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 […]
JAMMU — The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday conducted a high-level meeting to assess feedback on the party’s outreach programmes and devised a fresh strategy for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir. The primary focus of the meeting was to formulate a winning strategy for all five seats in Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — The Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) Thursday said it will temporarily increase power curtailment by 2 to 2.5 hours in view of drastic reduction in power generation amidst the prolonged spell in the Valley. The KPDCL however, said that it will revert back to previous curtailment once the sufficient power is restored. […]
NEW DELHI — Public sector banks, insurance companies, financial institutions and regional rural banks (RRBs) across the country will remain closed for half day on January 22 on the occasion of the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya. Earlier in the day, the Department of Personnel and Training issued an order for a half-day closure […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — While continuing its crackdown on militant ecosystem, harbouring militants and providing logistic support to them, the Jammu and Kashmir Police attached a residential property in Anantnag district of South Kashmir on Thursday. The residential property belonging to Ab Salam Rather, son of Mohd Ramzan Rather was attached along with concerned Executive Magistrate […]
SRINAGAR — The Enforcement Directorate has attached property worth over Rs 36 crore in the case of M/s Reliance General Insurance Pvt. Ltd. (RGIPL) and M/s Trinity Reinsurance Brokers Private Limited (TRBL) linked to health insurance of employees in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, the ED said that case is linked to awarding of […]
JAMMU — A crucial eyewitness in a special CBI court on Thursday identified JKLF chief Yasin Malik as the main shooter firing at Indian Air Force personnel in Srinagar in 1990. Four IAF personnel, including a squadron leader, were killed and 22 injured on January 25, 1990, at Rawalpora on the outskirts of Srinagar. Rajwar […]
NEW DELHI — All central government offices across the country will remain closed for half a day on January 22, due to the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya, a Personnel Ministry order issued on Thursday said. The ‘Pran Pratishtha’ ceremony of the new idol of Ram Lalla at the sanctum sanctorum of the Ram […]
SRINAGAR — The Centre has ordered an inquiry into the affairs of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI). Officials said that the central government and the director general of corporate affairs (DGCA) have directed the registrar of companies, Srinagar to conduct an inquiry into the affairs of KCCI. A notice signed by Syed Haamid […]
SRINAGAR — Temperature improved in Jammu on Thursday while dry cold became more intense in Kashmir with no prospect of snowfall during the next seven days. The Meteorological (MeT) department said that there would be no major change in weather in J&K during the next seven days. Temperature improved in Jammu on Thursday as the […]
ISLAMABAD — Retaliating to Iranian airstrikes on two bases belonging to the Jaish al-Adl militant group inside Pakistani territory, Islamabad has launched airstrikes in the neighbouring Iran. According to the local reports, Pakistan Air Force has conducted airstrikes on Baluch separatist camps inside Iran. The airstrikes by Pakistani Army came a day after Iran claimed […]
