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 — Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has undertaken several initiatives to provide avenues of livelihood to the youth which are even more lucrative than a government job. However, he said to avail these avenues, the youth need to liberate their mindset from the clutches of […]
JAMMU — Eleven people were apprehended for alleged stone pelting during an anti-encroachment drive in Reasi district on Saturday, officials said. Groups of people indulged in stone pelting soon after revenue officials accompanied by police personnel started the anti-encroachment drive in Gram Morh village, the officials said. They said the encroached prime land belonged to […]
MUMBAI — At least 26 naxals were killed on Saturday in an encounter with police in eastern Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district, over 900 km from Mumbai, senior officials said. “We have recovered the bodies of 26 naxals so far from the forest,” said district Superintendent of Police Ankit Goyal. The gunbattle took place in the morning […]
SRINAGAR — Candidates who appeared for entrance exams of Jammu and Kashmir Legal Services Authority (JKLSA) have raised questions over the transparency of exams by the authority. The candidates who appeared in the exams for five posts of legal assistants said that in the name of exams it was a mockery and raised eyebrows over […]
NEW DELHI — Former Pakistan fast bowler Wasim Akram is backing Australia to beat New Zealand in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup 2021 final in Dubai as he feels that Aaron Finch’s team has a slight edge over their trans-Tasman rivals. Both Australia and New Zealand registered similar wins in their respective semifinals against […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation (JKRTC) today terminated the services of three employees for dereliction of their duties. The terminated employees included JKRTC Conductors Abdul Majid Dar and Sham-us-din besides Helper Rouf Ahmad Shah. Managing Director, JKRTC, has warned all the employees to perform their duties with full zeal and zest and […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu & Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) General Secretary Surinder Singh Channi on Saturday during his tour met people from different areas of Tral and heard their issues. JKPCC General Secretary Surinder Singh Channi during a daylong tour of Tral in Pulwama District expressed serious concern over the dilapidated condition of roads […]
NEW DELHI — Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is working on a proposal for lockdown in Delhi, suggested by the Supreme Court earlier today, as he announces several measures to curb air pollution crisis in the national capital. Kejriwal also added that the government will present […]
NEW DELHI — Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Saturday said cows and their dung and urine can help “strengthen the economy” of the state and country, if a proper system is put in place. Chouhan claimed if women working in the field of cattle-rearing come forward, “our success is assured”. Chouhan was speaking […]
JAMMU — Over 9,000 vacancies in different departments have been filled up under fast track recruitment in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. The selection for 5,000 more posts would be finalised by the end of this year, they said. The government has initiated the “largest ever” recruitment drive in the union territory in […]
