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 — Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Saturday wrote to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, demanding a thorough probe over the alleged assault on party MLA Nizam-ud-din Bhat by some National Conference workers. He called for a thorough investigation into the incident and expressed hope that the chief minister would intervene promptly […]
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 […]
NEW DELHI — As the second phase of polling begins in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday appealed to the people of the Union Territory to vote in large numbers for a developed and terror-free region. Voting began on Wednesday for the second phase of the assembly election in Jammu and […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday appealed to voters in Jammu and Kashmir to use their franchise as the second round of polling in the Union Territory began. “I appeal to all voters that they must cast their votes and play an important role in strengthening democracy,” Modi said while greeting the […]
SRINAGAR — Voting began on Wednesday for the second phase of the assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir in which over 2.5 million voters will decide the fate of 239 candidates in the fray for 26 seats, including that of former chief minister of the erstwhile state Omar Abdullah, officials said. The voting began at […]
JAMMU — Hit by several deadly militant attacks in the past three years, the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch along with adjoining Reasi in Jammu will vote in the second phase of the assembly election on Wednesday. Adequate security arrangements have been put in place across all 11 assembly segments in the three hill […]
SRINAGAR — Two people, including Policeman died after a vehicle carrying the polling staff met with an accident in Tuksan Jabbara Morh area of sub-division Mahoor in Reasi district. An election Zonal Magistrate was also injured, officials said. “Today at around 1500 hrs an election duty bound vehicle under registration no. JK11A 3907 fell 100 […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Tuesday alleged that their opposition and the region’s oldest party, JKNC is trying to manipulate elections by misusing the power of its elected members to ‘intimidate voters. This, the PDP said is a violation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC). The application, printed on […]
SRINAGAR — More than 13,000 polling staff on Tuesday took positions at 3,500 polling stations set up across 26 assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, where voting will be held Wednesday in the second phase polls in the union territory. The security forces personnel comprising police, armed police and central armed paramilitary forces left for […]
DENMARK — Swedish authorities accused Iran on Tuesday of being responsible for thousands of text messages that were sent to people in the Scandinavian country calling for revenge over the burnings of Islam’s holy book in 2023. Officials in Stockholm claimed that Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard carried out “a data breach” and managed to send […]
SRINAGAR — Over 2.5 million voters will decide the fate of 239 candidates in the fray for 26 Jammu and Kashmir assembly seats in the second phase of the election to be held in the Union territory on Wednesday. These assembly constituencies are spread over six districts – three in the Valley and as many […]
JAMMU — One of the accused in the infamous Lethpora attack case, died last night due to a cardiac arrest at the Government Medical College (GMC) hospital in Jammu. An official told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that Bilal Ahmed Kuchay, son of Gh Nabi Kuchay, a resident of Hajibal Kakapora in the […]
