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 […]
On 14 December 1990, the United Nations General Assembly designated 1st October the International Day of Older Persons. In 1991, the General Assembly (by resolution 46/91) adopted the United Nations Principles for Older Persons. Over the next three decades, the number of older persons worldwide is projected to more than double, reaching more than 1.5 […]
SRINAGAR — A three-member “fact-finding committee” will be formed by the Press Council of India to investigate allegations of Kashmiri journalists being harassed and intimidated, the Wire reported. This came after People’s Democratic Party president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti wrote a letter to the council, asking it to send an […]
1. Mr. Gandeep Kumar, Tehsildar R.S. Pura, Jammu is transferred and posted as Tehsildar Warwan, District Kishtwar vice Mr. Akshay Rajan. 2. Mr. Akshay Rajan, Jr. JKAS, Tehsildar Warwan, is transferred and posted as Tehsildar Marheen, District Kathua vice Mr. Gulshan Kumar. 3. Mr. Gulshan Kumar, Tehsildar, Marheen, is transferred and posted as Tehsildar Chiralla, […]
SRINAGAR — Former chief minister of J&K and the PDP chief was Thursday barred from visiting Tral area of South Kashmir as police locked the main gate of her Gupkar residence this morning. A PDP leader said that Mehbooba was scheduled to visit the Seer area of Tral payeen but district administration did not allow […]
TRAL — A family in Seer Jageer area of Tral in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district Tuesday alleged that they were assaulted by the army on Monday evening. The family alleged that their daughter Ishrat Jan was dragged while her clothes were torn before she fell unconscious and was later taken to hospital. Ishrat while talking […]
SRINAGAR — Army on Tuesday said that seven militants were killed in last one week, five of them at Line of Control. Addressing a presser here, Major General Virendra Vats, GOC, 19 Infantry Division, said that a nineteen-year-old militant was also apprehended in keeping with the “ethos and value system of Indian army that we […]
SRINAGAR — The employees at Directorate of Information and Public Relations on Tuesday went on a strike and staged a protest in Srinagar after the Director Information Jammu and Kashmir ordered a ‘salary halt’ for unknown reasons. While talking to news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC) , Vice President employees union, Bilal Ahmad said that […]
PULWAMA — At least 16 sheep were reportedly crushed to death by a speedy tipper in south-Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A nomad (Bakarwal) party was carrying sheep towards Poonch when an unknown tipper hit the livestock near Darul-ul-Uloom Malwari Newa. In the incident around sixteen sheep got killed on the spot even as several others were […]
SRINAGAR — One live round of Insas rifle was recovered at the drop gate from the baggage of one army trooper at Srinagar’s International Airport on Tuesday, sources said. Sources told that one live round of Insas was recovered at the drop gate from the baggage of one passenger identified as Hawaldar, Pawan Singh of […]
SRINAGAR — District administration Srinagar has ordered strict corona curfew in some areas of the city for the period of 10 days starting today. As per an order issued by district magistrate Srinagar Dr. Aijaz Asad, there shall be strict Corona Curfew in the areas of Zadibal (SMC) Ward No’s: 55-Hawal, 56-Alamgari Bazar, & 63-Kathi […]
