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 — Several workers of the Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) headed by jailed Lok Sabha member Sheikh Abdul Rashid on Sunday joined the National Conference (NC). The NC got a major boost as a key player from north Kashmir Malik Tariq Rashid along with other workers of the AIP joined the party, a spokesman of […]
SRINAGAR — Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National General Secretary and Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in-charge, Tarun Chugh, said on Sunday that the people of J&K have great respect for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while criticizing the regional leadership, including the National Conference, People’s Democratic Party, and Congress, as being misguided and unpopular among the populace. […]
ISLAMABAD — Amid reports of an “indirect dialogue” with the opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz has strongly opposed talks with their political nemesis. Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday conditioned the holding of any dialogue with the PTI with an apology by party founder and former prime minister Imran Khan […]
JAMMU — Slamming National Conference for advocating dialogue with Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Sunday asked it to clarify whether initiating dialogue with the neighbouring country will end terrorism and bloodshed in the Union Territory. He also played down the protests and resignations by his party leaders and workers over the […]
SRINAGAR — The PDP would have accommodated candidates from the banned Jamaat-e-Islami if the outfit’s leadership had approached party chief Mehbooba Mufti, its youth wing president Waheed Ur Rehman Para said on Sunday. He also said that the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) had always prioritised inclusive politics and engagement with diverse groups, regardless of their […]
SRINAGAR — Separatist leader and Hurriyat member Syed Salim Geelani on Sunday joined the People’s Democratic Party here. Geelani joined the PDP in presence of party president Mehbooba Mufti at party office here. “PDP is a party which talks about democratic rights, human rights and political rights of people. It talks about political solution to […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday alleged the Election Commission has changed the date of counting of votes for the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls at the behest of the BJP. “They (ECI) do what suits the BJP. When I contested the (Lok Sabha) elections, they unnecessarily changed the date (of polling). Everything […]
JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Sunday that it had found the bodies of six hostages in a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip, including a US-Israeli and a Russian-Israeli. Their remains were recovered Saturday “from an underground tunnel in the Rafah area” and returned to Israel where they were formally identified, the military said. […]
PULWAMA — In a significant action against illegal liquor trade, Pulwama Police arrested two individuals and seized 70 bottles of liquor at a Naka checkpoint established by the Police Station Pulwama at Gudoora Bridge. The police have registered a case and initiated further investigation. During routine Naka duty, a police party intercepted a Scorpio vehicle […]
JAMMU — Bharatiya Janata Party Jammu and Kashmir unit President, Ravinder Raina, said on Sunday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi changed the fortune and picture (political landscape) of Jammu and Kashmir in the last ten years. This comes as the party is gearing up for the Assembly polls in the Union Territory of Jammu and […]
