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 (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has declined an invitation to participate in the proposed protest at Jantar Mantar seeking the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, saying that limiting the movement to the demand for statehood alone would undermine the larger struggle for restoration of Article 370 and constitutional […]
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 (KIMS) — A man has been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) in Baramulla district of North Kashmir for his involvement in disturbance of law and order, Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Saturday. The Jammu and Kashmir Police in Baramulla district in a press release said, While acting tough against anti-national elements, a […]
SRINAGAR — The State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir has filed charge sheet against 12 individuals in connection with the murder of Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district last year. According to a statement, the case, initially registered at Police Station Litter Pulwama under FIR No. 14/2023, was later transferred to SIA Kashmir […]
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan and Iran have agreed to “de-escalate” tensions after an exchange of missile and drone attacks this week raised fears of further instability in the region, Islamabad said. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani and the foreign minister of Iran, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, spoke via phone on Friday, Pakistan’s foreign ministry said in a […]
CHANDIGARH — An AK-47 assault rifle, two magazines and 40 cartridges were seized by the BSF from a field near the India-Pakistan border in Punjab’s Ferozepur district, a spokesperson of the force said on Saturday. The seizure was made during a search operation by the Border Security Force on Friday after noticing a drone movement […]
LAHORE — Zaka Ashraf, the Chairperson of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Management Committee, announced his resignation on a Friday. Ashraf, who had been an integral part of PCB’s Board of Governors since July 6, 2023, stepped into the role of Management Committee’s chairperson after succeeding Najam Sethi. The decision to step down was conveyed […]
JAMMU — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Friday ruled out any delay in talks with the INDIA bloc over the seat sharing in Jammu and Kashmir, adding that talks have already begun in this direction. Abdullah’s statement comes after he recently flagged that there is a threat to the INDIA bloc if a consensus […]
NEW DELHI — Ahead of the Republic Day, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a circular directing all states and Union territories to ensure that flags made of paper are not discarded or thrown on the ground during significant national, cultural, and sports events. The circular emphasized the importance of preserving the ‘dignity […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Ghulam Ahmad Para, father of the Youth Wing President of People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Waheed-Ur-Rehman passed away after battling cancer for over a year. He passed away on Wednesday late night at his residence in Naira village of Pulwama district in South Kashmir. The 62-year-old Para, a model apple grower in his […]
JAMMU — The Jammu and Kashmir government has transferred 272 acres of land to the industries department for setting up a new industrial estate in Kathua district. The move is aimed at pushing development of the area, creating industrial units and adding employment opportunities in the region. The Administrative Council (AC) in a meeting chaired […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Friday forecast light rain and snowfall in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir from January 26. “The weather will continue to remain dry in Jammu and Kashmir till January 24 with generally cloudy weather on the evening of January 20,” an official of the Meteorological Department […]
