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 […]
NEW DELHI — Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait on Wednesday said that as many as 500 farmers will reach Delhi on 30 tractors on November 29. He further stated that other details regarding the same will be disclosed after a meeting scheduled to take place on November 26, which marks the first anniversary of […]
NEW DELHI — Gautam Gambhir has alleged a death threat to him and his family from ISIS Kashmir in a police complaint filed in Delhi, NDTV reported. According to the report security has been tightened outside his home in the national capital after the complaint was filed last night, and a probe has been ordered. […]
SRINAGAR — A driver died in a road accident at Shaitani Nallah near Jawahar tunnel, officials said on Wednesday. Officials told that a tanker bearing registration number JK14A/9786 was on way to Srinagar from Jammu in the intervening night of Tuesday-Wednesday when it fell down into a deep gorge at Shatani Nallah. The driver of […]
SRINAGAR — A day after Srinagar recorded the season’s coldest night so far, the minimum temperature rose in the summer capital and elsewhere in Kashmir Valley on Wednesday. A meteorological department official said that mercury settled at 0.3°C against the previous night’s minus 1.7°C which happened to be the coldest low temperature recorded so far […]
SRINAGAR — The administration in Kashmir University has failed to provide electricity to the hostel boarders of Quratul Ain Hyder hostel by not repairing a faulty generator. Students told that from the last one month the electricity generator is not working in the hostel, which is compelling them to spend nights in the dark. “Whenever […]
NEW DELHI — Apple Inc said on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against Israeli cyber firm NSO Group and its parent company OSY Technologies for alleged surveillance and targeting of U.S. Apple users with its Pegasus spyware. The iPhone maker said it is also seeking to ban NSO Group from using any Apple software, […]
NEW DELHI — Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari will lay the foundation stone for 25 National Highway projects of total length 257 km with an investment of Rs 11,721 crores in Jammu on Wednesday. As per an official statement released by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, these projects will […]
JAMMU — Over two dozen activists, including a PDP leader and a prominent trade union leader, joined the BJP here on Tuesday, a party spokesman said. Senior PDP leader Suresh Gupta, trade unionist Prem Chand Sharma and 23 other social activists were welcomed into the party fold by J&K BJP president Ravinder Raina and former […]
SRINAGAR — The main exam for prosecuting officer post will be held in the last week of December, the Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) said on Monday. The detailed schedule of the exam will be issued separately, it has informed candidates. The preliminary phase of the prosecuting officer exam was held in August. […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri journalists on Tuesday organized a blood donation camp in the memory of the colleagues who lost their lives in the past few years, here at Press Club. The fraternity remembered the journalists- Mudasir Ali, Javed Ahmad, Shahid Bukhari and others who died at a very young age. Besides blood donation camp, a […]
