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 Saturday wrote to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, demanding a thorough probe over the alleged assault on party MLA Nizam-ud-din Bhat by some National Conference workers. He called for a thorough investigation into the incident and expressed hope that the chief minister would intervene promptly […]
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 […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — ANN News has shot a legal notice to Facebook Page administrator ‘Kashmiri Blasters’ seeking Rs. 25 lakh compensation for making infringement of its copyright. The notice has asked the Facebook Page administrator to delete the replication of TV show namely Spin and Win and tender written apology within seven days. ANN News […]
RAJOURI — Soldiers on patrolling duty were fired upon from a forest across the Line of Control (LoC) in the Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, prompting retaliation by the Indian troops, security officials said. There was no casualty in the brief firing but an alert has been sounded to maintain strict vigil, […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) founder Imran Khan has written a “second open letter” to Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Asim Munir, stressing that the country’s biggest political party is being “targeted”. “I wrote an open letter to the Army Chief (you) with sincere intentions for the betterment of the country and the nation, […]
JAMMU — Stressing the historical ties between Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday reaffirmed that administrative reorganisation would not alter the deep-rooted relationship between the two regions. Ladakh was carved out as a separate Union Territory from Jammu and Kashmir on October 31, 2019, following abrogation of Article 370 and […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday passed a snide remark on opposition parties as the BJP was heading for a decisive victory in the Delhi assembly polls. “Aur lado aapas mein!!! (Keep on fighting each other),” Abdullah posted on X with a meme. He was referring to the trends emerging […]
NEW DELHI — The BJP has secured a majority in the Delhi Assembly elections, winning 38 out of 70 seats, according to the Election Commission. The saffron party is also leading in 10 seats, while the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP has secured a total of 17 seats and is leading in five more, the EC data […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders and workers have been arrested in Multan and Muzaffarabad as the party holds rallies nationwide to mark February 8 as ‘Black Day,’ the anniversary of last year’s controversial elections. In Multan, PTI leaders Meher Bano Qureshi, Zahid Bahar Hashmi, and Dalir Meher were detained by police at Pull Chatta […]
JAMMU — Days after Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq met members of the displaced Kashmiri Pandits to discuss their return to the valley, Panun Kashmir – a prominent group representing the community – on Saturday dismissed the reconciliatory efforts as “meaningless”. The group said the struggle for a separate homeland within Kashmir where Kashmiri […]
BEIJING — Visiting Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has broached the Kashmir issue during his talks with the Chinese President Xi Jinping, even as the two countries reaffirmed the importance of their defence cooperation in maintaining “strategic balance” in the region. “The Pakistani side briefed the Chinese side on the latest developments in the situation […]
JAMMU — The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday arrested the main accused in a multi-crore loan scam in J&K Bank immediately after his bail application was denied by the court here. The arrested individual, identified as Rohit Taroch, is a former employee of the BC Road branch of the bank in […]
