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 […]
NEW DELHI — Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday accused Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi and the Congress of using students’ concerns for political gain and attempting to disrupt Parliament during the ongoing Monsoon Session. In a post on X, Pradhan alleged that Rahul Gandhi and the Congress staged a protest outside Prime Minister […]
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 […]
HYDERABAD — A trainer aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed in Toopran mandal area of Medak district in Telangana on Monday morning. Two officers on board, a trainer and a trainee pilot died in the crash. The aircraft took off from Air Force Academy (AFA) at Dundigal near Telangana. The IAF in a […]
LUCKNOW — A case has been registered against Kafeel Khan, a former doctor at the BRD Medical College in Gorakhpur, and five unidentified people over publication of his book, some text of which is allegedly against the Uttar Pradesh government. SHO, Krishna Nagar, Lucknow, Jitendra Pratap Singh, said: “The FIR has been registered under various […]
NEW DELHI — The BJP swept Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh on Sunday inflicting a resounding defeat on the Congress to tighten its stranglehold in the Hindi heartland, in a big boost for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and setting the tone for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In some consolation for the Congress in the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police Sunday cracked the Zaloora, Sopore murder case by stating that wife with the active support of her lover had killed her husband and later dumped his body in the trench near his house. Addressing a presser at Police Station Bomai, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Sopore, Shabir Nawab said […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The seven students of Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) Kashmir who were arrested and booked under Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) have been granted bail by a local Court in Ganderbal district on Saturday. The Court granted bail to these students after Jammu and Kashmir Police dropped charges under […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) has been destroyed by the security forces in Topa Hill Tak area of Rajouri district in Jammu region. The joint team of security forces including Jammu and Kashmir Police spotted an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during a search operation in the area. The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir Mr. Manoj Sinha on Saturday visited the residence of Havaldar Abdul Majid in Ajote area of Poonch district in Jammu region. Sinha also offered his condolences to the bereaved family of the slain cop who along with four other soldiers was […]
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SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Anjuman Auqaf said that the people have a deep religious and emotional attachment to the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar and disallowing prayers here severely hurts their sentiments. Anjuman alao expressed strong resentment against the administration for disallowing Friday prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar also against the house […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has ordered transfers and postings of four Tehsildars in the Union Territory. According to an order, “Mr. Babu Ram Choudhry, Tehsildar Nagrota is transferred and posted as Tehsildar Relief (Migrants) Jammu, Mr. Sumit Kohli Jr. JKAS, Tehsildar Kotranka District Rajouri is transferred and posted as Tehsildar […]
