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 — BJP national president Nitin Nabin will visit Jammu on July 6 and 7 on his first visit to the Union Territory after assuming charge of the party earlier this year, a senior party leader said on Sunday. Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Sat Sharma announced at a meeting of party office bearers here, […]
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 […]
JAMMU — Shiv Sena (UBT) activists led by local party unit president Manish Sahni on Saturday staged a protest here, demanding immediate restoration of statehood to the Union Territory. The protest was staged near Tawi bridge in front of the statue of last Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh with participants holding placards that read “stop […]
JAMMU — A female teacher was killed after a vehicle met with an accident near Mokha Gali Jamaslan area of Mahore in Reasi district on Saturday. Officials told GNS that the incident happened when a Alto car bearing registration number JK20B-3452 lost its control and rolled down 350 feet deep from the road near Mokha […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a residential property of a chronic drug peddler under NDPS Act in Srinagar district of Kashmir valley. Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a residential house valuing about Rs 19 lakhs of a chronic drug peddler, Mohammad Younis Wani, son of Mohammad Maqbool Wani of Ranbirgarh Srinagar under […]
NEW DELHI — The NIA on Saturday filed a charge sheet against an accused who provided logistical support for a militant attack on a bus carrying pilgrims near Katra in Jammu and Kashmir in June. Eight pilgrims as well as the bus driver were killed in the incident. Hakam Khan alias Hakim Din was charged […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti Saturday said the idea of ‘one nation, one election’ undermines the the country’s federal structure. “Unfortunately, this NDA government is destroying India’s Constitution day by day. India is a federal country, which has a federal structure. By talking of ‘one nation, one election’, you are undermining […]
NEW DELHI — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has bluntly termed the dual governance model in the Union Territory — where he shares power with the lieutenant governor — a “recipe for disaster”, as he urged the Centre to keep its promise and restore statehood to the region at the earliest. In his […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Cyber Cell have successfully recovered a total of ₹1,55,208 by resolving multiple cases of online financial fraud in Kupwara district of North Kashmir on Saturday. “In July 2024, the Cyber Cell of Kupwara Police received a complaint regarding an online earning fraud in which the complainant was duped of ₹84,380. Acting swiftly, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — While continuing its efforts to combat the drug menace and dismantle narcotics trafficking networks, Jammu and Kashmir Police has apprehended a drug peddler in Pulwama district of South Kashmir on Saturday. The arrest of a drug peddler has further strengthen the fight against illegal drugs in the district. “Acting on leads that […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah is likely to chair a high-level security meeting in the national capital on December 19, official sources said on Saturday. The officials, privy to the development, told ANI that the meeting will primarily focus on critical security issues, with a special emphasis on the situation in Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — The PDP on Saturday resolved to “reinvigorate its struggle” for peace with dignity for Jammu and Kashmir, using all democratic and constitutional methods for resolving the “Kashmir issue”, including the restoration of the erstwhile state’s special status. The Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) passed a resolution in this connection during its general council meeting […]
