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 […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Sunday said the party has expanded its nationwide campaign against examination paper leaks to all 20 districts of the Union territory, and alleged that the Centre has failed to safeguard the future of students. He said the Congress high command had announced 28 pilot […]
ISLAMABAD — Former skipper Babar Azam has been named to return as captain as Pakistan revealed their Test squads for upcoming ICC World Test Championship assignments against the West Indies and England. Babar replaces Shan Masood in the role and will lead the side for two Test in the Caribbean from July 25 and a […]
POONCH — An army soldier was injured in a landmine explosion near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on Thursday, officials said. Rifleman Mohd Asif Rather, who was part of a patrolling party, accidentally stepped over a landmine in a forward area in the Balakote sector of Mendhar sub-division around […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday attached properties belonging to two proclaimed offenders in Baramullah’s Sopore area, a police spokesperson said. Nearly half an acre of orchard land that was attached belonged to two proclaimed offenders — Sopore’s Warpora village residents Afroz Ahmad War and Maqsood Ahmad War — booked under an Arms […]
ISLAMABAD — A high court in Pakistan on Thursday ordered the release of over 120 arrested workers of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party after approving their bail. They were among hundreds of supporters of the PTI arrested by police on the occasion of a protest by the party in November last […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar has arrested an accused person for his involvement in extortion case following a detailed investigation. The accused person had a history of over 30 criminal cases, and had previously been booked under the PSA twice. A written complaint was received by Police Post Bagyas on 10th […]
ANANTNAG (KIMS) — In a decisive action against Drug trafficking and its financial networks, Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a residential property in Anantnag district of South Kashmir on Thursday. Jammu and Kashmir Police attached double-storey under-construction residential house spread over 1 Kanal of land and valued at ₹1 crore of Abdul Majeed Bhat, son-in-law […]
JAMMU — The helicopter and ropeway service at the Vaishno Devi shrine remained suspended on Thursday as high-altitude areas of Jammu and Kashmir experienced snowfall while the plains, including Jammu city, were lashed by rains, ending a prolonged dry spell, officials said. Jammu division had recorded an 83 per cent rainfall deficit and Kashmir Valley […]
KARACHI — Pakistan all-rounder Khushdil Shah is surprised that he has been picked for the Champions Trophy despite dishing out ordinary performances, saying he himself doesn’t know “how I got into the team”. Khushdil, a middle-order left-hand batter, scored a stroke-filled 69 off 49 deliveries but his efforts went in vain as Pakistan lost the […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Tariq Hameed Karra on Thursday dismissed rumours of any rift with the National Conference and said his party is very much part of the Omar Abdullah-led government in the Union Territory. He expected the formation of a coordination committee, comprising members of Congress and National Conference, soon. “We […]
RAJOURI — A 28-year-old woman died of pregnancy complications during treatment at a hospital in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district early Thursday, sparking protest by her agitated relatives against alleged medical negligence, officials said. The protesters, however, dispersed after Rajouri Additional District Development Commissioner (ADDC) Raj Kumar Thapa visited the scene and assured a time-bound […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said the Election Commission should clarify its stand on reports that the US spent USD 21 million for “voter turnout in India”. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here, he vehemently opposed foreign interference in the country’s democratic exercise. “It (foreign […]
