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 […]
SRINAGAR — The DPAP will introduce a law to ensure protection of jobs and land for residents of Jammu and Kashmir if it is elected to power, party chief Ghulam Nabi Azad said on Friday. Azad on Friday addressed three meetings in south Kashmir’s Dooru, Qazigund and Devsar, as he canvassed for party candidates. “If […]
NEW DELHI — Emotions ran high as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal returned to his residence on Civil Lines Road after being released from Tihar jail on Friday night. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders, visibly elated with the return of their chief, joined his family in a heartfelt welcome. His parents and wife, Sunita Kejriwal, […]
JAMMU — The Congress on Friday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of misleading people of Jammu and Kashmir on the issue of employment, claiming the Union Territory currently faces its highest unemployment rate in 45 years, ranking second highest in the country. “Contrary to claims by Union Minister Anurag Thakur and LG Manoj Sinha, […]
JAMMU — Asserting that several revolutionary steps have been taken by the Centre for the welfare of people, the J&K BJP on Friday said 890 central laws have been implemented in the UT since the abrogation of Article 370. After the BJP forms government in Jammu and Kashmir, five marlas of land will be given […]
SRINAGAR — Separatist Hurriyat Conference leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday alleged that the authorities in Kashmir were taking people into preventive custody ahead of the assembly elections. He also claimed that the authorities placed him under house arrest and did not allow him to attend a “crucial meeting” of an organisation of Islamic clerics […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Ahead of the polling for the first phase of the Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir on September 18, 2024, the University of Kashmir has postponed all exams scheduled for September 17 and 18, 2024. According to a communiqué, “It is notified for the information of all concerned candidates that all University […]
SRINAGAR — Article 370 is the heartbeat of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and will be restored, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah said on Friday. Abdullah responded to a question about Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s assertion that Article 370 which was abrogated by the Centre on August 5, 2019, would never be […]
NEW DELHI — Senior Congress leader Sachin Pilot has expressed confidence that the party and its allies are set to achieve significant victories in the upcoming assembly elections in Haryana and Jammu & Kashmir. With campaigning already underway, Pilot said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s recent change in chief minister of Haryana reflects their anticipated […]
KULGAM — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Friday welcomed Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s bail by the Supreme Court in the Delhi excise policy case. He added that legal matters are resolved in court, not through elections. “Congratulations to him. Coming out (from jail) is only through court. This is a betrayal which was […]
NEW DELHI — Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader have welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to grant bail to party chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in the Delhi liquor policy case. Former Delhi deputy chief minister and Mr Kejriwal’s close aide Manish Sisodia said the decision marked truth’s victory over “lies and conspiracies.” “Today […]
