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 — Ruckus erupted in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly on Tuesday over the adoption of a resolution moved by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah a day ago, demanding urgent restoration of full statehood. Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma said the BJP moved a motion on Monday seeking removal of Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather for […]
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 — The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday launched a special enforcement drive against vehicles operating without mandatory transfer of ownership documents after sale or purchase — a move aimed at preventing misuse of non-transferred or non-local registrations. The drive was carried across several districts in the Valley, police said, adding that teams were […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) supremo Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said Jammu and Kashmir lost over 7,000 registered Waqf properties in a year, terming it as the “latest blow” against Muslims. The PDP chief took to X, “Over 3.55 lakh Waqf properties are missing nationwide, with Jammu and Kashmir alone losing 7,240 entries in […]
JAMMU — In a major step to expand the security grid to hilly and remote hamlets, police have constituted 97 new groups of village defence guards (VDGs) with 1,164 new members in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, officials said on Thursday. Hundreds of VDG members from far-flung villages of Arnas block of the district participated […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti Thursday said the “disparity” in granting paroles by the courts “exposes a troubling inconsistency and bias” in the country’s justice system. “Tragic and puzzling that Umar Khalid had to wait five years just to get a 13-day parole to attend his sister’s wedding while convicts like Gurmeet Singh guilty […]
JAMMU — The administration on Thursday ordered a comprehensive audit of adherence to building plans and fire safety norms in all commercial establishments across Jammu district, officials said. The move gains significance in the wake of the recent major fire tragedy in north Goa that claimed 25 lives, including of 20 staff members and five […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday called for boosting revenues across all streams and exercising strict control over avoidable expenditure, and urged departments to sustain the momentum throughout the remaining months of the fiscal year. These directions were given by Abdullah while chairing a review meeting to assess the progress […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday inaugurated residential blocks with 56 flats meant for government employees at two locations here. He opened the housing blocks by cutting a ceremonial ribbon at Ahata Amar Singh and Sarwal areas of the city. According to a statement, the chief minister at the site […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Thursday granted interim bail to former JNU scholar and Delhi riots conspiracy accused Umar Khalid to attend his sister’s wedding. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Sameer Bajpai said that Khalid will remain on bail from December 16 to December 29. “Considering the fact that the marriage is of the […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday handed over appointment letters to 41 Next of Kin (NoKs) of terrorism victims from Jammu Division. Appointment letters were also handed over to 22 beneficiaries in age-relaxation cases and 19 wards of J&K Police martyrs under SRO-43 and the Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme (RAS). Earlier, on July […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Police on Thursday carried out coordinated searches at multiple locations in Sopore town of Baramulla district in north Kashmir linked to members of the banned organisation Tehreek-e-Hurriyat as part of the investigation into FIR No. 10/2024 registered under Sections 10 and 13 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. The searches were conducted […]
