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 […]
SRINAGAR — A civilian injured in crossing firing amid a ‘chance’ encounter between militants and a joint team of police and CRPF in Turkwagam area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday succumbed to injuries, officials said. “(Militants) fired upon joint patrol party of CRPF’s 182 batallion and SOG of Pulwama near the bridge connecting […]
SRINAGAR — A civilian was in injured in crossing firing amid a ‘chance’ encounter between militants and a joint team of police and security forces in Turkwagam South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday. Clarifying it, a top police officer told GNS that there was an encounter which happened by chance in Turkwagam. A civilian received […]
SRINAGAR — Both Srinagar and Jammu have recorded the highest temperatures of the season so far as the Meteorological (MeT) department forecast partly cloudy sky with light rain over the higher reaches in J&K and Ladakh during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain partly cloudy with light rain over the higher reaches […]
NEW DELHI — With 2,487 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,31,21,599, while the active cases dipped to 17,692, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll climbed to 5,24,214 with 13 fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The […]
QUEENSLAND — Former Australian test cricketer and two-time World Cup winner Andrew Symonds has died following a car accident in Queensland, Cricket Australia confirmed on May 15. Symonds was aged 46. He had played 26 tests for Australia. Police said the accident occurred in Hervey Range, 50 km from Townsville on Saturday night. The car […]
NEW DELHI — Journalists’ organisations in India on Saturday condemned the killing of a woman reporter of Al Jazeera during an Israeli army raid in Jenin in West Bank and sought an independent probe into it. “We join the international community of journalists and others in demanding an independent and impartial investigation into the incident. […]
SRINAGAR — Drug abuse is a big challenge as it not only provides oxygen to terrorism by means of funding militant networks but also targets the younger generation, Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Singh said on Saturday. Singh, the Director-General of Police, chaired a high-level meeting with the officers of the force at the […]
SRINAGAR — An 8-year-old girl died after drowning in a river near her house at Chanigam area of Ashmuqam in South Kashmir’s Anantnag on Saturday evening, an official said. An official said that a girl identified as Aasia Fayaz (8) daughter of Fayaz Ahmad Shah, a resident of Chanigam Ashmuqam slipped and drowned into a […]
JAMMU — Jammu recorded its hottest day of the season so far with the mercury touching 43.5 degrees Celsius on Saturday as the heatwave intensified engulfing most parts of Jammu and Kashmir. The maximum temperature in Jammu city was 6.6 degrees above season’s average, forcing people to stay indoors especially in the afternoon. Jammu recorded […]
SRINAGAR — Over 13 percent women experienced violence in J&K after their marriages and husband is the main perpetrator of the violence in majority of cases. As per the National Family Health Survey 5 (NHFS-5) findings, just 14 percent of the women who have experienced violence in J&K have sought any help. The report said […]
