US-Iran fears buoy oil prices as focus turns to Trump-Xi talks
Hong Kong, Jun 24 (AFP) Oil prices extended gains Monday as rising US-Iran tensions fuelled supply concerns, while Asian equity traders moved cautiously ahead of a crunch meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping this week. Both main crude contracts are up almost 10 per cent since Tehran last week shot down a US “spy drone” […]
Muslim youth thrashed on suspicion of being thief, dies
J’khand (PTI) A 24-year-old man, who was brutally beaten up here last week on suspicion of being a thief, has died, police said Monday. The incident took place on June 18 when Tabrez Ansari was returning along with his two friends from Jamshedpur, around 30 km from here, in neighbouring East Singhbhum district. Some villagers caught […]
Government declares advertisement hoardings, sign boards on Chinar Trees illegal, ban imposed
Srinagar: Government of Jammu and Kashmir has imposed ban on installing advertisements or sign boards on Chinar trees in Kashmir. “All the general managers of district industries centre’s of Kashmir division that they shall ensure removal of all the hoardings, sign boards, advertisement boards etc fixed on the chinar trees withing Industrial Estates falling in […]
Weather to remain cloudy, respite from heat for Jammu
Srinagar: Weather conditions across the state of Jammu and Kashmir will remain cloudy for coming days while Jammu division will have a respite from scorching heat. Forecasted on Monday said that weather is most likely to remain cloudy throughout the state with light rain at isolated pockets of Ladakh and Jammu region, and scattered places […]
Forces launch search operation in Pulwama village
Pulwama: Government forces on Monday morning launched cordon and search operation in Tumluhal village of South kashmir’s Pulwama district. Official sources said that the operation was launched over soecispe inputs about the presence of militants in the area. A join team of forces including 55 RR, CRPF and SOG are conducting the operation. […]
Woman journalist shot at in east Delhi
New Delhi: A woman journalist was shot at allegedly by two masked men in east Delhi’s New Ashok Nagar area in a suspected case of family dispute. The 38-year-old woman — Mitali Chandola — received bullet injury in the arm and is out of danger, they said. The incident took place in the intervening night […]
Director Horticulture visits hailstorm affected areas in Pulwama, Shopian
SRINAGAR: Director Horticulture Kashmir, Ajaz Ahmad Bhat today visited various areas of Pulwama and Shopian to take stock of the damage done by Friday’s hailstorm in the region. The Director visited various villages of Pulwama including Sangarwani, Achgoza, Bamnoo, Muran, Karimabad, Burpore and Kagan wherein heavy hailstorm has caused extensive damage to fruits bearing trees. […]
Vaccination for Kupwara Hajj pilgrims from June 25
KUPWARA: The District Administration Kupwara today informed that vaccination programme for the Hajj Pilgrims coming various tehsils of District Kupwara will be carried out from 25th June 2019. According to an official handout issued here, in tehsil Kupwara and Drugmulla the vaccination programme for Hajj aspirants would be held at ANMT School Kupwara, near SDH […]
Sniffer dogs deployed to track terrorists in J&K’s Kishtwar
Jammu, (PTI): Sniffer dogs were pressed into service as a massive search operation to track down suspected terrorists in a forest area of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kishtwar district continued for the second day on Saturday, officials said. The Army and police had launched a search operation in the forest area near Keshwan village early on […]
Scores of tippers seized in nighttime crackdown on illegal constructions in Srinagar
SRINAGAR: The authorities in Srinagar late Friday night seized a large number of tipper trucks from various areas in a massive crackdown on land mafia involved in illegal constructions in the city. The seizure of over a hundred tipper trucks was made at different checkpoints set up across the Srinagar city in efforts to clampdown […]
