NEW YORK — The price of oil surpassed $100 a barrel for the first time in almost six weeks after attacks on oil facilities and ships in the Middle East threatened to debilitate an already weakened supply chain. The most heavily traded contract for a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, settled at $97.89 […]
SRINAGAR — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader and MLA Pulwama Waheed ur Rehman Para has raised concerns over the new laws introduced by the Jammu and Kashmir government, alleging that they could weaken planning regulations, allow commercial activities in residential areas and increase the risk of flooding. In a post on X, the MLA said […]
PULWAMA — The second edition of the Royal Premier League Pulwama commenced in this south Kashmir district on Wednesday evening, marking a striking display of the region’s changing social landscape. In an area once associated with the presence of terror groups, the cricket tournament has brought a very different energy to the forefront-one defined by […]
NEW DELHI — Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday urged the people of Jammu and Kashmir to vote in large numbers in the third and final phase of the assembly polls in the union territory and “teach a lesson” to those who snatched statehood from them. Voting for the third phase is underway in 40 […]
JAMMU — Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday appealed to voters to exercise their franchise in the third and last phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly polls. Azad, who was among the early voters here, also said that unemployment is the biggest issue in the union territory but it […]
NEW DELHI — Rahul Gandhi, the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday termed as “unacceptable” the detention of climate activist Sonam Wangchuk and other Ladakhis, and said Prime Minister Narendra Modi would have to listen to Ladakh’s voice. Around 120 people from Ladakh, including Wangchuk — who had marched to the national […]
NEW DELHI — As voting began on Tuesday for the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the people of the Union Territory should exercise their franchise to form a government that would keep away terrorism, separatism, corruption and dynastic politics. Shah also said Jammu […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday urged voters to come forward and exercise their franchise in the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections to make the festival of democracy a success. Voting commenced on Tuesday for the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly […]
SRINAGAR — Voting commenced on Tuesday for the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, covering 40 seats across seven districts, including the winter capital Jammu. More than 39.18 lakh eligible voters are set to decide the electoral fate of 415 candidates, including two former deputy chief ministers Tara Chand and […]
SRINAGAR — Following the retirement of R R Swain, highly decorated IPS officer Nalin Prabhat took over as the Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Monday. Prabhat, whose appointment was announced by the Ministry of Home Affairs in August, received the baton from Swain during a simple ceremony at the police headquarters here. […]
SRINAGAR — Director General of Police Rashmi Ranjan Swain, the 1991 batch IPS officer, visited the martyrs’ memorial at Pratap Park on Monday to pay homage to security forces who sacrificed their lives in the fight against insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir. “A martyr’s memorial for a police officer is a place of worship, especially […]
SRINAGAR — PDP youth president Waheed Para accused Director General of Police R R Swain, who retired on Monday, of destroying lives by “criminalising thoughts and weaponising policing”. Para, who was in jail for nearly two years in terror-related cases, claimed that he was subjected to torture under the orders of Swain. In a post […]
NEW DELHI — The Election Commission has put in abeyance the Jammu and Kashmir administration’s order to appoint an Army colonel as SSP (Training and Special Operations), citing a ban on transfer of officers connected to elections as the Model Code of Conduct is in force. In its order to the chief secretary, the EC […]
