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 […]
KARACHI — Pakistan cricket team captain Babar Azam has refused to share details of his conversation with Indian skipper Virat Kohli during the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup clash. The Pakistani captain was addressing a pre-match virtual press conference ahead of Pakistan’s T20 series against the West Indies. A reporter asked the skipper about various videos […]
SRINAGAR — The authorities on Sunday foiled the youth convention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) here in Srinagar by putting the party president Mehbooba Mufti under house detention and sealing its head office, party spokesperson said. The administration, however, cited Covid-19 as a reason for disallowing the convention. PDP spokesperson Najam-us-Saqib said that all the […]
KOHIMA — Konyak Union, a tribal body in Nagaland, on Saturday demanded apology from Union Home Minister Amit Shah and retraction of his “misleading” statement in Parliament, while rejecting the term “mistaken identity” and that the forces had opened fire on civilians in “self-defence”. Shah had earlier said in Parliament that six civilians mistaken as […]
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia has banned the Tablighi Jamaat, terming it a “danger to society” and “one of the gates of militancy”. The country’s Minister of Islamic Affairs made an announcement on social media directing the mosques to warn people against associating with them during the Friday sermon. “His Excellency the Minister of Islamic Affairs, […]
SRINAGAR — Intense cold conditions continued in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Sunday as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 3.0°C. A meteorological department official here told GNS that the minimum temperature in Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, was two degrees Celsius below the normal for this time of the year. However today […]
SRINAGAR — The government has denied the permission for youth convention of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) here at the fair view Gupkar residence and has put PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti under house detention in Kashmir Capital Srinagar. Executive Magistrate Ist Class South Srinagar in an official communication has ordered that “In view of the report […]
SRINAGAR — A newly recruited militant of Jaish-i-Muhammad outfit was killed in an encounter at Baragam area of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday. A top police officer told that a militant of JeM, identifying him as Sameer Ahmad Tantray resident of Bargam Awantipora was killed in a gunfight. He had joined JeM […]
KOLKATA — In a rare judgment, the Calcutta High Court has asked the state government to pay a Nepali citizen Rs 5 lakh as compensation for keeping him behind bars for 41 years without trial. After the matter came to light because of a human rights organisation, the Calcutta High Court intervened and released the […]
BARAMULLA — National Conference (NC) Vice President Omar Abdullah on Saturday said that GOI’s claim that everything is normal in Jammu and Kashmir is contrary to what is happening on the ground. Addressing a party Convention here at Baramulla Dak Bungalow, he busted the misinformation campaign on NC canvassing for polls. “Nowhere did I seek […]
SRINAGAR — The name of the Government Degree College, Hyderpora was changed during a name changing ceremony presided over by the Principal of the Institution. Several local residents and senior citizens participated in the event along with the staff members of the college. The college has been renamed after the eminent Poet, writer, folklorist, researcher […]
