Major oil producers to consider cuts after price slide
Dubai, Nov 11 (AFP) Major oil producers meet in Abu Dhabi on Sunday to consider reverting to output cuts after a sharp slide in crude prices revived fears of a 2014-style crash. Oil prices shed a fifth of their value in just one month after surging to a four-year high in early October, driven by […]
Night temperature shows an increase ahead of the predicted downpour
Srinagar: The minimum temperatures increased across Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday as the weather office forecast rain and snow for the next three days in the state. “There is a likelihood of light to moderate widespread rain and snow beginning from Monday,” an official of the MET department said. “The spell is likely to be […]
NIA to probe arrest of three Kashmiri students
Chandigarh: After the three Kashmiri students were arrested in connection with the Maqsudan blast case, the Central and Punjab governments have decided to hand over the investigations into the case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The decision has been taken after security agencies have arrived to a decision that the trio is associated with […]
Two BSF troopers injured in border shelling at Rajouri
Rajouri: Two Border Security Force (BSF) personnel were critically injured in cross-border shelling along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday evening. A police officer said that Pakistan army in “violation of ceasefire” attacked the posts of 126 bn of BSF along the border in Sunderbani […]
Kashmir University remembers Late Prof GN Firaq
Srinagar: A one day symposium was organised by Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics, University of Kashmir (KU) , on the life and contribution of late Prof Ghulam NabiFiraq here at Gandhi Bhawan, KU on Saturday. The programme was presided over by Professor Gulshan Majeed, former Director Centre for Central […]
CRPF officer dies of cardiac arrest
Ganerbal: A Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) Sub Inspector (SI) died of heart attack in Kangan of central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday. An official said that SI CRPF, Mr Sourabh, Belt Number 913275405G. coy 118 Bn, posted at camp in Hariganiwan area of Kangan died due to cardiac arrest. He said the officer was […]
Son of Hizb’s slain commander ‘Colonel Jameel’ killed in Pulwama gunfight
Pulwama: With the killing of 20 year old Hizb militant Liyakat Munir Wani, the Wani family in Belo village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district virtually wiped out as only sole bread earner of the family who survives is the post graduate brother of the graduate slain militant. Liyakat Munir Wani, who had completed his […]
Hijack scare on Kandahar-bound plane at Delhi airport
New Delhi, Nov 10 (PTI) A hijack scare on a Kandahar-bound flight sent security officials at the Delhi airport into tizzy on Saturday after the pilot “mistakenly” pressed the ‘hijack button’ when it was taxiing for take-off, sources said. The Ariana Afghan Airlines plane took off nearly two hours later after “satisfactory” security checks, they […]
Crime Branch registers case against career consultancy, had duped aspirants over admission in China
Srinagar, Nov 10, CNS: Crime Branch Kashmir on Saturday said that they have registered a case against a career consultancy after they investigated a complaint of cheating against them. According to a press statement issued by the CBK, they had received a complaint from Mohammed Hussain stating therein that he is running a small business […]
Police detain two CUK students: Colleagues protest, block highway
Srinagar: Protests erupted in Central University of Kashmir on Saturday over detention of two of the varsity students. Their colleagues blocked Nowgam Bypass road, demanding their immediate release. To students identified as Suhail Ahmed from Shopian and Mohammad Ismail from Baramulla were earlier detained by the government forces by their rented accommodation near the […]
