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 […]
SRINAGAR — The General Administration Department (GAD), Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday ordered transfers and postings of nine officers in the interest of administration. According to an order, Mr. Atul Gupta, JKAS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Kathua, is transferred and posted as Joint Director, Information, Jammu. Mr. Mohammad Aslam, JKAS, Joint Director, Food, Civil […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday attached property of a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant, who was killed last month in Pakistan, in the Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The property of Bashir Ahmad Pir, a resident of the Babarpora area of Kralpora in the north Kashmir district, was attached […]
NEW DELHI — Stressing that successive governments have committed the mistake of looking at Kashmir in black and white, without bothering to understand the nuances and improvise with the change in ground reality there, former RAW Chief AS Dulat feels it would do good for politicians in Delhi to realise that nothing can be taken […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Saturday forecast dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather was inclement during last 24 hours in the Union Territory. An official of the Meteorological Department said, partly cloudy dry weather is likely in J&K during next 24 hours. He said, Srinagar recorded 6.4 degrees […]
SRINAGAR — Anjuman Auqaf Jama Masjid Srinagar has expressed resentment over the fact that a holy and important event like Shab-e-Baraat is not being held at Jama Masjid for the last four years because the Anjuman head Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq continues to be under illegal and arbitrary house detention since 5 August […]
NEW DELHI — Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud has highlighted the problem of trolling “in an age where people are short on their patience and tolerance”. What leads to this problem is people’s unwillingness to accept opinion and perspective that are different from their own, Chief Justice Chandrachud said at an event on law […]
SRINAGAR — The residents of Padgampora village in Awantipora town of Pulwama district on Friday evening held a candle light march in memory of a soldier. The soldier namely Sep Pawan Kumar of 55 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) was killed in an encounter with militants at Padgampora village in Awantipora on Tuesday. The local residents were […]
JAMMU — In a major breakthrough in its drive against narco-terrorism, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday recovered seven kilograms of heroin, over Rs 2 crore cash and a pistol from the house of a notorious drug peddler along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district, a senior police officer said. Additional Director […]
SRINAGAR — PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said the Centre wants to keep the pot boiling in Jammu and Kashmir to garner more votes in elections. Her remarks come in the wake of the dismissal of three employees by the Jammu and Kashmir government for their alleged involvement in anti-national activities and the attaching […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Friday asked the passport authority to take a decision within three months on issuing a fresh travel document to PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti. Justice Prathiba M Singh noted the issue has been pending for two years and, following an appeal against the rejection, it has now been […]
