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 — State Investigation Agency (SIA) Kashmir on Wednesday said that it has arrested three including a woman for smuggling around 24 kilograms of narcotics worth crores of rupees from Pakistan. State Investigation Agency in a statement said, “targeting the financial networks of terror outfits with an aim to destroy its ecosystem and support structure […]
GANDERBAL — Body of a man with throat slit was found in Kullan Gund village of Kangan in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Wednesday. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that the body of a 50-year-old man namely Mohammad Shaban Najar was found at the roof top of his house in Kullan Gund village […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Wednesday forecast dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather remained dry in the Union Territory during last 24 hours. An official of the Meteorological Department said, mainly clear weather is expected at most places in J&K during the next 24 hours. He said, Srinagar […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday ordered the imposition of property tax in municipal limits of the Union Territory from April 1. The tax rates will be 5% of taxable annual value (TAV) for residential properties and 6% for commercial properties, it stated. “In exercise of the power conferred by section 71A […]
JAMMU — The track laying work commenced on Tuesday on the Chenab railway bridge, located 359 metres above the riverbed, in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The 1.3-kilometre-long bridge, which is 35 metres higher than the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris, forms a crucial link in the 111-km stretch from Katra to […]
SRINAGAR — State Investigation Agency (SIA) is carrying out raids at multiple locations in central, north and south Kashmir parts on Tuesday morning as part of its investigation of a militancy related case registered at SIA. Quoting an official news agency KDC reported that sleuths of the investigating agency with the assistance of the local […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Tuesday forecast dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. It said, there is no likelihood of rain and snowfall till February end. An official of the Meteorological Department said, weather is likely to remain dry in J&K during the next 24 hours. There is no likelihood […]
ANKARA — Three people are now confirmed to have died after a 6.4-magnitude earthquake struck southern Turkey on Monday, weeks after a deadly quake devastated the region. More than 680 people have been injured in Turkey and Syria. Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu also said 213 people had been injured. Turkey’s disaster and emergency agency Afad […]
JAMMU — Police arrested four people, including two women, who were involved in human trafficking and rescued five minor girls here, officials said on Monday. A police team received input about some minor girls standing near a bus stand. During questioning, the police found that the girls were being trafficked, they said. The police teams […]
JAMMU — Authorities on Monday sealed the office of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (NPP) here, drawing strong criticism from its former chairman Harsh Dev Singh who recently rejoined the party after resigning from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Director of Estates department A K Sharma refused to comment on the sealing of the […]
