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 — Peoples Conference president Sajad Lone on Friday said the protest scheduled by the National Conference on the first day of the Monsoon session of Parliament was a process to bury Article 370 and create confusion by taking Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood issue to pan-India politics. “I cannot be certain of the National Conference’s […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan spin-bowling all-rounder Mohammad Nawaz has accepted a three-month period of ineligibility (which will be reduced to one month on completion of a substance of abuse treatment programme) for breaching the ICC Anti-Doping Code. The 32-year-old had tested positive for a Substance of Abuse (Carboxy-THC) under the ICC Anti-Doping Code following a doping […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir is touching new heights of development and breathing freely after the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Thursday. Addressing a public rally, Modi also accused the Congress of misguiding not only the people of Jammu and Kashmir, but the entire […]
SRINAGAR — Praising the beauty of Kashmir, Prime Minister Narendera Modi Thursday said that his mission was to win the hearts of Kashmiri people and that he has succeeded in efforts. Addressing a mammoth gathering at the Bakshi Stadium, Srinagar, the Prime Minister said that every time he came to Kashmir, his priority was to […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday arrived in Srinagar to unveil a slew of development projects worth more than Rs 6,400 crore and address a public meeting, officials said. This is Modi’s first visit to the Kashmir valley after the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019. The prime minister landed at the […]
SRINAGAR — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kashmir is only meant to address and drum support among the BJP’s core constituency in the rest of the country in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said on Thursday, alleging that government employees were “forcibly” ferried to the venue of the […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir Police Crime Branch on Wednesday registered a case against a “fake” NGO for duping people on the pretext of opening big projects, including hospitals, schools and hostels, in the Union territory. Officials said the FIR was registered against the national president of NGO ‘Yuva Shakti Jagriti Mission’ and his […]
SRINAGAR — The people of Kashmir Valley are expecting gifts of peace, prosperity and much more from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is arriving here on Thursday. People from far and near are reaching Srinagar and the otherwise sleepy winter city has come to life on Thursday with the first light of the day despite […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Wednesday accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of “pulling out all stops” for ensuring a crowd for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s rally here and said that the BJP would not be able to do so on its own. “Tomorrow the godi media and agencies will be gushing […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Ahead of Prime Minister of India’s visit to Srinagar on Thursday, the authorities have declared Srinagar city as ‘Temporary Red Zone’ for operating drones and quadcopters. Jammu and Kashmir Police said, “The Srinagar city has been declared as ‘Temporary Red Zone’ for the operation of drones and quadcopters under Rule 24(2) of […]
SRINAGAR — A court here on Wednesday sentenced a man to life imprisonment in the February 2022 acid attack case and also imposed a fine of Rs 40 lakh on him, describing the offence as “brutal and inhuman”. “The court awarded life imprisonment to the convict while terming the case a brutal and inhuman act. […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — An assistant professor at Jammu University was injured in a firing incident at Gandhi Nagar area of Jammu. Reports said, “The incident occurred around 10:30 am as Surjeet Singh, a security guard from Kalakot, was traveling in a Metador bearing Registration Number JK02BG-1184 near Akash Institute Green Belt Park in Jammu. Suddenly, […]
