Hon’ble Special Judge NIA, Jammu has dismissed the bail application of accused persons namely Abdul Aala Fazili son of Late Mohd. Rafi Fazili resident Humhama […]
