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 — BJP election in-charge for J&K Assembly elections, Ram Madhav on Wednesday said that the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will prove to be historic adding that a new government will be formed under the leadership of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The BJP leader also joined the party candidate Aijaz Hussain from […]
SRINAGAR — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Youth President and assembly candidate for Pulwama Constituency, Waheed Ur Rehman Parra on Tuesday expressed deep concern for the orchardists and farmers in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district and other affected areas who have suffered significant losses due to recent heavy rains followed by a devastating hailstorm. In a statement […]
PULWAMA — A total of 45 candidates are in the fray for assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district after the completion of the nomination process here. Pulwama district consists of four assembly consitutuencies. “The nomination process has been completed and all our candidates have been finalized in all the assembly constituencies,” Pulwama District […]
ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan government has issued an order barring all government employees from using social media without permission to stop disclosure of official information and documents, The News International reported. According to an office memorandum issued by the Establishment Division, government employees have been asked to adhere to the instruction under the Government Servants […]
JAMMU — Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will start the party’s J&K election campaign on Wednesday as he is scheduled to address two election rallies in the union territory. Rahul Gandhi will address one rally each in Jammu and Kashmir for the first phase of the 3-phased Assembly elections. Congress sources said that a special […]
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department announced criminal charges Tuesday against Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and other senior militants in connection with the Oct. 7, 2023, rampage in Israel, marking the first effort by American law enforcement to formally call out the masterminds of the attack. The seven-count criminal complaint filed in federal court in New […]
SRINAGAR — A scuffle broke out between two groups of inmates inside the Central Jail here on Tuesday, police said. Srinagar Senior Superintendent of Police, Imtiyaz Hussain, said a minor scuffle broke out this evening among the detainees at the prison located in Rainawari area of the city. He further said the situation was brought […]
PULWAMA — BJP National Executive Member & senior party leader Dr Syed Darakhshan Andrabi today addressed a youth rally in Rajpora constituency of Pulwama held as a part of the election campaigning for the BJP youth leader & party candidate Arshid Bhat. The rally was participated by youth in large numbers. Many prominent youth voices […]
LUDHIANA — One person was dead and two people were injured after a bus on its way from Haridwar to Jammu met with an accident. Dr Harpreet Singh, SMO at the Civil Hospital in Ludhiana, providing details of the aftermath, stated, “I spoke to the bus driver and according to him, the second tyre of […]
SRINAGAR — Fourteen candidates filed their nominations on Tuesday for the second phase of the three-phase Assembly polls in Kashmir, taking the total number of nominees to 26, officials said. A total of 26 constituencies are scheduled to go to polls in the second phase of the election on September 25, out of which 15 […]
