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 — The Supreme Court Friday said it will take a decision on early listing of petitions challenging the Centre’s decision to abrogate provisions of Article 370 which had given special status to Jammu and Kashmir. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices P S Narasimha and J B Pardiwala took […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Friday 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 dry weather with partly cloudy sky is expected in J&K during the next 24 hours. He said, […]
JAMMU — An earthquake of magnitude 3.6 hit the Katra belt of Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district on Friday, the National Centre for Seismology said. The quake struck at 5.01 am at a depth of 10 km. The epicenter was 97 kilometers east of Katra. The latitude and longitude of the earthquake were found to […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that the day was not far when all Kashmiri Pandits would return to their home land. “With God’s grace, all KPs would return to their homes in Kashmir and the day is not far,” he told reporters on the sidelines of a function at […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said, it has arrested three self-styled leaders for threatening and intimidating media persons in Srinagar. They also gave anti-national byte (statement) in a press conference yesterday, it said. Police said, three miscreants namely Suhail Khan, Nadeem Shafi Rather and Umar Majeed Wani were arrested for threatening and […]
SRINAGAR — An infiltrator was killed along Line of Control (LoC) in Saidpora area of Kupwara district in North Kashmir on Thursday. Police said that the search operations are going on in the area. The infiltration bid was foiled by the Army and J&K Police in a joint operation, they said. During the preceding night, […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological Department on Thursday forecast dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir for next 24 hours. The weather remained dry in the Union Territory yesterday. An official of the Meteorological Department said, dry, partly cloudy weather is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours. He said, Srinagar recorded 1.3 degrees Celsius while […]
RAMBAN — A truck driver died while another was injured after their vehicles fell into a deep gorge near Panthyal and Chamalwas areas in Ramban district on late Wednesday night. Quoting an official, news agency KNO reported that a driver identified as Shamsher Singh, son of Gurdev Singh of Punjab died on the spot after […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board member, Sohail Kazmi, was on Wednesday booked for duping unemployed youth on pretext of government job. As per information received, a case under FIR number 12/2023 under section 420 IPC has been registered against Sohail Qazmi at Police Station Peermitha, Jammu. Sources told that Dr. K L Sharma […]
JAMMU — To prevent agitations and protests, the administration has imposed section 144 at the area near Press Club, Jammu on Wednesday. Sources told that the order to impose section 144 was issued after several agitators protesting in and around the Press Club area of Jammu on daily basis, which pose inconveniences to people visiting […]
