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 […]
JAMMU — Two days ahead of his party’s proposed protest in Delhi next week, senior National Conference (NC) leader Rattan Lal Gupta on Saturday urged the Centre to introduce and pass the Statehood Restoration Bill during the Monsoon session of Parliament. Jammu NC president Gupta emphasised that the demand transcends political affiliations and represents the […]
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 — Panchayat and municipal elections in Jammu and Kashmir are ”extremely unlikely” to take place before the upcoming Lok Sabha polls as the Centre is yet to amend the law for extending reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in local bodies, a senior official said. Although the Administrative Council headed by Lieutenant Governor Manoj […]
JAMMU — A day after the five-year term of Panchayats ended, the Jammu and Kashmir authorities on Wednesday appointed block development officers as administrators for running the affairs of the local bodies, an official said. The term of 4,291 Panchayats and 310 Block Development Councils ended on January 9 and conferring financial and administrative powers […]
SRINAGAR — Petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court seeking a review of its judgment, which upheld the validity of the Union government’s 2019 decision to abrogate Article 370 of the Constitution, which conferred the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. Doctor Hussain, president of the J&K People’s Movement, and Muzaffar Shah, president of […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — While continuing its crackdown on drug peddlers, the immovable properties worth lakhs of two drug peddlers has been attached in Pulwama district of South Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Tuesday. The properties that were attached include a double-storied, residential house valuing approximately Rs. 20,97,291/- belonging to a notorious drug […]
JAMMU — Three people were arrested in connection with a recent firing here, leading to the seizure of two pistols, police said on Tuesday. An information was received at Chinore police post about firing by two groups on the eve of New Year at Kamal Nagar in Bantalab area on the outskirts of Jammu. A […]
JAMMU — National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah Tuesday said India is making efforts to resolve the border issue with China through talks but unless Beijing comes forward with a positive response, ”nothing can be done”. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a function here, he also hoped that the Hindi-Chini bhai bhai sentiment […]
JAMMU — The NIA on Tuesday filed a supplementary charge sheet against three militant operatives including a Pakistani national of ‘The Resistance Front’ – an offshoot of proscribed Lashkar-Taiba (LeT) – for conspiring to unleash militant attacks in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said. The charge sheet was filed against Habibullah Malik alias ‘Sajid Jutt’, […]
JAMMU — The State Election Commission in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday announced that a special campaign for the annual summary revision of panchayat electoral rolls will be launched on January 15. The campaign aims to include eligible individuals, particularly those who attained the age of 18 by January 1, 2024, in the electoral rolls. […]
JAMMU — The BJP government at the Centre is deliberately delaying panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir as the party fears defeat in the polls, the Congress alleged on Tuesday. The term of panchayats came to an end today. Panchayat elections were last held in Jammu and Kashmir in 2018. The Congress also alleged that […]
SRINAGAR — Security forces recovered arms and narcotics near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said on Tuesday. The police said a person has also been picked up for questioning. Based on a specific input, the arms and narcotics were recovered from Keran Payeen near Cobra Post view point […]
