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 (KIMS) — Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Iltija Mufti on Thursday alleged that senior leaders of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Conference (JKPC) have been issuing threats to PDP leader Yasir Reshi and sought the intervention of Union Home Minister Amit Shah into the matter. In a post on X, Iltija Mufti claimed that […]
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 […]
KATHMANDU — At least 68 people were killed when a Nepalese passenger plane with 72 people onboard, including five Indians, crashed into a river gorge while landing at the newly-opened airport in central Nepal’s resort city of Pokhara on Sunday, a rescue official said. Yeti Airlines’ 9N-ANC ATR-72 aircraft took off from Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International […]
SRINAGAR — After conducting successful meeting in North Kashmir, the Congress party on Sunday conducted another preparatory meeting at Malpora village in Kulgam district of South Kashmir. The meeting was chaired by Manpreet Singh Mani, All India Youth Congress Joint Secretary, District Youth Congress President Pulwama, Shoaib Magray was also present in the meeting. The […]
JAMMU — Ruling out militant angle in the sensational murder of H K Lohia, a former director general of Jammu and Kashmir prisons, in October last year, the police investigation in the case has found accused Yassir Ahmad was driven by “deep grudges” against high-ranking officials. The Jammu and Kashmir crime branch Special Investigation Team […]
SHOPIAN — A government school teacher died of a massive cardiac arrest at his native village in Durpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday. Quoting an official news agency KNO) reported that Fayaz Ahmad Sofi, son of Mohammad Shaban Sofi, a resident of Durpora Zainapora, posted at Primary School Mujmarg, suffered a massive […]
SRINAGAR — The administration has warned of an avalanche in eleven districs of Jammu and Kashmir in the next 24 hours. The Jammu and Kashmir State Disaster Management Authority on Sunday warned of “medium danger level” above 2000 metres over Kupwara district in the next 24 hours. It further said that an avalanche with ‘low […]
SRINAGAR — The Indian Army after hectic efforts succeeded in evacuating 172 workers stranded at the Zojila Tunnel construction site in Ganderbal district. An Army statement said on Sunday, “Yesterday in a major avalanche occurrence near Sarbal Nilagrar workers of the construction company got stuck. “Avalanche rescue teams of Army and Ganderbal police got into […]
SRINAGAR — An encounter breaks out between government forces and militants at Radbugh village in Magam area of Budgam district in Central Kashmir on Sunday. Reports said a joint team of government forces including Indian Army, J&K Police and CRPF had launched Cordon-and-Search-Operation (CASO) at Radbugh village in Magam area of Budgam district following the […]
Terms the order regarding vacating of the state land allotted under the Roshni Act and Kanchari as unfortunate JAMMU — Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Democratic Azad Party (DAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday said there cannot be any “groupism in his party like that in the Congress”, and that there […]
NEW DELHI — Provocative posters asking Hindus not to sell their properties to Muslims in Delhi’s Brahmpuri have surfaced on social media. The undated posters have been issued in the name of a lawyer Pradeep Sharma. “All landlords from the Brahmpuri area are informed that they should not sell their houses to Muslims. If you […]
RAJOURI — A 23-year-old man died under mysterious circumstances in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. Officials said, Sher Singh, a resident of Dagal village of Kalakote sub-division in Rajouri district, used to work in Sunderbani as a labourer and was reported missing while returning to his home on Thursday to celebrate Lohri […]
