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 […]
SRINAGAR — Senior PDP leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, a close aide of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, was an asset for Pakistan-based militant groups and his 13 years’ journey from 2007 as a journalist and politician was a “saga of subterfuge, deceit and double dealing”, alleges a police chargesheet against him. Parra is […]
SRINAGAR — The Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Sunday took a strong exception to the letter written by Deputy Commissioner Srinagar in which he has demeaned DAK President Dr Nisar ul Hassan and attempted to belittle all the good work he has been doing vis-à-vis the Covid-19 pandemic. Condemning the letter, DAK spokesperson, Dr Riyaz […]
BIJBEHARA — A 37-year-old mentally unsound woman allegedly committed suicide at her home in Bijbehara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Sunday morning. A police official told that the woman (name withheld), a resident of Sethar locality of Bijbehara allegedly hanged herself at her home. She was rushed to SDH Bijbehara by her family […]
NEW DELHI — India on Sunday recorded 114,460 fresh cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare. With this, the country’s total infection tally reached 28,809,339 and its death toll rose to 346,759 after 2,677 people lost their lives due to the virus in 24 hours. The […]
NEW DELHI — Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday said that no decision has been taken by the Central government on the 2021 Hajj pilgrimage yet, adding that India will stand with the Saudi Arabia government’s decision for annual Hajj yatra amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. “Hajj will depend on the […]
UNITED NATIONS — UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed ‘outrage’ on Saturday for the killing of more than 100 people, including children, in Burkina Faso. Guterres “strongly condemns the heinous attack and underscores the urgent need for the international community to redouble support to Member States in the fight against violent extremism and its unacceptable human […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Students’ Association has launched a toll-free helpline to address students’ grievances. The toll-free number will be available 24×7 and will address the problems of the students of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh regions. Students of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh facing problems relating to their college campuses anywhere in […]
KULGAM — Two days after he fell off a slab in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, a 5-year-old boy succumbed to his injuries at SK Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) on Saturday. An official told that theboy identified as Musa Shahnawaz, son of Shahwnawaz Ahmad Rather, was injured after he fell off the slab of his […]
ISLAMABAD — Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday announced to convene a meeting of the foreign ministers of Muslim nations in Islamabad next year to highlight the issue of Kashmir and get their support. He was addressing a gathering of political workers of his Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf party in his home town of Multan. ‘If […]
Pakistan’s skipper Babar Azam is no less than an inspiration to millions of cricket enthusiasts across the globe. In a short span in his cricket career, the 26-year-old has achieved unprecedented success and is already counted as one of the best batsmen of the modern era. Making his debut in 2015 for Pakistan against Zimbabwe, […]
