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 — Washington has no business interfering in internal matters of other countries, National Conference (NC) Lok Sabha MP Ruhullah Mehdi said Saturday, questioning Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s meeting with the US envoy despite violence in Palestine and Iran perpetrated by the United States and its ally Israel. “If I were to receive legitimacy from […]
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 […]
PULWAMA — A fire engine heading towards Nichandajan Sangerwani in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district to put out a nocturnal blaze, skidded off the road and fell into a gorge last night, leading to injuries to crew members, officials said. They said that during the intervening night of January 1 and 2, a fire broke out […]
JAMMU — Authorities on Sunday ordered closure of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Kakryal (Katra) campus till further orders after 13 students tested positive for COVID-19. The campus was allowed to resume offline classes from 03 September 2021 by Shri Mata Vaishnu Devi University Kakryal (Katra) to conduct offline classes by adhering to the Covid […]
SRINAGAR — With overnight rains and snowfall at many places including Gulmarg and Pahalgam, night temperature recorded a significant rise at most places in J&K and Ladakh on Sunday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, recorded a low of 0.3°C against previous night’s minus 2.4. While the […]
NEW DELHI — Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Friday took a dig at the centre over extension of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) in Nagaland and termed it as an apt example of “double speak”. In a series of tweets, the former Union Minister wrote, “On the one hand, the MHA (Ministry of […]
With immense sorrow and grief its to inform you all that, uncle of journalist Sheikh Nadeem passed away at his residence in Palpora Dailgam today morning. Haji Mohammad Maqbool Sheikh was not keeping well for some time was admitted many times in Hospital.Mohd Maqbool takes his last breath at his home after long illness. The […]
ISLAMABAD — Babar Azam has termed the Pakistan’s victory over India in the T20 World Cup as a “fantastic moment”. Pakistan, who had never previously won against India at the World Cups, snapped a 12-match losing streak as they rolled over India, defeating their arch-rivals by 10 wickets in a sheer one-sided encounter. Before that, […]
JAMMU — One person got killed while three others received injuries in an accident that took place at Nachlana near Banihal area of Jammu Srinagar highway. The accident took place on Saturday evening in which a truck and a Tata Sumo collided with each other initially after which truck plunged in gorge. In the accident […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir government on Saturday ordered the establishment of five police station and three police posts in Srinagar and Budgam district’s in central Kashmir. According to an order, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (s) of Section 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the Government hereby declares […]
NEW DELHI — Bank customers are now required to pay one rupee more on each ATM transaction done beyond the permissible limit of free transactions. Effective from January 1, 2022 banks are permitted to charge Rs 21 per transaction if a customer exceeds the permissible free limits, instead of the earlier rate of Rs 20 […]
UDUPI — Six Muslim girl students of Women’s Government PU College in the town have accused the principal of not allowing them to wear ‘Hijab’ (headscarf) in the classes, the New Indian Express reported. “We are facing discrimination. We are not allowed to talk in Urdu, Arabic and Beary languages,” the students further alleged. The girls boycotted […]
