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 […]
JAMMU — A Border Security Forces personnel was killed after his service rifle went off accidentally in Nowshera area of Rajouri district on Monday. Officials told GNS that today during Naka duty, the rifle of a BSF personnel went off accidentally resulting instant death of the said personnel. He has been identified as Head constable […]
JAMMU — The militant attack by Pakistan-based outfit The Resistance Front (TRF) in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday claimed the lives of seven civilians. Among the victims was Shashi Abrol, a Jammu resident and tunnel designer working on the Gagangir-Sonamarg tunnel project to ensure an all-weather road between Srinagar and Sonamarg. Shashi Abrol’s […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Kumar Choudhary on Monday condemned the militant attack in Ganderbal that killed seven persons, and said that similar incidents have been carried out before elections in the past. The deputy chief minister said that the situation needs to improve, and they must work towards that improvement. […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, a prominent religious cleric, expressed deep sorrow on Monday over the loss of seven lives in a militant attack in the Gagangir area of Sonamarg, in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Condemning the killing of six workers and a doctor at a construction site, Mirwaiz said, “I am deeply saddened […]
SRINAGAR — A National Investigation Agency (NIA) team led by a senior officer is headed to the militant attack site in Gagangir in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district where a doctor and six construction workers were killed when militants opened fire at a construction site on Sunday. Sources said a Superintendent of Police rank officer […]
SRINAGAR — Pakistan-based militant outfit The Resistance Front (TRF) has owned responsibility for Sunday’s attack in Jammu & Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, official sources have confirmed. Sources said, “TRF Chief Sheikh Sajjad Gul, based in Pakistan, is the mastermind of this attack. On his instructions, the local module of TRF became active, which for the first […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A militant was killed after joint team of forces foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kamalkot area of Uri in Baramulla district of North Kashmir. The infiltration bid was foiled by the joint team of forces including Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday evening […]
NEW DELHI — The Congress on Monday condemned the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal and said this “inhumane and despicable act” of targeted violence will not deter India in building key infrastructure projects in Jammu and Kashmir. A doctor and six labourers were killed when terrorists struck a tunnel-construction site on the Srinagar-Leh […]
SRINAGAR — A doctor and six labourers were killed when militants struck a tunnel-construction site on the Srinagar-Leh national highway in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Sunday, officials said. The unidentified militants carried out the attack when the labourers and other staff working on the tunnel project at Gund in Ganderbal had returned to […]
DUBAI — Clinical bowling by Amelia Kerr and Rosemary Mair helped New Zealand beat South Africa by 32 runs to lift their maiden title in the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Stadium here on Sunday. Kerr and Mair picked three wickets each to restrict the Proteas to 126/9 in the second […]
