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 — Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone on Friday said the protest scheduled by the National Conference on the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament was a process to bury Article 370 and create confusion by taking Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood issue to pan-India politics. “I cannot be certain of the National Conference’s […]
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 […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Wednesday extended till January 16 the NIA custody of five accused in the Red Fort blast case including three doctors and a maulvi. Principal District and Sessions Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna allowed the agency’s plea to extend the custodial interrogation of Dr Adeel Rather, Dr Shaheen Saeed, Dr […]
NEW DELHI — India on Wednesday asked all its nationals currently residing in Iran to leave by available means as the security situation in the country deteriorated further in view of massive anti-government protests and a crackdown on the demonstrators. New Delhi has also strongly advised its nationals to avoid travelling to Iran. The protests […]
NEW DELHI — In a significant development, a special court here on Wednesday convicted Kashmiri separatist Asiya Andrabi and two others for offences including conspiracy to wage war against the country and being members of a terrorist organisation under stringent anti-terror law UAPA. Andrabi, the founder of the all-women separatist group Dukhtaraan-e-Millat (DeM) in 1987, […]
JAMMU — Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan chaired a meeting here on Wednesday to review security arrangements for the upcoming Republic Day celebrations as well as assess the ongoing anti-terror operations and drone incursions along the borders. This came a week after Union Home Minister Amit Shah, on January 8, directed security forces to continue […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone on Wednesday alleged that Jammu harboured an “obsessive opposition” to developmental initiatives in Kashmir, and said that perhaps the time has come for an “amicable divorce” between the two regions of the Union Territory. Lone was referring to the demands from a section for shifting the recently announced […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said the profiling of mosques and imams in Kashmir was an interference in the religious matters of Muslims. The former chief minister said if religious places require profiling, it should start with temples across the country. “The latest order for mosques is interference in our religious affairs. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday ordered further extension of winter vacations for all Government and recognised private schools up to Higher Secondary level in the summer zones of Jammu Division till January 17, 2026. The decision has been taken in view of the prevailing inclement weather conditions in the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) on Wednesday announced the results of the Class 12 annual examinations, with an overall 84 percent of students qualifying across Jammu and Kashmir. According to an official data, a total of 70,735 students appeared in the examination, of whom 59,435 students qualified. The […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (BOSE) on Wednesday announced the results of the Class 10 annual examinations, with an overall pass percentage of 85.03 percent across Jammu and Kashmir. According to an official data, a total of 80,650 students qualified the examination out of 94,845 candidates who had appeared. […]
JAMMU — Northern Railway’s Jammu Division achieved another milestone in freight transportation on Tuesday with the arrival of the first fertiliser train at South Kashmir’s Anantnag Goods Terminal, strengthening the agricultural supply chain in the valley, an official said. The division is witnessing a steady increase in the arrival of various goods and commodities through […]
