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 […]
KABUL — Another strong earthquake of 6.3 magnitude shook part of western Afghanistan on Wednesday morning after an earlier quake killed more than 2,000 and flattened whole villages. The latest earthquake was about 28 kilometres (17 miles) outside Herat, the capital of Herat province, and 10 kilometres (6 miles) deep, according to the U.S. Geological […]
NEW DELHI — Delhi Lieutenant Governor has sanctioned prosecution for Novelist Arundhati Roy and former International Law Professor in Central University of Kashmir Professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain in regards to a case related to their comments on Kashmir in 2010, The Hindu reported quoting sources from the Raj Niwas said on October 10. Sources, according […]
BANDIPORA — A lecturer of government girls school in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district has been booked for allegedly tearing student’s Hijab in the school premises. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that the girl student in her complaint stated that the lecturer approached her while she was seated in the classroom and forcibly removed […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha today chaired a high-level meeting at Civil Secretariat to review the implementation and sector-wise progress of the Centrally Sponsored Schemes in the UT of Jammu Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary; Sh R K Goyal, Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department; Dr […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha chaired a meeting to review the performance of Power Development Department and took stock of power scenario in the UT. The Lt Governor discussed comprehensive strategy of Power Development Department to meet the peak electricity demand. He also directed for enhancing sustainability and efficiency to ensure adequate […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The four day Capacity Building programme for Master Trainers of School Health and Wellness Programme (SHWP), under Ayushman Bharat scheme of Government of India concluded here at Jammu & Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) campus Srinagar. Organised under the aegis of National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — A memorandum of understanding was signed today between Jammu & Kashmir AIDS Control Society (JKACS) and Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu for starting free of cost HIV viral load testing in the premier hospital of the People Living with HIV (PLHIV). The agreement provided for utilization of the spare testing capacity of […]
JERUSALEM — An Indian woman residing in Gaza with her family on Tuesday requested an immediate departure from the war-torn, Hamas-ruled enclave out of fear for their lives amid ongoing Israeli bombings. “We are facing a brutal war here and everything is being destroyed in bombarded in a matter of seconds. We are paying the […]
PULWAMA (KIMS) — The authorities on Tuesday demolished a Darul Uloom building in Chewa Kalan village of Pulwama district in South Kashmir on the directions of National Investigation Agency (NIA). An official said, “An encounter took place in Darul Uloom building in Chewa Kalan village of the district in March last year in which two […]
LUCKNOW — Four students of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) were booked Monday by the police for taking out a march on the campus in support of Palestine amid the ongoing conflict with Israel. The four students who have been named in the FIR by the police are Khalid, pursuing a Doctor of Philosophy, Aatif, […]
