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 — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday hit out at Uttar Pradesh government for targeting Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, saying chief minister Yogi Adityanath should learn a lesson from the Jantar Mantar protests. “Destroying an institution of learning like Jauhar University displays nothing but hatred and vengeance,” Mehbooba said in a post on X. […]
DUBAI — India on Sunday reclaimed the No.1 position in ICC men’s T20I rankings after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against Zimbabwe in the ongoing three-match series at Harare. The reigning T20 world champions regained the top spot from England, who had dethroned Shreyas Iyer’s side after their 4-0 series win recently. India had also […]
RAIPUR — Ten policemen and their driver were killed on Thursday when their vehicle was blown up by an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Bastar district of Chhattisgarh, officials said. The policemen were returning from an anti-Maoist operation that was launched after intelligence inputs, they said. The policemen belonged to the District Reserve Guard […]
JAMMU (KIMS) — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday issued non-bailable warrant against 23 militants in Kishtwar district. Police in a statement said, National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court, Jammu, upon request of Kishtwar Police issued a non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against 23 militants who hail from district Kishtwar but they are settled and operating […]
RAWALPINDI — A total of 293 people have been killed and 521 others injured in 436 terrorist attacks in Pakistan since January this year, the military’s media wing ISPR said. In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, 192 people were killed and 330 injured in 219 incidents, whereas Balochistan reported 80 fatalities and 170 wounded persons in 206 […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday raided an NGO office in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Reports reaching news agency Kashmir Dot Com said that a team of NIA conducted searches at an NGO office at Dandoosa area in Budgam. The office is of Khurram Parvaiz, they said. An official confirmed and said, […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — After two flesh trade (prostitution) rackets were busted in Srinagar and Jammu cities, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday busted another flesh trade (prostitution) racket in Handwara area of North Kashmir. Police in a statement said, on 25th April, 2023, an information was received from reliable sources about a racket of immoral […]
SRINAGAR — A court in J&K on Tuesday directed a former IAS officer to appear in person in the biological father dispute case. A Srinagar-based woman has alleged that the former IAS officer Sudhanshu Pandey married her and a girl child was born during their wedlock. Later, the former bureaucrat abandoned her and the baby, […]
JAMMU — Two men allegedly involved in “anti-national” activities were booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir, a senior police officer said on Tuesday. Mohd Rafi of Poochal and Ghulam Qadir of Dachhan were arrested and lodged in Kathua district jail to ensure they do not support militancy anymore, […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police have arrested a man from Gujarat in connection with a fake PMO official case registered in Srinagar. Official sources told new agency Kashmir Dot Com that a man identified as Piyush Bhai, son of Kanti Bhai, a resident of Ahmedabad Gujarat, state was arrested from his Printing press ‘Akanksha […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — The Meteorological Department on Tuesday forecast mainly dry warmer weather with clear sky in Jammu and Kashmir for the next 24 hours. The weather was dry and clear in the Union Territory during the last 24 hours. An official of the Meteorological Department said, Mainly dry warmer weather with clear sky is […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Three persons were arrested for beating and injuring two boys in Eidgah park area of Srinagar, Police said on Monday. Police said that the three accused persons namely Ahrar Sidiq Najar, Atif Zaffar Wani and Haseeb Ahmad Mir, all from Wanganpora, Srinagar were arrested by Police teams for severely beating and injuring […]
