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 […]
JAMMU — Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Monday that the Congress would put pressure on the Centre if it failed to restore Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood after completion of the assembly elections. He also claimed that the INDIA bloc had “broken the psychology” of Prime Minister Narendra after the […]
JAMMU — Union Minister G Kishan Reddy has slammed Congress-National Conference alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, saying that they want to implement the “Jinnah Constitution” by reinstating Article 370. “In the manifesto released by the National Conference for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, they have said that after coming to power, they will reinstate […]
SRINAGAR — Lok Sabha MP Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Monday alleged that National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and People’s Conference chief Sajad Gani Lone had ganged up in a bid to defeat his Awami Ittehad Party candidates. The maverick politician, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, defeated both Abdullah and Lone in the Lok Sabha elections […]
JAMMU — The encounter that started between security forces and militants at Gurinal village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district on September 21 has entered its third day. The police said on Monday that in continuation of the earlier joint search operation launched by security forces near the Danna Dhar forest area in the upper […]
JAMMU — Taking a dig at the opposition parties in Jammu and Kashmir, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has already said in a public meeting in J&K’s Doda that the status of statehood will be given to the J&K, but the leaders from the opposition parties will still […]
SRINAGAR — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is slated to address two election rallies in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday ahead of the second phase of the Assembly polls, scheduled for September 25. The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha will address his first public rally in Poonch’s Surankote at 12:00 noon followed […]
SRINAGAR — Ahead of the second phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer of the Union Territory PK Pole participated in an electoral awareness programme organised under Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) and expressed hope that a large number of people would participate in the state Assembly elections. PK Pole […]
JAMMU — Congress’ Rajya Sabha MP Nasir Hussain on Sunday accused the BJP of creating political instability in Jammu and Kashmir by backing independents and smaller parties in the assembly elections. Hussain, a Congress Working Committee member, emphasized the need for a clear mandate to establish a stable coalition government in the region. The Congress […]
GANDERBAL — PDP candidate from the Bijbehara assembly constituency of Jammu and Kashmir, and Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter, Iltija Mufti, said that they will soften Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s heart for the youths of the J&K. “The Home Minister has to soften his heart for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. Our youngsters have been […]
SRINAGAR — The proceeds of the narcotics trade are being used by militant handlers in Pakistan to replenish their depleting funds, caused by a crackdown on “hawala” channels, to fuel militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, the top cop of the Union Territory said here on Sunday. “Narcotics are turning out to be a main source […]
