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 — Amid reports suggesting that his formal resignation could come on November 3, estranged National Conference Lok Sabha MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Friday said he will resign from Parliament but demanded answers on the party’s shift in stand on Article 370 before stepping down. In a two-page letter to party president Farooq […]
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 […]
MUMBAI — Shiv Sena on Sunday slammed Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Central government for allegedly using CBI and ED for pressurising the non-BJP governments and political opponents in the country. “Even in the pre-independence period, people were not afraid of the tyrannical British rule. Today rich politicians, industrialists submit before the ‘ED’ and ‘CBI’. The […]
KARGIL — Barely three days after the leaders of different political parties of J&K held talks with the Prime Minister of India, the leadership of the Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) has received an invitation from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to hold talks with Minister of State (MOS) home GK Reddy on 01 July […]
NEW DELHI — The Indian Air Force is probing whether the two low-intensity explosions at its base in Jammu on Sunday were part of a terror attack, people familiar with the defence and security establishment said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh’s office said he spoke to Vice Air Chief, Air Marshal HS Arora over the explosions. […]
JAMMU — A team of National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrived at Air Force Station in Jammu following drone attack late last night. Two low intensity explosions took place in high security technical area of the Jammu Air Force Station. Initial inputs suggest that shaped charge (explosive device) were used for the explosions. According to sources, […]
JAMMU — In a major development, the administration has sounded an alert across the Jammu division following explosions inside the Jammu’s airport’s technical area earlier today at around 1.42 am, reports Indian Express. As a result of the explosions, one person was injured after being likely hit by a splinter. It is being said that […]
JAMMU — Two explosions, within a gap of five minutes, rocked the high security technical area of Jammu airport in the early hours of Sunday, officials said. The first blast, which took place around 1.45 am, ripped off the roof of a building at the technical area of the airport manned by the Air Force. […]
SRINAGAR — Four persons including a non-local lady sustain minor injuries after militants hurled a grenade towards CRPF deployment in Barbarshah area of Srinagar city. Sources told KNT that the grenade was tossed towards a CRPF party deployed on the bridge. The grenade exploded on the road, leaving four pedestrians injured. The injured were shifted […]
SRINAGAR — Director Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) Prof. A.G. Ahangar, who was going to retire today, got further extension in his service on Saturday by the Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha. In an order, government said that Dr A.G. Ahanger, who was going to retire today has been given further extension of six months […]
SRINAGAR — It is foolish to demand the restoration of Article 370 of the Constitution from the Modi government, said former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Vice President of the National Conference Omar Abdullah. “It took the BJP 70 years to fulfil its political agenda for (Article) 370. Our struggle has just started. […]
GANDERBAL — Police here in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district prevented a minor girl from ending her life. Police foiled her attempt of jumping into the river. A police official told news agency Kashmir News Trust that on Friday late evening a police party headed by Chowki Officer Shadipora, Sub-Inspector Gulzar Ahmed spotted a girl roaming […]
