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 […]
ISLAMABAD — Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Thursday the government was ready to form a parliamentary committee to advance talks with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), a couple of days after the latter quit negotiations with the government. The PTI abruptly quit the talks after three meetings, arguing that the government was not genuinely interested in addressing […]
SRINAGAR — The ruling National Conference on Thursday announced that it has sacked the social media advisor to party Vice President Omar Abdullah for erroneously posting claiming credit for the hike in the honorarium of Special Police Officers (SPOs) in Jammu and Kashmir Police. “A recent post concerning the SPOs’ honorarium was shared from various […]
JAMMU — Army troops on Thursday foiled an infiltration attempt by a group of heavily-armed militants along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, security officials said. Alert Army troops picked up the movement of the militants trying to sneak into this side from across the LoC in Khari Karmara […]
ISLAMABAD — A provincial leader of jailed former premier Imran Khan’s party said on Thursday that it would hold a public rally in the Swabi area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on February 8 – the day marks the first anniversary of the controversial general elections of last year. Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa unit chief, Junaid Akbar, said […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said the welfare of the deprived section should be the government’s topmost priority and society’s collective strength must bring the poorest of poor to the mainstream of development. Attending the ‘Shanti Doot Sammelan’ organised by Gandhi Global Family here to mark the martyrdom anniversary […]
JAMMU — A senior National Conference leader on Thursday accused BJP leadership in Jammu and Kashmir of misleading the Centre on the issue of statehood restoration and said “such deceptive tactics are a betrayal of the people’s mandate and a disservice to the aspirations of local residents”. NC provincial president, Jammu, Rattan Lal Gupta, said […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader Waheed Para on Thursday said the amendments to the Waqf Act are an assault on the Muslims of the country which can further marginalise the minority community. Para, an MLA from Pulwama in Jammu and Kashmir, alleged in a post on X that Muslims in India were already among the most […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Thursday launched cordon and search operations following inputs about suspicious movement at different places in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Doda districts, police officials said. The search operations are underway at Jadan Wali Gali, Sani Gali Mohalla, Nadan Wala in Gursai-Harni belt, Dharana Behir Rakh in Mendhar, Fazalabad Nar in […]
KARACHI — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in conjunction with the ICC will hold the opening ceremony of the upcoming Champions Trophy on February 16 in Lahore. A source in the PCB told PTI that chairman Mohsin Naqvi had approved a scheduled list of events prior to the first match of the tournament on February […]
JAMMU — Security forces on Thursday launched a cordon and search operation following information about suspected movement of terrorists in Doda district, police officials said. The search operation was jointly launched by police and CRPF in Dorhu, Basti and adjoining forest area in Bhaderwah at 8.30 am. They said the search operation was going on […]
