TOKYO — Oil prices climbed nearly 2% on Wednesday after the U.S. military launched airstrikes against Iran and reimposed crude sales sanctions, raising fears their fragile truce was unravelling and Middle East supplies could be disrupted again. The U.S. airstrikes were in response to Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels that were transiting the Strait […]
JAMMU — Deputy Chief Minister Surinder Choudhary on Wednesday said the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir would help the government work independently and effectively, and asked why the Centre has not honoured the statehood promise when it has fulfilled several others. Choudhary reiterated that the ruling National Conference would stage a protest at […]
NEW DELHI — Former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran died on Tuesday, a day short of his 39th birthday, after reportedly undergoing treatment for a rare severe immune system disorder at a New Delhi hospital. “With profound grief and deep sorrow, the Afghanistan Cricket Board mourns the passing of former Afghanistan fast bowler Shapoor Zadran,” […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address three election rallies in J&K, said BJP’s J&K general secretary Ashok Koul on Thursday. Koul told local reporters here that PM Modi will address two rallies in the Jammu division and one in Kashmir. He added that Union Home Minister Amit Shah will release the BJP poll […]
SRINAGAR — A delegation of students from Kashmir University met with Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at his residence in Raj Bhavan on Wednesday to request the reinstatement of the Jammu and Kashmir Students Union and to discuss several key issues affecting students in the region. The group was led by Jammu and Kashmir Students Association […]
RAMBAN — Congress candidate from Banihal Assembly seat Vikar Rasool Wani said that the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will see a good fight from the Congress and that the party will lead with a huge majority. “I am confident that Congress will give a good fight in the elections. We will lead […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Congress president Tariq Hameed Karra on Thursday filed nomination papers from the Central Shalteng Assembly constituency. He urged the people to vote wisely asserting that it was not just an election after 10 years, but a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to shape Jammu and Kashmir’s destiny for the next 100 years”. The […]
KOLKATA — The parents of the woman doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, who became a victim of the ghastly rape and murder last month, have now directly accused the Kolkata Police of deliberate ‘laxity and ill-intention’ in handling the preliminary probe into the case before it was handed over to the CBI […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Pulwama Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested a militant associate along with a grenade in Karimabad area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. In a major breakthrough against militancy, Pulwama Police arrested a militant associate during a Naka checking at Karimabad crossing, where the suspect was intercepted. The arrested individual has been […]
PULWAMA (KIMS) — In a bold move aimed at promoting transparency and public engagement, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and Rajpora assembly candidate Muddasir Hassan has invited candidates from the National Conference (NC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to an open debate in the Rajpora Constituency. This unprecedented invitation is seen as a significant […]
RAMALLAH — Israel’s military operations across the West Bank, which began a week ago, have killed 33 Palestinians and wounded about 140 others, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. The fatalities include 19 Palestinians in Jenin, four in Tubas, and seven in Tulkarm, all located in the northern West Bank, as well as three others […]
GAZA — The World Health Organization (WHO) chief ha said that the first phase of polio vaccination in central Gaza is complete, with more than 187,000 children vaccinated. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on X on Wednesday that the number of vaccinated children is “well over” the target of 156,500. “Four fixed sites will continue to […]
JAMMU — At least one person was killed while three others were injured after a vehicle carrying them skidded off the road in the Gambhir Mughalan area of Rajouri district on Thursday. Officials told GNS that a Tata mobile bearing registration number JK12A9878 was coming from Poonch and moving towards Rajouri when suddenly its driver […]
