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 — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said no one should object to dialogue between India and Pakistan aimed at improving bilateral relations. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here, Abdullah said the conflict between the two countries was not new and has persisted for the last three […]
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 […]
PULWAMA (KIMS) — While continuing its efforts to eradicate the menace of drugs from the society, Jammu and Kashmir Police have arrested two drug peddlers in Pulwama district of South Kashmir and recovered psychotropic substances from their possession. “On a specific information about concealing of narcotic substance at the residential houses of two drug peddlers […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Monday directed the registrar general of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court to ensure proper video conferencing facilities at a special court in Jammu hearing the 1989 Rubaiya Sayeed kidnapping and the 1990 Srinagar shootout cases involving jailed JKLF chief Yasin Malik and others. The top court also […]
SRINAGAR — The anti-terrorist operation in the forests of Sopore area of Jammu and Kashmir entered the second day on Monday as security forces continued cordon and search of the area, officials said. The security forces maintained a tight cordon at Zaloora Gujjarpati area of Sopore police district and intensified searches for suspected terorrists in […]
RAJOURI — Amid an ongoing probe into the mysterious deaths of 17 members of three families in a remote Jammu and Kashmir village, authorities have sealed a spring in the affected area after its water tested positive for “some pesticides or insecticides”. Additional Deputy Commissioner (Kotranka subdivision) Dil Mir ordered the spring to be sealed […]
UDHAMPUR — Police have arrested a man for mercilessly beating his two minor children, aged five and three years, in the Panchari area of District Udhampur. The incident came to light after a disturbing video went viral on social media, showing Sudesh Kumar S/o Late Sh. Parkash Chand R/o Naagni Chulna brutally assaulting his children. […]
BHADERWAH — Hundreds of tourists flocked to the snow-covered Guldanda in Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district after authorities reopened the Bhadarwah-Pathankot national highway for traffic on Sunday, officials said. The interstate highway, passing through the 9,555-foot-high Guldanda and the 11,000-foot Chattargalla pass, had been closed for traffic after Thursday’s snowfall to avoid any untoward incidents […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday requested the State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation to add his name to the organ donors’ list. Sinha made the request during a programme organised by the Bharatiya Jain Sangathan, Jammu and Kashmir, under the aegis of SS Jain Sabha, Jammu and Kashmir, to […]
RAJOURI — A large cache of government-supplied medicines was found dumped in a gorge in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, prompting the authorities to order a probe. The dumped medicines included tablets and syrups, some still having validity for a few more months. These were found abandoned near Budhkhanari in Darhal tehsil, officials said on […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha today interacted with the youth from Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, who are on a five-day visit to Jammu under Border Area Youth Exchange Programme (BAYEP), under the aegis of NYKS-MY Bharat, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. During the interaction, […]
JAMMU — A high-level inter-ministerial team Sunday reached Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district where a mysterious illness is wreaking havoc, killing another person on Sunday and taking the death toll to 17. Union Home Minister Amit Shah had on Saturday ordered the constitution of an inter-ministerial team to ascertain the causes of deaths that took […]
