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 […]
NEW DELHI — As India reports COVID-19 infection in children like other countries, considering the importance of the topic, an interactive webinar session on ‘Managing Children with Covid-19’ is being organised by the Union Health Ministry in collaboration with All India institute of medical sciences (AIIMS) Delhi, with regional and state centre of excellence and […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration’s order directing college heads in the union territory to organise large-scale virtual ‘surya namaskar’ on Makar Sankranthi drew sharp criticism from mainstream political parties on Thursday. “Why should Muslim students be forced to do anything, including yoga, to celebrate Makar Sankranti? Makar Sankranti is a festival & to […]
DEHRADUN — Uttrakhand police on Thursday arrested Hindutva flagbearer Yati Narsinghanand and Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi (formerly Wasim Rizvi) over ‘hate speech’ against Muslims at Dharam Sansad in Haridwar in December last year. Uttarakhand Police on December 23, had registered a case against Jitendrara Singh Tyagi, and others over his “hate speech” at the Haridwar […]
KARTARPUR — A long 74 years after the partition of the subcontinent — two brothers who were separated as Pakistan and India came into existence — reunited at the Kartarpur Corridor, Geo News reported. Siddique, a resident of Pakistan’s Faisalabad met his elder brother Habib on Tuesday who arrived at Kartarpur from the Phullanwal area of […]
SRINAGAR — In wake of the surge in Covid-19 cases in Jammu and Kashmir, Authorities at Srinagar International Airport here have decided to fine Rs 500 from the people found without face masks and also follow the rule of no mask no entry. Director Srinagar Airport, Kuldeep Singh said that COVID-19 disease is spreading at […]
LUCKNOW — Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday on Thursday released the party’s first list of 125 candidates, including 50 women, for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. Addressing a press conference, she said 40 per cent of the Congress candidates are women and another 40 percent are youth and by doing so […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference President and Member of Parliament from Srinagar Dr Farooq Abdullah on Thursday expressed outrage over the incendiary remarks and genocidal threats against Muslims and other minority groups and demanded stern action against those spewing venom at hate speech conclaves across the country. Voicing concern over the inflammatory and provocative speeches against […]
SRINAGAR — A skiing camp organized by the J&K Youth Service and Sports Department has been shut after more than 70 participants tested positive for COVID 19. Around 120 students and officials from both divisions of Jammu and Kashmir were participating in the skiing camp at Gulmarg. Of whom 70 have been tested positive. All […]
SRINAGAR — All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Thursday said that the policy of state repression in Kashmir continues unabated. In a statement it said that few days back journalist Sajad Dar was arrested for doing his duty of reporting facts , and charged brutally for “criminal conspiracy”. Such harassment of scribes has become a routine […]
RAJOURI — Two army personnel are feared dead in an accidental fire that took place at Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri sector. Officials said that an incident had taken place at LoC in Hanjanwali area of Rajouri sector in which two army personnel received injuries and succumbed later. Officials said that the police team […]
