Oil crashes after Saudi Arabia launches price war
Singapore, Mar 9 (AFP) Oil plunged over 20 per cent Monday after top exporter Saudi Arabia launched a price war in response to a failure by leading producers to strike a deal to support energy markets. The two main contracts both lost about a fifth of their value in morning Asian trade, with West Texas Intermediate […]
Rahul Gandhi most acceptable leader in Cong, high time he came back as party chief: Congress Leader
New Delhi, Mar 8 (PTI) Amid uncertainties over the leadership issue, senior Congress leader and former Union minister Ajay Maken has said it is high time Rahul Gandhi comes back as party president as he is the most acceptable leader. The former president of the Congress’ Delhi unit, Maken, in an interview to PTI, also batted […]
NC for impartial delimitation process, NPP seeks more seats for Jammu region
Jammu, Mar 8 (PTI) Two days after the Centre set up a Delimitation Commission to fix boundaries of the Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies in J&K, the National Conference on Sunday said the exercise should be conducted impartially, while the National Panthers Party advocated for more seats in Jammu region. “Our party believes in democracy and […]
Iltija Mufti says govt scared of women, asks it to spare ‘tokenism of women hashtag theatrics’
Srinagar, Mar 8 (PTI) PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter, Iltija Mufti, on Sunday asked the Centre to spare the “tokenism of women hashtag theatrics” as it was women who the government was scared of the most. Iltija, who uses her mother’s verified Twitter handle to comment on developments and events, said the government “illegally” jailed the […]
On Women’s Day, girl allegedly commits suicide in Bandipora
Bandipora, Mar 08: At a time when the whole world is observing Women’s Day, a 17-year-old girl on Sunday committed suicide after consuming some poisonous substance at her home in Bandipora village of northern district of Kashmir. Officials said that the girl (name with held), resident of Ajas village after consuming some poisonous substance was immediately […]
Altaf Bukhari launches Apni Party in Srinagar
Srinagar, March 8: Former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) minister Altaf Bukhari on Sunday launched his own political party ‘Apni Party’ in Jammu and Kashmir. Bukhari is first mainstream politician in Kashmir who said publicly that Kashmiris cannot perpetually mourn the abrogation of Article 370. He said the time has come to strive for achievable political […]
Corona Virus: An Insider’s Perspective
Shahebaz Khan In the recent events starting from the 31st of December 2019 up till today, a lot has changed. The outbreak of a new type of corona virus (CV), named as COVID-19 in Wuhan, Hubei Province China has put the public on edge. The fast transmitting and contagious virus has been the center of […]
Saudis’ arrest of 2 princes called a warning to royal family
Dubai, Mar 8 (AP) Two senior princes in Saudi Arabia are under arrest for not supporting Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has consolidated control of all major levers of power with the support of his father, King Salman, two people close to the royal family said Saturday. The arrests on Friday of the king’s younger […]
Coronavirus: China reports 27 new fatalities
Beijing, Mar 8 (PTI) China on Sunday reported 27 new deaths from coronavirus, the lowest number of fatalities in more than a month, taking the death toll to 3,097, while the COVID-19 infections for the first time fell below 50 since the disease surfaced in Hubei province in January. All the 27 deaths occurred in the […]
