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 […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has said he was told by security personnel in Jammu and Kashmir that he would have hand-grenades thrown at him, adding that a person walking next to him pointed to him that militants were present in the crowd staring at him when his Bharat Jodo Yatra passed through […]
SRINAGAR — Day after attaching property of Al Umar Mujahideen Chief Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latram in Srinagar, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday attached property of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Commander Basit Reshi in Sopore town of Baramulla district in North Kashmir. National Investigation Agency (NIA) action comes as the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) declared […]
NEW DELHI — The News Broadcasters and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) on Thursday told Delhi High Court that it has objected and “expressed strong disapproval” over a programme aired by Zee News in November 2020 against JNU Scholar Shehla Rashid, LiveLaw reported. According to the report, Advocate Nisha Bhambhani appearing for NBDSA informed Justice Purushaindra […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Friday forecast light rain and snow in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather remained inclement in the Union Territory yesterday. An official of the Meteorological Department said, light rain/snow is likely to occur in J&K during the next 24 hours. He said, Srinagar recorded 6.5 degrees […]
SRINAGAR — The Health and Medical Education Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday appointed Dr Masood Tanvir Bhat as Principal, Government Medical College, Srinagar. According to an order by Bhupinder Kumar (IAS), Secretary to the Government, Dr Masood Tanvir Bhat, Professor & HoD Medicine, Government Medical College, Srinagar has been appointed as Principal, […]
JAMMU — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court, Jammu, on request of Kishtwar Police issued a non-bailable warrant against 13 militants who hail from Kishtwar district and are settled and operating from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK). Police in a press release said, upon request of Kishtwar Police, NIA Special Court, Jammu, issued Non-Bailable Warrants […]
SRINAGAR — Bullet-proof vehicles, wall-through radars and drones are some of the new gadgets inducted by CRPF into its counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir, leading to precision-based actions against militants. Several of these high-tech equipment were used in Tuesday’s operation in Pulwama against two ultras of the TRF allegedly involved in killing of Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court on Thursday formed a committee headed by its retired judge A.M. Sapre to probe into the Adani-Hindenburg controversy. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud and comprising Justices P.S. Narasimha and J.B. Pardiwala delivered the order on a batch of petitions filed by advocates Vishal Tiwari, […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Thursday forecast rain and snow in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather remained inclement during the last 24 hours in the Union Territory as rain lashed plains while higher reaches received snowfall. An official of the Meteorological Department said, light to moderate rain/snow is expected in […]
SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday attached the property of Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latram, Chief of Al Umar Mujahideen (AUM) militant group in Nowhatta area of Srinagar. National Investigation Agency (NIA) action comes after Ministry of Home Affairs declared Latram as designated terrorist. Mushtaq Ahmad Zargar alias Latram, a resident of […]
