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 — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said there is no need to take the US seriously as American intervention has only caused destruction worldwide. Her remarks came a day after US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor visited Srinagar. In a joint media briefing with Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday, […]
PULWAMA — The second edition of the Royal Premier League Pulwama commenced in this south Kashmir district on Wednesday evening, marking a striking display of the region’s changing social landscape. In an area once associated with the presence of terror groups, the cricket tournament has brought a very different energy to the forefront-one defined by […]
SRINAGAR — Director School Education Kashmir has ordered termination of services of nine teachers for unauthorized absence. The teachers include Aijaz Ahmad Bhat (GPS Shuloora Kupwara), Saima Gani (teacher BHSS Zadibal Srinagar), Suhail Anees (Teacher BHS Nawagabra Kupwara), Mohammad Rafiq Khan, (RReT MS Fraw GAnderbal),Sheetal Bhat (Teacher PM’s package, posted in BHSS Kupwara), Nazia Mushtaq […]
SRINAGAR — With Omicron driven third Covid wave raging in Kashmir,” Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Friday said the actual number of Covid positive cases in the valley is higher than what is being reported. “The official count is an underestimate as many Covid cases go unreported,” said DAK President and Influenza expert Dr Nisar […]
Zubair-Ul-Islam SRINAGAR — Dr Rizwan Rumi, social activist has questioned the government over closure of educational institutions for students due to Covid-19 situation in the valley and allowance of tourist rush at famous tourist resort Gulmarg. Dr Rizwan while talking to Kashmir Independent Media Service – KIMS said, “No social distancing and Covid SoP’s is […]
HARIDWAR — Yati Narsinghanand, one of the religious leaders accused in the Haridwar hate speeches case told the police, “All of you will die”, when when co-accused Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi was arrested yesterday. Tyagi, formerly known as Waseem Rizvi, is the first accused to be arrested in the hate speech case in which provocative […]
SOPORE — Panic has gripped at Municipal Council Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday after 12 of its employees tested positive for Corona Virus. Officials said that a mass testing was done today in which 12 employees of Municipal Council Sopore tested positive for COVID-19 and all of them have been asked to […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces on Friday claimed to have recovered a cache of ammunition during a search operation in forest area of Watlar in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. An official said that Special Operation Group (SOG) 24RR & Police and launched a search operation in watlar area and recovered cache of ammunition from a hideout […]
SRINAGAR — Bomb disposal squad diffused a grenade which was inside a cooker after it was found in a suspicious bag at Khwaja Bazaar Chowk area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district. Police officials said that a grenade was found inside cooker as after it was blasted by BDS, a Grenade liver was found. The officialsfurther […]
SRINAGAR — Freezing cold conditions continued in Kashmir Valley and Ladakh with Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, recording a low of minus 3.4°C. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the minimum temperature in Srinagar was down by 9 notches than previous night’s minus 2.7°C. It was minus 1.3°C below normal for this […]
Waris Shah KULGAM — A lineman, working on daily-wages in Power Development Department, succumbed to injuries which he had sustained after falling from an electric pole in Bogund in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Reports said that the lineman namely Shabir Ahmad Dar son of Mohammad Ismail Dar was repairing electric line when he fell from […]
NEW DELHI — India saw a single day jump of 2,64,202 new coronavirus infections, the highest in 239 days, taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,65,82,129 which includes 5,753 cases of the Omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. There has been a 4.83 per cent increase in […]
