Category: Kashmir

Mumbai, Mar 16: The rupee stayed weak and lost 13 paise to 92.43 against the US dollar in early trade on Monday, weighed down by massive withdrawal of foreign funds and surging crude oil prices amid geopolitical uncertainties.Volatile sentiment in domestic equity markets further dragged the currency down even as the greenback retreated from higher…

U.S. President Donald Trump warned that he is not ready to seek a deal to end the war with Iran, as U.S. ally Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Sunday (March 15, 2026) and Tehran’s Revolutionary Guards threatened to hunt down and kill the Israeli leader.“Iran wants to make a deal, and I…

New Delhi, March 15: The Jammu and Kashmir government arranged buses at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport in New Delhi to transport students from the Union Territory who had returned to India after being stranded in Iran, officials and student representatives said. The buses were stationed in the parking area of the airport to facilitate the…

Tamil Nadu, Mar 14: Over 20 students of a private engineering college were injured after the bus they were travelling in was hit by a goods train here on Saturday, police said.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader Senthil Balaji visited the injured students who are undergoing treatment at the district government hospital. Speaking to media persons,…

Widespread rainfall is currently affecting most plains of the Valley, while higher reaches have been experiencing continuous snowfall since the morning hours. The prevailing weather system is now in its peak phase and is expected to remain active until late tonight or early tomorrow morning. During this time, moderate to heavy rainfall will continue across…

Mumbai: Observing that the child only accompanied him because she trusted him as a grandfather, a special court convicted and sentenced a 79-year-old man to three years of simple imprisonment for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl in 2019. The court found the accused guilty of luring a neighbour’s daughter into his home and kissing her.Special…

Srinagar, Mar 14: Two back-to-back Western Disturbances are expected to affect Jammu and Kashmir between March 15 and March 20, bringing a brief return of winter-like conditions across the region, the Meteorological Department said.According to the Director Meteorological Department Kashmir, Dr Mukhtar Ahmad, the approaching weather systems are likely to trigger rain in the plains…

Kulgam, March 14: One person was injured after a passenger bus collided with a tipper at Khudwani Bypass along the Srinagar–Jammu National Highway on Saturday, officials said. The accident briefly disrupted traffic movement on the busy highway before authorities restored the flow of vehicles. Officials said the injured person was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital…

Jammu, March 14. Long queues of residents carrying LPG cylinders were seen outside gas distribution centres in several parts of the Jammu region on Saturday as panic buying was reported despite government assurances that there was no shortage of cooking gas. Witnesses said people gathered at distribution points from early morning, with hundreds of residents…

Colombo, Mar 14: Sri Lanka has repatriated the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who were killed when their frigate was sunk by a US submarine, an official said.Last week on Wednesday, Sri Lanka said it had recovered 84 bodies of Iranian sailors after the US submarine attack sank the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena off Galle…