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 […]
JAMMU — More than 570 sports and youth infrastructure projects with an estimated investment of over Rs 650 crore are at various stages of planning and execution across Jammu and Kashmir during the current financial year, a senior government official said on Tuesday. Commissioner Secretary, Youth Services and Sports, Shahid Iqbal Choudhary said the initiative […]
SRINAGAR — Reacting to the voter turnout DPAP chief Ghulam Nabi Azad and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti reacted differently to the voter turnout in the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, which went to polls on May 13. The constituency witnessed 37.98% voter turnout in the first Lok Sabha election in the valley since the scrapping of […]
JAMMU — BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir unit chief Ravinder Raina on Tuesday urged the central government to raise at the United Nations the issue of “atrocities by the Pakistan army” on the people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. He also urged the government to send rations to the suffering people of PoK. “It is very unfortunate that […]
JAMMU — Director General of Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan on Tuesday said the pilgrims planning to visit Amarnath cave shrine would experience “improved tracks” this year. The 52-day pilgrimage to the 3,880-metre-high cave shrine in south Kashmir will commence from the twin tracks — traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in Anantnag district […]
JAMMU — The Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on Tuesday achieved a significant milestone by breaking through the 2.79-km Sungal tunnel along the Jammu-Poonch national highway. BRO chief Lt Gen Raghu Srinivasan expressed the hope of completing the strategically important project within the next couple of years. Sungal, connecting Akhnoor and Poonch, is the second of […]
JAMMU — A Pakistani intruder was arrested from a village near the Line of Control (LoC) here, officials said on May 14. Separately, a massive search operation was launched near the International Border (IB) in Kathua district following suspicious movement of at least five persons, believed to be militants, the officials said. They said a […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The State Investigation Agency (SIA) on Tuesday conducted searches at 11 locations in three districts of South Kashmir including Anantnag, Kulgam and Shopian in a case related to killing of a non-local in Bijbehara area of Anantnag district. “These searches were conducted in connection with ongoing investigation of case FIR No 87/2024 […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The weather is expected to remain generally dry in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir until May 25, the Meteorological Department (MeT) said on Tuesday. An official of the Meteorological Department said, “Expect generally dry weather conditions across Jammu and Kashmir from May 14-17. Similar weather conditions will prevail from May […]
JAMMU — A turnout of 39 per cent among Kashmiri migrant voters was recorded in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections in the Srinagar parliamentary constituency on Monday. There has been a marked increase in the number of votes cast by migrants as compared to 2019 and 2014. However, scores of displaced Kashmiri […]
SRINAGAR — A voter turnout of 38 per cent was recorded in the redrawn Srinagar Lok Sabha seat without any untoward incident on Monday, the highest since 1996 when the constituency in Jammu and Kashmir witnessed nearly 41 per cent polling. The Srinagar constituency, which saw the first general election after the abrogation of Article […]
JAMMU — Despite a hot weather, Kashmiri Pandits from the Srinagar constituency flocked to special polling stations in Jammu on Monday and voted for the rehabilitation of their community on “social, economic, and political” fronts. The community which was forced to flee from the valley in the early 90s under fear of militancy demanded their […]
