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 […]
SRINAGAR — A Delhi court is likely to pronounce on Monday its order on a regular bail plea of Engineer Rashid, the Lok Sabha MP from J&K’s Baramulla, in a militant funding case. Additional Sessions Judge Chander Jit Singh, who on September 10 granted interim bail to Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popular as Engineer Rashid, to […]
SRINAGAR — An investigation into the October 20 militant attack in Gagangir in Jammu and Kashmir’s Gaderbal district has indicated significant gaps in intelligence and undetected infiltration since last one year along the Line of Control (LoC), officials said on Sunday. The attack, which claimed the lives of seven individuals, including a local doctor and […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday urged the youth of the Union Territory to take advantage of the dynamic and competitive environment and knowledge platforms to set new goals in life. Addressing a student felicitation programme at the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) here, Sinha said as […]
TEHRAN — Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Sunday said Israel’s attack on the Islamic republic “should neither be exaggerated nor minimised”. “The evil perpetrated by the Zionist regime (Israel) two nights ago must not be exaggerated or minimised,” he said in a post on X. Without elaborating, he describing the deadly attack as […]
LAHORE — The Pakistan cricket selectors have announced 15-member squads for the tours of Australia and Zimbabwe, where the national side will play three ODIs and three T20Is each. The Australia tour will run from 4-18 November, while the matches in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, will be played from 24 November to 5 December. Pakistan’s white-ball captain […]
DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA STRIP — Israeli strikes on northern Gaza have killed at least 22 people, Palestinian medical officials said. The Gaza Health Ministry’s emergency service said that 11 women and two children were among those killed in the strikes late Saturday on several homes and buildings in the northern town of Beit Lahiya. It […]
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reportedly decided to appoint wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan as the captain of Pakistan’s white-ball cricket teams, Geo News learned on Saturday. Sources have told Geo News that Rizwan’s meeting with PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi has ended and the chief has decided to name the keeper as captain of […]
JAMMU — Police and other security agencies on Saturday chalked out a roadmap to check militant activities in the border district of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The discussions were held during the Subsidiary Multi Agency Centre (SMAC) meeting chaired by Rajouri Senior Superintendent of Police Randeep Kumar, a police spokesperson said. The […]
NEW DELHI (KIMS) — In a major breakthrough, Punjab Police busted a cross-border smuggling racket and arrested two associates of foreign-based drug smuggler Navpreet Singh, alias Nav Bhullar, on Sunday. Police in a statement said, “Punjab Police recovered 105kg of heroin, 31.93kg of caffeine anhydrous, 17kg of DMR, 5 foreign-made pistols, and 1 desi katta.” […]
JAMMU — Expressing concern over the recent militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir that killed 12 persons, including two soldiers, over the past one week, J&K Congress on Saturday urged the Centre to take along the newly-elected National Conference government to defeat militancy in the Union Territory. The Congress also slammed the BJP for the […]
