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 — Noted artist and graphic designer and Kashmir University staffer, Akhter Rasool died of a cardiac arrest at his home in Babapora area of Habba Kadal in downtown Srinagar on Sunday morning. Sources said that Akhtar had been complaining of breathlessness for the past few days. Akhter, an alumnus of the Institute of Music […]
JAMMU — The National Conference suffered a major setback in Jammu as two prominent leaders Devender Rana and Surjit Singh Slathia resigned from the party on Sunday. They are likely to join the BJP in Delhi on Monday. “Dr Farooq Abdullah has received & accepted the resignations of Mr Salathia & Mr Rana. No further […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police claimed to have solved the Shahgund, Bandipora killing conspiracy case by busting a module and arrested four OGWs LeT (TRF) involved in the killing of Muhammad Shafi Lone alias Sonu “The killing was carried out at the behest and instruction of LeT(TRF) handler Lala Umar, a resident of Pakistan. […]
SRINAGAR — Indian armed forces have detained over 700 people in Jammu and Kashmir in response to the killing of seven civilians, including those from the Kashmiri Pandit, Sikh and Muslim communities, in six days. Among those detained are around 500 residents with suspected links to banned religious and militant groups, news agency AFP reported […]
SRINAGAR — National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday said that it carried searches at seven locations in Kashmir Valley and arrested two “operatives” of TRF (The Resistance Front). The NIA in a statement to GNS said searches at multiple locations in J&K were carried in connection with “LeT- TRF conspiracy case.” “NIA conducted searches with […]
SRINAGAR — Weatherman on Sunday there was possibility of light snow over higher reaches of Gulmarg, Gurez and Tulail area of Baramulla and Bandipora districts alongside with Sonamarg and Drass during next 4-6 hours. “As expected a feeble Western Disturbance has approached J&K on October 10. Under its influence, light rain over plains of North […]
RIYADH — The Ministry of Hajj and Umrah has announced that only fully vaccinated pilgrims with two doses will be allowed to apply for the permit for performing Umrah and prayer at the Grand Mosque in Makkah starting from Sunday, Oct. 10. The same condition will apply for the application of a permit to visit […]
SRINAGAR — Pakistani militant ‘Chhota Walid’, is believed to be the mastermind of the attacks targeting minorities over the last one week in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, The Print quoting sources has reported. According to the report the militant is believed to have had at least two previous stints in Kashmir, infiltrated into Indian territory […]
NEW DELHI — Days after being dropped from the BJP’s national executive, the top decision-making body of the party, Varun Gandhi has said that an attempt is being made to turn the violence in the Lakhimpur Kheri district into a “Hindu vs Sikh battle”. In a tweet Sunday, Gandhi said, “An attempt to turn #LakhimpurKheri […]
SRINAGAR — General Officer Commanding of Army’s 15 Corps, Lt General DP Pandey on Sunday said those involved in recent civilian killings in Kashmir want to trigger a communal divide in the Valley and people would expose these elements. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, the GOC […]
