BENGALURU — Oil prices rose 2% on Tuesday to their highest in four weeks, as the U.S. reimposed its naval blockade of Iran while the two countries stepped up attacks in the Strait of Hormuz, heightening uncertainty about energy flows. Brent crude futures climbed $1.68, or 2%, to $84.98 per barrel by 0051 GMT, while […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said he feels honoured to have received a “love letter” in the form of a legal notice from the BJP as it proves that he is a political force they cannot ignore. The Jammu and Kashmir unit of the BJP on Monday served a […]
LONDON — India beat England by 270 runs as the first women’s test match in the history of Lord’s cricket ground concluded on Monday with the hosts being all out for 186 while chasing a target of 457. Lord’s, cricket’s most iconic ground, has been hosting international matches since 1884, and staged its first women’s […]
NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi was sworn in for a third consecutive term at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Sunday. Along with Modi, senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Amit Shah also took oath as cabinet ministers, while party president J P Nadda returned to the cabinet after five years, indicating […]
NEW DELHI — President Droupadi Murmu on Friday appointed NDA Parliamentary Party leader Narendra Modi as Prime Minister-designate and the new government will take oath on Sunday evening. Murmu handed over the letter of appointment to Modi, who called on her at the Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Friday evening. Earlier, leaders of the BJP-led NDA […]
SRINAGAR — Hurriyat Conference chairman and Jamia Masjid chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was on Friday placed under house arrest and barred from offering congregational prayers at the mosque here, its managing body said. In a statement, Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid Srinagar, the managing body of the grand mosque located in Nowhatta area of the […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JK BOSE) on Thursday declared the result of Class 12th Annual (Regular) 2024. The BOSE conducted examination of Class 12th in March-April this year. You can check your Result by visiting the Official Website of J&K BOSE or Download the Gazette Part 1 and […]
SRINAGAR — A magisterial probe was ordered on Wednesday into the alleged custodial death of a youth in J&K’s Pulwama district, officials said. A top Police told Srinagar based news agency Kashmir Dot Com that Imtiaz Ahmed Pala, son of Gul Mohammed Pala a resident of Lidermund Bra- Vandana, who was facing charges under FIR […]
SRINAGAR — A non-local medical student at the Srinagar Government Medical College here was suspended on Wednesday following protests by fellow students against his alleged blasphemous post on a caller app. “Apropos certain reports from GMC Srinagar, it is to inform that immediate cognisance of the matter was taken by GMC Srinagar administration. Pending enquiry […]
JAMMU — Army troops on Wednesday carried a man to a hospital on their shoulders after he fell critically ill in the upper reaches of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, saving his life, a defence spokesperson said. Salamudden S Shahbudeen, a Gujjar nomad hailing from Paghthali village of Kathua, had come to the Bhalpadri meadow […]
JAMMU — Devotees visiting the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine will now get a plant as a “prasad”, the shrine board said on Wednesday. Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB) launched a new initiative under which they will offer plants to pilgrims from a newly established nursery ‘Vaishnavi Vatika’. The nursery was launched by Board’s […]
JAMMU — Fire engulfed two forest areas in the border districts of Rajouri and Poonch in the Jammu region on Wednesday, causing damage to vast tracts of land, officials said. In Poonch, the fire erupted in Bhatadurian area near the Line of Control (LoC) in Mendhar belt and spread to nearby areas, they said. The […]
JAMMU — An alleged woman drug peddler was detained under the stringent Prevention of Illicit Traffic in Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (PIT NDPS) Act in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, police said. Senior Superintendent of Police, Kishtwar, Abdul Qayoom said the detention of Mahfooza Begum, a resident of Sarkoot village, is […]
