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 […]
JAMMU — Three people were arrested here on Sunday after they were caught red-handed packing spurious cement into the bags of established brands to make a quick buck, police said. Chainter Singh, the kingpin of the racket along with two labourers was arrested during a raid in R S Pura area on the outskirts of […]
KUPWARA — Personal Security Officer with a BJP activist and his “associate” are missing since last night in Kupwara district of north Kashmir and efforts are underway to trace them, officials said on Monday. Official sources told GNS that during intervening night of December 12 and 13, Saqib Ahmad Tantry (SPO) son of Sanaullah Tantry […]
KARNATAKA — Hindu right-wing groups have set Christian religious books on fire in Kolar area of Karnataka state and handed over four persons to the police alleging forced religious conversion, reports said on Sunday. The incident, according to reports, was reported on December 12, ahead of the Karnataka government’s proposal to table the Anti-Conversion Bill […]
SRINAGAR — Muneera Banoo, mother of Aijaz Ahmed Naik, who was the sole bread-earner to his family and has been in jail since 2019 passed away on Wednesday morning, ending her four-year-long wait for her incarcerated son, reported The Kashmiriyat. Muneera’s husband Mohammed Abdullah Naik passed away in 2000 leaving behind two young children for […]
JAMMU — A man was arrested here from Doda district within 10 hours of his kidnapping a minor girl, police said on Sunday. A complaint was lodged at Kishtwar Police Station regarding the kidnap of a girl by unknown persons, a police spokesperson said. Acting swiftly in the matter, police formed a special team and […]
NEW DELHI — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha speaking to reporters in New Delhi after meeting Ministers and other dignitaries during his four days visit to the Union Capital said that situation in Kashmir has changed and pro-India people are becoming vocal. During his stay in the capital, Sinha paid tribute to Chief of Defence Staff […]
MUMBAI — The Mumbai Police has registered an FIR against the organisers of AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi’s rally held here the day before for allegedly violating COVID-19 norms and defying section 144 of CrPC, an official said on Sunday. The FIR registered by Sakinaka Police on Saturday late night named Sabre Alam and four others, […]
PULWAMA — A scooty rider was killed in a road accident in Trichal area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday. An official told that a dumper bearing registration number JK13G-5369 hit a Scooty rider at Trichal Pulwama, resulting in severe injuries to the scooty rider. He said that scooty rider was immediately taken to […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti Sunday blamed government for keeping youth away from democracy so that they follow a path of violence and it becomes easy for them to kill, beat and jail them. “The government is doing this with youth for the last three years. They are not allowing youth to […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday said that PDP’s youth convention was disallowed in view of the Covid-19 and security situation and keeping in view credible inputs of vehicle bound IEDs being used to target civilians and high security installations. In a statement, a police spokesperson said that since the Gupkar Road […]
