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 — The committee on privileges of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly will meet here on Friday to hear the motion against PDP MLA Waheed Para in a breach of privilege case. The assembly secretariat has asked Para to present himself before the nine-member committee on privileges headed by Hasnain Masoodi at 11 am on […]
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 — National Conference president Farooq Abdullah said on Sunday said that the militancy is alive in Jammu and Kashmir and it cannot be finished by the use of military or police. He urged the Centre to find ways to address the root cause of the menace. The former chief minister said the common people […]
JAMMU — Two drone-dropped packets containing arms and cash were seized in a joint operation by the Army and the police from a village near the Line of Control in Akhnoor sector here on Sunday, officials said. The packets, believed to have been dropped by Pakistani drones for subversive activities, were noticed lying in an […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department (MeT) on Sunday forecast generally dry weather in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir till the end of this month. An official of the Meteorological Department (MeT) said, “The weather is expected to remain generally dry in Jammu and Kashmir from December 24 to 31.“ He said, “Generally […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief Vikar Rasool Wani Saturday alleged the BJP was misleading the public by claiming that normalcy has returned in the Union Territory even as frequent militant attacks continue to kill people and security personnel. He asked the government to take more effective steps to check the rise of militant […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — A retired Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) was shot dead by suspected militants at Gantamulla village in Baramulla district. Reports said, a retired SSP namely Mohammed Shafi Mir was fired upon and critically injured by suspected militants when he was offering prayers in mosque at his native village Gantamulla Bala in Baramulla […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Ghulam Ahmad Mir has been appointed as the General Secretary of All India Congress Committee (AICC) and Incharge of Jharkhand and West Bengal. Mir thanked party’s top leadership including Chairman Smt. Sonia Gandhi and President Shri Mallikarjun Kharge for appointing him as General Secretary of All India Congress Committee. Mir in a […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday said that the legal action has been initiated by the appropriate authority into the death of three civilians in Poonch district. The Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), J&K, in a post on X said, “The medico legal formalities were conducted and legal […]
MANDYA (KARNATAKA) — Reacting to the announcement of CM Siddaramaiah to lift ban on the hijab, Muskan, a student from Mandya district in Karnataka who had raised the slogan of “Allah hu Akbar” against a group that chanted “Jai Shri Ram”, stated that,”hijab is our right and let us live like brothers and sisters henceforth”. […]
JAMMU — Mobile Internet services were suspended in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch and Rajouri districts early Saturday as security forces continued their massive search operation to track down militants behind the recent ambush on two Army vehicles that left five soldiers dead, officials said. The suspension of the mobile Internet services in the twin border […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The General Administration Department (GAD) of Jammu and Kashmir Government has assigned an additional charge of the post of Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau, J&K to an Indian Police Service (IPS) Officer, Vijay Kumar. According to an order, “Shri Vijay Kumar, Additional Director General Police (Law & Order), J&K, shall also hold the charge […]
