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 — Congress MLA from Bandipora, Nizamuddin Bhat, alleged that a National Conference MLA’s brother and supporters attempted to assault him during an official meeting on Friday. Jalal Akbar Lone, brother of Sonawari MLA Hilal Akbar Lone, and his aides disrupted the meeting held to review development works and use of funds in Bandipora, resorted […]
LONDON — England captain Ben Stokes made the dramatic decision Sunday to announce his imminent retirement from international cricket midway through the deciding third test against New Zealand. “This is my last two days as your captain and my last two days representing England,” Stokes told his England teammates inside the dressing room at the […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday paid tribute to the 40 CRPF personnel killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama in 2019. The Narendra Modi government is determined to completely destroy terrorists by carrying out a campaign with a “zero-tolerance” policy against them, Shah also said. “On behalf […]
JAMMU — At least 350 members of 70 families, who were shifted to two separation facilities last month owing to mysterious deaths in their village, returned home in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said. Seventeen members of three families, including 13 children, died under mysterious circumstances after falling sick in remote […]
RAJOURI — Army troops have recovered a cache of explosive material, including an anti-tank mine, along the Line of Control in the Rajouri-Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir, security officials said on Thursday. The material was found in a forward village in Tarkundi, an area which connects the twin border districts of Rajouri and Poonch, […]
JAMMU — Terming the problem of Jammu and Kashmir as an “incurable disease”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said the BJP seemed not interested in its resolution like the Pakistani military leadership to polarize the situation for votes in the country. She advocated resolution of the issue in the larger interest of peace and […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s army chief General Asim Munir on Thursday denied receiving any letter from jailed former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan. Geo News reported that talking informally to the media and apparently referring to Khan’s ‘open letters’, the army chief said he would not “read it (letter) even if I […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — In yet another significant measure towards combating drug abuse and dismantling illicit drug networks, Srinagar Police has attached a residential property valuing about Rs 18 lakhs belonging to a notorious drug peddler Javid Ahmad Wani son of Ali Mohammad resident of Gasoo Tehsil Hazratbal under the provisions of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic […]
ISLAMABAD — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday said that the Kashmir issue should be resolved through dialogue between India and Pakistan, with due consideration for the aspirations of the Kashmiri people. President Erdogan, who is in Pakistan on a two-day visit, made the comments after holding one-on-one and delegation talks with Prime Minister […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday expressed optimism about the restoration of statehood, saying, “I believe that time has come now.” Asked if he had raised the issue during his meeting with Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi earlier this week, Abdullah said the process of statehood restoration was […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Hurriyat chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday welcomed High Court’s judgment regarding issuance of travel documents raised hope among those denied passport for years on the basis of their relationship with militants and political prisoners. In a post on X, Mirwaiz said “The High Court’s judgment regarding issuance of travel documents raises […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday called upon the Bharat scouts and guides to act as the ‘agents of change’ at the grassroots level and inspire the youth to dedicate themselves towards constructive transformation of the society and the nation. “Youth is the only power that we have today to […]
