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 […]
SRINAGAR — Rains continued to lash plains while higher reaches amassed more light snow in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. The weatherman has forecast improvement in overall conditions with dry weather in store for at least next three days. “Mainly dry weather is expected from October 19-22. There’s no forecast of any major […]
NEW DELHI — Slamming Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on October 17 asked the Sarsanghchalak what development Jammu and Kashmir witnessed while adding that the Centre has failed to secure the union territory. Sibal said, “Bhagwat ji says there is huge development in Jammu and Kashmir. We want […]
CHANDIGARH — Haryana Police on Sunday said former India cricketer Yuvraj Singh was arrested and released on bail in an alleged casteist remarks case in compliance with a High Court order. Singh is accused of making casteist remarks against another cricketer during an Instagram chat last year. The police said it was a “formal arrest” […]
SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar on Sunday termed as fake the order quoting him to all concerned to bring all non-local labourers to nearest police, CAPF, and army establishments “just now” across the Valley as “fake”. “No such order has been issued. It is totally fake,” the top police officer told. — […]
NEW DELHI — The clamour for cancellation of India vs Pakistan match in the upcoming ICC T20 World Cup is increasing amid recent killings in Jammu and Kashmir, where several civilians especially non-locals and those belonging to the minority communities have lost their lives. Since Saturday, four non-local labourers have been shot dead in several […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Sunday said Kashmiris were not involved in the recent civilian killings in the union territory and that these attacks were carried under a conspiracy to defame Kashmiris. He also termed these incidents an attempt to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere in the union territory. “These killings are unfortunate and […]
KULGAM — At least two non-local labourers were killed while another was injured after they were attacked by unknown gunmen in Laran Ganjipora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday evening. An official told that suspected militants fired upon three non-local labourers in Ganjipora area of Kulgam, leaving two of them dead and another […]
SRINAGAR — Three Haryana residents were injured, two of them critically, after a truck they were traveling in skidded off the road and fell into rivulet in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday. Quoting officials, news agency GNS reported that the truck bearing registration number HR39E-2622 on way from Heerpora to Shopain met with the […]
SRINAGAR — Rains lashed plains while upper reaches received fresh light snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir since midnight, officials said on Sunday. The weatherman has forecast widespread light to moderate rain and snow to continue till forenoon on Monday. “As expected, light rain occurred at most places of Kashmir and at scattered places of Jammu,” […]
SRINAGAR — 45 days after Hurriyat Conference chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani died, government on Saturday ordered termination from services of his grandson Anees-ul-Islam, Research Officer in Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre here. The government also terminated services of a teacher from Doda. The orders have been issued by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha in terms of […]
