Fire incident at Kupwara bus stand damages six buses
Srinagar, Apr 9: At least six passenger buses were damaged after a fire broke out at the Kupwara bus stand in north Kashmir late last night, officials said on Thursday. An official said that six buses were damaged in the incident, while the fire and emergency services rushed to the spot and brought the flames […]
Lt Guv chairs 2nd University Council Meeting of Cluster University of Srinagar
Jammu, Apr 8: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday chaired the 2nd meeting of the University Council of the Cluster University of Srinagar at Lok Bhavan, Jammu. The meeting was attended by Prof. Mohammad Mobin, Vice Chancellor Cluster University Srinagar; Prof. Umesh Rai, Vice Chancellor, University of Jammu; Prof. K.S Chandrasekhar, Vice Chancellor, Cluster University […]
LG Sinha prorogues J&K Legislative Assembly
Jammu, Apr 8: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has prorogued the Union Territory’s Legislative Assembly, bringing the session to a formal end, officials said on Wednesday. According to a bulletin issued by the Assembly Secretariat, the order dated April 7, 2026, was issued by the Lt Governor in exercise of powers conferred under Section 18(2)(a) of […]
IED intended to target security forces defused in Shopian
SRINAGAR, Apr 8 (PTI): Security forces on Wednesday detected and defused a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) planted by terrorists on a road in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, an Army official said. He said a tragedy was averted as the IED was “apparently meant to target security forces’ vehicles”. The device was found along […]
Heritage-based tourism circuits must to showcase JK’s cultural legacy: CM Omar
Jammu, Apr 8: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Wednesday called for strengthening institutional mechanisms and developing heritage-based tourism circuits to position the Union Territory as a key cultural tourism destination. Chairing a meeting on heritage promotion and cultural tourism here, CM Omar Abdullah reviewed measures for the conservation and adaptive reuse of […]
LG led-administration terminates two more government employees for terror links
Srinagar, Apr 8: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha led-administration has terminated two more government employees over terror links, invoking his zero-tolerance policy. Officials said that the employees were terminated under Article 311(2)(c) of the Constitution for their alleged links with Pakistan-backed terror outfits Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. They said one of them, Farhat […]
Jammu-Srinagar NH shut for second day as road clearance operations continue in Ramban
JAMMU, Apr 8 (PTI): Traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Tuesday as the work to clear the fresh landslides is going on amid heavy rains in the Ramban district, officials said. The strategic 270-km highway, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country, […]
RBI keeps policy rate unchanged amid inflationary pressure
MUMBAI, Apr 8 (PTI): The Reserve Bank on Wednesday expectedly kept interest rates unchanged amid hopes of a global recovery on the back of ceasefire in the six-week-long US/Israel-Iran conflict. The policy decision comes as a month and a-half-long West Asia conflict has disrupted energy supplies, shot up crude oil prices and created fiscal and […]
Oil prices sink, US stock futures jump as US, Iran agree to 2-week ceasefire
New York, Apr 8 (AP) Oil prices plunged below USD 100 a barrel and Asia markets and US stock futures jumped after the US and Iran agreed to a two-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 4.8% and South Korea’s Kospi gained 5.6%. Futures for the […]
Israel backs US ceasefire with Iran but that deal doesn’t cover fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon: Netanyahu
Tel Aviv, Apr 8 (AP) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel backed the US ceasefire with Iran but that the deal doesn’t cover fighting against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Netanyahu’s office said in the statement Wednesday that Israel supported US President Donald Trump’s decision to suspend strikes against Iran for two weeks subject to Iran immediately […]