NEW YORK — The price of oil surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time in almost six weeks after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to debilitate an already weakened supply chain. The most heavily traded contract for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, settled at $97.89 […]
SRINAGAR — Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday called on the opposition to unite and raise its voice amid growing demands to sack Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar over the controversy surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Speaking to reporters in Anantnag, the former Union minister […]
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 […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the government will accommodate students affected by the closure of a medical college by adjusting them in other institutions through supernumerary seats, asserting that their education will not be allowed to suffer. The chief minister also said that accountability must be fixed if […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday said he had directed an immediate relocation of students admitted to Mata Vaishno Devi Medical College to facilities in their hometowns. The decision was announced a day after, the National Medical Commission’s Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) withdrew the letter of permission granted […]
JAMMU — Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Singh Choudhary on Wednesday criticised the BJP following the closure of the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence, saying the move has “destroyed Jammu” and jeopardised the future of the region’s youth. The National Medical Commission’s (NMC) Medical Assessment and Rating Board (MARB) on Tuesday withdrew the […]
JAMMU/SRINAGAR — The NMC’s decision to withdraw permission granted for setting up an MBBS course in a Jammu college over its non-compliance of “minimum standards” has evoked mixed reactions, with the BJP and protest groups welcoming the move, while the NC, Congress and PDP have termed it a setback. The Sangharsh Samiti, a recently formed […]
SRINAGAR — The Counter Intelligence wing of the Jammu and Kashmir Police detained 22 suspects on Wednesday following raids at multiple locations across the valley, officials said. They said the operation was part of an investigation into a cyber terror case involving the use of mule accounts. The Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK) carried out simultaneous […]
JAMMU — An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in a remote village in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. The encounter started at Kahog village of Billawar this evening when security forces launched a search operation following information about presence of two to three terrorists, they said. “SOG […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday hit out at Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah for maintaining “silence” on issues concerning the people of the Union territory. In her brief speech while speaking at the tenth death anniversary of her father and PDP founder Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Mehbooba said […]
ANANTNAG, Sheikh Nadeem/Zubair Ul Islam (KIMS) — Hailing from a middle-class family of Shipora area of Anantnag, Dar Aijaz’s rise from a roadside street vendor to a successful small entrepreneur, who now owns three shops in Janglat Mandi, is a story of perseverance, patience and self-belief. Aijaz began his journey with very limited means, selling […]
JAMMU — Union Home Minister Amit Shah will chair a high-level security review meeting on Jammu and Kashmir in New Delhi on Thursday, as the Lt Governor, Manoj Sinha, senior officers of J&K Police, civil administration, CAPFs, intelligence agencies, and the top officials of the home ministry (MHA) will attend the meeting. The review meeting […]
JAMMU — The decision of the National Medical Commission (NMC) to withdraw the permission to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Institute of Medical Excellence (SMVDIME) for starting the MBBS course has stirred the Hornet’s nest in political and public circles of Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has lashed out at the Sanghrash Samiti for […]
