SINGAPORE — Oil prices rose on Monday following days of tit-for-tat strikes by the U.S. and Iran that underscored the fragility of their interim peace deal and again slowed energy shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures climbed 58 cents, or 0.8%, to $72.57 a barrel at 0207 GMT while U.S. West Texas […]
SRINAGAR — More than 150 civil society representatives unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday, urging the Centre to restore statehood to Jammu and Kashmir without further delay. The resolution was adopted at a meeting convened by National Conference president Farooq Abdullah at Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre (SKICC) here. “More than 150 representatives from various sections […]
NEW DELHI — Former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran died on Tuesday, a day short of his 39th birthday, after reportedly undergoing treatment for a rare severe immune system disorder at a New Delhi hospital. “With profound grief and deep sorrow, the Afghanistan Cricket Board mourns the passing of former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran,” […]
JAMMU — The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Para on Wednesday strongly advocated treating the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits as a matter of “dignity” rather than merely that of “relief or consumer issue”. He also called for the formation of district-level nodal agencies to resolve their problems. He further urged the government to formulate […]
LONDON — The United Kingdom (UK) government’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has declared Hasan Nawaz, son of PML-N President and former prime minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, as a “deliberate tax defaulter”. The UK government has updated the list of defaulters on its official website, which included Hasan’s name, declaring him a deliberate tax defaulter. […]
JAMMU — National Conference (NC) MLA Ali Mohammad Sagar on Wednesday pitched for holding talks with Pakistan and urged the BJP members in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly to push New Delhi to engage in dialogue with the neighbouring country. The NC MLA also took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for communal […]
LAHORE — Pakistan’s Punjab government has imposed a lifetime ban on three stage dancers-actresses accusing them of promoting “vulgarity” and “indecency” in their performances. According to a notification, a ban was imposed on dancers-actresses Khushbu Khan, Nida Chaudhry and Afrin Khan for their recent “indecent and vulgar” performances in theatres of Lahore. “We have decided […]
DODA — Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Doda Mehraj Malik has responded to the non-bailable warrant issued against him by a Jammu court, stating that it is a personal issue and he is focused on his duties in the assembly. “I am an MLA; you may ask me about what is going on in the […]
JAMMU — A court in Jammu city has issued a non-bailable warrant against Mehraj Malik, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA from the Doda Assembly constituency. Special excise mobile magistrate Jammu has directed police to arrest the MLA and produce him before the court on May 14, the next date of hearing in the case. Former […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly on Wednesday witnessed a ruckus over Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) MLA Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra’s allegation that his cut motions in the grants were erased. The supposed grievance prompted Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather to seek an apology from him for allegedly misleading the public and media. The Speaker said that […]
JAMMU — The J&K government on Wednesday said an investigation is underway by the home department into the recent mysterious deaths of 17 people in Badhaal village in Rajouri district, with clinical reports and laboratory investigations detecting presence of insecticides in the visecra samples of the deceased. The government was responding to the demands of […]
UDHAMPUR — Police on Wednesday arrested a drug peddler and seized 40 kg of poppy from his possession in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur district, officials said. A police team intercepted a vehicle during a routine check at the Jakhani Naka on the highway, they said. During search, two plastic gunny bags were found concealed inside […]
ANANTNAG (KIMS) — Police has successfully solved the case of a missing girl from Kokernag, leading to the arrest of the Accused and the recovery of the victim’s body. On March 16, 2025, Police Station Kokernag received a missing report regarding a girl (name not revealed), and an investigation was promptly initiated. During the course […]
