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 […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan on Thursday summoned a senior diplomat from the Indian High Commission here to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to convey its view that a model’s “bareheaded” photoshoot at the revered Gurdwara Darbar Sahib was an “isolated incident”. On Tuesday, India had summoned the Charge d’Affaires at the Pakistan High Commission in New […]
HYDERABAD — A woman accused of sexually assaulting her 14-year-old nephew was booked under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act on Thursday, the New Indian Express reported. Banjara Hills police said the accused, who is from Bengaluru, assaulted the boy, who studies in class 9, multiple times. She had also allegedly taken […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri Pandits have slammed the Narendra Modi-led government for saying that “1678 migrants have returned” to Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 for taking up jobs under Prime Minister’s Development Package. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai on Tuesday said in Lok Sabha that as many as 1,678 Kashmiri migrants […]
RAMBAN — The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Party Vice President Omar Abdullah on Thursday said that J-K youth find themselves surrounded by darkness in view of the very limited employment opportunities, shrinking further for them. He said this while addressing a public gathering at Ramban. Among others Party General Secretary Ali Muhammad Sagar, Provincial […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu & Kashmir headed by the incarcerated Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has expressed serious concern over the media reports about some Kashmiri Covid orphans being sold in the markets of India by a local NGO, terming it extremely shameful and disgusting. As per media reports, many children who became orphans during Covid-19 pandemic were […]
SRINAGAR — Director Health Services Kashmir, Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather on Thursday chaired a meeting with health officials including Chief Medical Officers, NHM officials, Medical Superintendents of hospitals to discuss the Covid-19 scenario A spokesperson of the Directorate of Health Services said that the Director reviewed all the Covid-19 related arrangements and discussed measures being […]
NEW DELHI — India has detected first two cases of the new Omicron coronavirus variant in Karnataka, a health ministry official said on Thursday. Both the patients are men aged 66 years and 46 years with mild symptoms. Severe symptoms have not been noted, an official said during a press conference. “All primary contacts and […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Thursday claimed to have solved Palhalan grenade attack case by arresting three militant associates of LeT/TRF in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In a statement, the police said that Joint Parties of Baramulla Police, Army 29 RR and 2nd Bn SSB while on routine patrolling in the area established MVCP/ naka at […]
SRINAGAR — The three Kashmiri students of an Agra engineering college, who were arrested on charges of edition for allegedly raising pro-Pakistan slogans following Pakistan’s victory in a 120 World Cup match in October, have approached the Allahabad High Court with shail plea. Arsheed isuf, Inayat Altaf sheikh and Showkat Ahmed Ganai were arrested on […]
SRINAGAR — UN human rights body OHCHR “betrays” a complete lack of understanding of the security challenges in Jammu and Kashmir due to cross-border militancy, India said on Thursday for its adverse comments on situation in region, Press trust of India reported. Arindam Bagchi, the spokesperson in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), said authorities […]
