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 […]
HAROON NABI SRINAGAR — Two outsiders from Delhi and Punjab have bought land in Jammu district after the BJP government abrogated Article 370 and scrapped permanent residence laws. However, no outsider has purchased any land or house in Kashmir valley. As per official documents available with Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com (KDC), Neelam […]
ANANTNAG — Army’s 19 Rashtriya Rifles Fateh Company Dyalgam organised Youth Carrer Counselling programme for youth. The aim of the programme was to motivate the students about their career, and how to prepare for upcoming army recruitments. Youths were aware about various options available in each stream after class 12th. Students were motivated to choose the […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday passed a resolution, demanding restoration of Article 370, 35A and the full Statehood to Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. The conglomerate also stated that the people of the Union Territory are being humiliated and thus must be stopped as its consequences can be dangerous for the […]
BANDIPORA — The security forces on Tuesday busted a militant hideout in Nagmarg forest area of Aloosa in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, officials said. An official told that based on specific information, Army’s 26-Assam Rifles unit launched a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) following which a militant hideout was busted in Nagmarg forest area. He […]
NEW DELHI — Former JNU student leader Umar Khalid, arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in the north-east Delhi riots conspiracy case, told a Delhi Court on Monday that there were various contradictions in the police’s claims and called it a “cooked up” case. Khalid, along with several others, has been booked under the […]
UJJAIN (MP) — Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh has said the people booked under the NSA in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh some days ago for alleged inflammatory sloganeering were shouting ‘qazi sahab zindabad’ and not ‘Pakistan zindabad’. In a tweet on Sunday night, the Rajya Sabha MP said the slogan was tweaked on the basis […]
KOLKATA — India should not get militarily involved in Afghanistan, former IAF chief Arup Raha said on Monday, warning that China and Pakistan will burn their fingers by cosying up to the Taliban. The former Indian Air Force (IAF) air chief marshal said that the Taliban policy of China and Pakistan will backfire on them […]
KUPWARA — Ten hand grenades were recovered during a joint search operation conducted by army’s 160 TA, 17JAK RIF and SOG Kralpora in a residential house in Kralpora, officials said on Monday evening. They said that based on specific input, searches were launched in the residential house of Mohammad Yousaf Mir son of Mohammad Yaseen […]
SRINAGAR — A Central Reserve Police force (CRPF) Head Constable was on Monday evening injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade in Eidgah area of Srinagar. Official sources told that the militants lobbed a grenade on CRPF bunker of 161 battalion at Ali Masjid at Eidgah area of Srinagar. They said that a CRPF HC […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday evening killed two militants including a top commander in a shootout in Alochibagh area of Srinagar city. The duo were identified as Mohammad Abbas Sheikh LeT/TRF Commander son of Ghulam Hassan Sheikh from Rampora Koimoh in Kulgam district and Saqib Manzoor Dar son of Manzoor Ahmad Dar […]
