Oil prices soar on producer output cuts; Asian shares mixed
Bangkok, Apr 3 (AP) Oil prices soared more than 5% after Saudi Arabia and other major oil producers said they will cut production by 1.15 million barrels per day from May until the end of the year. Shares in Asia were mixed on Monday and the dollar rose against the Japanese yen. U.S. benchmark crude […]
32 dead as tornadoes torment from Arkansas to Delaware in US
Wynne (US), Apr 3: Residents across a wide swath of the US raced Sunday to assess the destruction from fierce storms that spawned possibly dozens of tornadoes from the South and the Midwest into the Northeast, killing at least 32 people. The storms tore a path through the Arkansas capital and also collapsed the roof […]
Package suspected to be dropped by drone found in Samba, area cordoned off
Samba/Jammu, Apr 3 (PTI) A package suspected to have been airdropped by a drone from across the International Border was found in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Monday, prompting police to cordon off the area, official sources said. The package was found early on Monday near the railway line in Rakh Barotiya, they said. […]
Army vehicle damaged as shooting stones disrupts traffic on Jammu-Srinagar NH
Banihal/Jammu, Apr 2 (PTI) An army vehicle suffered damage in shooting of stones from a hillock near the recently opened T-5 tunnel on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway on Sunday but no personnel were injured, officials said. Ramban Deputy Commissioner Mussarat Islam took serious note of the matter and asked the National Highways Authority of India […]
BSF officer dies of bullet injury from own service rifle in Kathua
Kathua/Jammu, Apr 2 (PTI) An Assistant Sub-Inspector of the Border Security Force (BSF) died of a bullet injury from his own service rifle at a forward post near the International Border in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, officials said. It was not immediately clear whether the 55-year-old ASI Sukhnandan Prasad, a resident […]
Despite ban, e-cigarettes widely available at tobacco shops, sold without age verification: Survey
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) E-cigarettes are easily available at tobacco shops and sold to anyone without any age verification, the findings of a joint survey have revealed. The findings have been shared with the Union health ministry. The survey conducted across six states — Assam, Goa, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana — and […]
77 held in connection with Bihar Sharif violence, normalcy restored: Police
Patna, Apr 2 (PTI) Altogether 77 people have been arrested in connection with the communal violence that erupted in Bihar Sharif town in Nalanda district during the Ram Navami festivities, police said on Sunday. Normalcy has been restored in Bihar Sharif, the police said. Bihar Police in a tweet on Sunday said, “Normalcy has been […]
Private vehicle damaged due to blast in Sgr
Srinagar, Apr 2: A blast took place in a vehicle on boulevard road area of Srinagar district on Sunday. A senior police officer said that a blast took place in the rear of a Honda city vehicle numbered JK01M 0878 at boulevard road. Elderly couple ( Hafizullah Bhat) residents of Kralsangri, Nishat were in the […]
Night temp plunges as rains lash various parts across Kashmir
Srinagar, Apr 2: Amid forecast for isolated to widespread light rain and thunders in next 24 hours especially towards evening, the minimum temperatures recorded a fall in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday. A meteorological department official here said that intermittent rain and thunderstorm was expected at many places from April 3-6.”Thunderstorm may be accompanied by […]
India successfully achieves autonomous landing of Space vehicle
Bengaluru, Apr 2 (PTI) The Indian Space Research Organisation on Sunday successfully conducted the Reusable Launch Vehicle Autonomous Landing Mission (RLV LEX). The test was conducted at the Aeronautical Test Range (ATR), Chitradurga, Karnataka, the national agency headquartered here said. “With that, ISRO successfully achieved the autonomous landing of a space vehicle”, it said in […]