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 — People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday announced that her party would hold peaceful protests at district headquarters across Jammu and Kashmir on August 5 to press for the restoration of Article 370 and “resolution of the Kashmir issue”. The former chief minister stated this at a press conference at the […]
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 […]
RAMBAN — The T5 tunnel that bypasses the landslide-prone Panthyal stretch on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway was opened for traffic on Thursday, officials said. Work on the twin-tube 880-metre tunnel, part of the highway realignment project, started in February 2020. Its completion has put an end to the threat of shooting stones which have consumed […]
SRINAGAR — National opposition and Jammu and Kashmir regional parties on Thursday submitted a memorandum to Election Commission of India, seeking early assembly polls in the Union Territory. The signatories of the memorandum include National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge, CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, NCP chief Sharad Pawar […]
SRINAGAR — A woman from Rajasthan has been arrested for kidnapping a 4-year-old boy in Dalwash village of Khag in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, Police said on Thursday. The accused woman has been identified as Chidi Devi, wife of Khana Ram, a resident of Dhannasar, Hanumangarh Rajasthan. Police in a statement said, Police Station Khag […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Thursday forecast mainly cloudy weather in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather was sunny and pleasant in the Union Territory during last 24 hours. An official of the Meteorological Department said, mainly to partly cloudy weather is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours. He […]
TEHRAN — Eleven people were killed and more than 3,500 injured during celebrations for Iran’s traditional fire festival ahead of the Persian New Year, state media reported Wednesday. The fire festival, called Chaharshanbe Suri in Farsi, is celebrated every year on the night of the last Tuesday of the Iranian calendar year, which ends on […]
JAMMU — The bail application of a BSF officer, the main accused in the police sub-inspector recruitment scam case, was again rejected by the Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Wednesday, the fifth since his arrest by the CBI in the matter in October last year. Justice Sanjay Dhar, while rejecting the bail application of […]
JAMMU — At least five Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured in a road accident in Udhampur district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. The CRPF personnel were on patrolling duty when the Jammu-bound truck hit their vehicle from behind at Mand near Tikri along Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Udhampur district at around […]
PULWAMA — The Muslims in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district once again set an example of communal harmony and brotherhood by helping in performing the last rites of a 70-year-old Kashmiri Pandit in Batapora Wahibugh village of the district. Parry Lal Pandit, a resident of Wahibugh Pulwama died on Tuesday. Pandit was a known figure in […]
GANDERBAL — At least nine persons were injured in a road accident in Thune area of Kangan in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Wednesday. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that a load carrier turned turtle near Thune area of Kangan in Ganderbal district today morning, leaving nine persons injured. The official, according to […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday claimed to have arrested an associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant outfit in Singhpora, Pattan area of Baramulla district in North Kashmir. Police in a press release said, during naka checking at Singhpora, Pattan, joint forces of Baramulla Police, Army’s 29 RR and 2 Bn SSB noticed a […]
