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 […]
SRINAGAR — Barring Pahalgam and Qazigund, the minimum temperature recorded further rise across J&K and Ladakh amid cloud cover on Wednesday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K recorded a low of minus 1.8°C against last night’s minus 2.8°C. It was after several days that the mercury rose […]
HYDERABAD — A 21-year-old college student was arrested for sexual assault three days after a schoolgirl died by suicide in Chennai, leaving a letter that claimed, “a girl is safe only in the mother’s womb or the grave.” The mother of the Class 11 student saw her hanging in their home on the outskirts of […]
SRINAGAR — All the eligible applicants who have applied for selection as Haj Trainers for Haj–2022 are hereby informed through this news item that their interview for the selection shall be held as per the schedule given underneath from 11.00AM. For Haj Trainers from Srinagar, Baramulla, Bandipora, Ganderbal and Budgam, the interview is scheduled for […]
SRINAGAR — The delimitation commission constituted by the Government of India to redraw J&K’s electoral map has proposed to increase one seat each in Kathua, Samba, Udhampur, Doda, Kishtwar and Rajouri districts in the Jammu region and Kupwara in the Kashmir Valley. Sources said that the draft proposal shared by the panel with J&K’s Lok […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested a militant associate of Lashkar-i-Toiba (LeT) militant outfit in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Police in a statement said, “Baramulla Police along with units of Army arrested a militant associate of Lashkar e Toiba (LeT) upon the receipt of a specific input during a special naka laid […]
JAMMU — As many as three cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus have been reported from a cluster in Jammu, said the health department of J&K on Tuesday. “Three Omicron cases confirmed by NCDC, Delhi from a cluster in Jammu. Sample taken on 30th November. RTPCR testing of entire locality ordered,” the department wrote […]
SRINAGAR — Suspected militants travelling in a car have fled after firing some gunshots on a naka party of security forces when they were asked to stop in Soura area in Kashmir capital Srinagar. Official sources said that police and 21 Battalion of CRPF had laid a joint naka in Soura and during searches a […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a module of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militant outfit at Samboora area of Pampore in Pulwama district and arrested four militant associates from the area. Police in a statement said, “Acting upon information, Police Awantipora, with the assistance of Army 50 RR and CRPF 110 BN conducted raid […]
JAMMU — Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday termed the proposal by Delimitation Commission as divisive for Jammu and Kashmir and decided to stage protest against the draft on January 01, 2022. The leaders of PAGD addressed a press conference at Jammu after holding a meeting at the residence of National Conference (NC) […]
SRINAGAR — Two children have died after falling into a water-filled pit in Chakdar Mohalla Gagal in Lolab in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district this afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that two children Mustafa Ahmad Bhadana, 6, son of Mohammad Qasim and Sumaiya Akhter, 6, daughter of Abdul Kareem fell into a deep pit stored with […]
