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 — A ban under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act may be imposed on both factions of the secessionist conglomerate Hurriyat Conference which has been spearheading the separatist movement in Jammu and Kashmir for over two decades, officials said. They said a recent probe into the granting of MBBS seats to Kashmiri students by […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Saturday arrested a person accused of extorting money under the cover of being a journalist, nearly two weeks after a complaint was lodged against him, his organization ‘Kashmir Crown’, and its editor-in-chief Imran Ahmad Ganai, popularly known as Shahid Imran in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The arrested accused has been identified […]
ESS NADEEM ANANTNAG — As the country celebrated Raksha Bandhan on Sunday, tying rakhi’s who vowed to protect them. The festival celebrates the bond between a brother and a sister. In South Kashmirs Anantnag district Social worker celeberates Raksha Bandhan with Army Jawans of 1 Rashtriya Rifles at Highground Anantnag. On Sunday in show of […]
ESS ENN ANANTNAG — Army’s 19 RR organised medical cum Vet camp and distribution of free medicines for the local populace of Larnoo and adjacent villages.Medical Camp organised by Major Pankaj and his team. The need of organising a medical cum vet camp was most of these villages were suffering from Seasonal illness and children […]
KABUL — Days after vowing to respect women’s rights in Afghanistan, Taliban officials in the restive Herat province have banned co-education in government and private universities, describing it as the ‘root of all evils in society’. The decision was taken after a meeting between varsity professors, owners of private institutions, and Taliban authorities, Khaama Press […]
JAMMU — Two senior employees of Military Engineering Services (MES) were arrested after they were allegedly caught accepting a bribe of Rs 40,000 here, an official said on Sunday. Assistant Garrison Engineer Abhay Kumar and Junior Engineer Atma Singh were trapped by sleuths in a swift operation on Saturday following a complaint about their involvement […]
LEH — A bridge and standing crops were damaged on Sunday in flash floods in several villages in Ladakh, where authorities sounded an alert after an outburst of an artificial lake resulted in blockage of the Zanskar river, officials said. Chief Executive Officer, District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Sonam Chosjor said there was an outburst […]
ALIGARH — Afghan students at the Aligarh Muslim University have been assured of full safety by the university administration. Vice-Chancellor Professor Tariq Mansoor assured the Afghan students studying at the AMU of all help and cooperation. “They need not worry about their stay and studies as the university will take all necessary measures to ensure […]
NEW DELHI — A special repatriation flight by the Indian Air Force, carrying 168 passengers from Kabul — including 107 Indians — landed near Delhi Sunday morning. Another group of 87 Indians and two Nepalese nationals, who were flown in an IAF aircraft to the Tajikistan capital of Dushanbe from Kabul on Saturday, arrived in […]
Slain Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant’s father among slain in Tral encounter SRINAGAR — Five militants belonging to two different militant outfits were killed in two different encounters at Khrew and Tral areas of PD (Police District) Awantipora in Pulwama district on Friday and Saturday. Reports said, a Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) was launched jointly by the team of government […]
