MUMBAI: Even as tensions continue to disrupt shipping routes in the Persian Gulf, two crude oil tankers have safely crossed the Strait of Hormuz and are heading towards Indian ports, offering a measure of relief on energy supplies. The Liberian-flagged tanker MT Smyrni is expected to arrive at Mumbai port on Saturday carrying about 1.4…

NEW DELHI: Deendayal Port in Kandla is set to receive 22 vessels over the next three days, including some foreign-flagged Gulf-bound ships, which are unable to head to the conflict-hit region. Ships that are destined for West Asian countries can use this as a transhipment port to drop the cargo. TOI has learnt that the…

JAMMU: A head constable of Jammu and Kashmir Police and his wife died, while their sons were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road and plunged into a stream in Doda district on Friday.The family, from Bani in Kathua district, was heading to Bhaderwah in their SUV when the accident…

SRINAGAR: The Ladakh administration on Friday appealed to the Leh Apex Body to reconsider its proposed March 16 procession in the Union Territory, and said it was committed to a dialogue.LAB, which along with Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) has been demanding statehood and inclusion of Ladakh under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution, had last…

SRINAGAR: On the last Friday of Ramzan, authorities in J&K closed the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar and placed Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chief cleric of Kashmir, under house detention, preventing him from delivering the sermon and leading the prayers.Mirwaiz said this was the seventh consecutive year that the mosque had been closed on the…

JAMMU: Security forces Friday seized 503g heroin, allegedly air-dropped from Pakistan via drone, near the international border in RS Pura sector, on the outskirts of Jammu city.The recovery came a day after a joint team of BSF and police seized 2kg heroin, worth around Rs 12 crore in the international market, in Bahadurpur village in…

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir high court has quashed a Pulwama resident’s preventive detention under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA), citing contradictions in records and Albert Einstein’s words about “carelessness” in a case represented by advocates Zamir Abdullah and Zahir Abdullah, sons of chief minister Omar Abdullah.“Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters…

SRINAGAR: Vinai Kumar Saxena took oath as the fourth Lieutenant Governor of the Union Territory of Ladakh Friday, succeeding Kavinder Gupta. Prior to this appointment, Saxena served as the LG of Delhi.The oath of office and secrecy was administered by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, Justice Arun…

NEW DELHI: The cost of FASTag Annual Pass for private vehicles will increase by 2.5% to Rs 3,075 from April 1. At present, the annual pass costs Rs 3,000, which allows cars to cross 200 toll plazas without stopping. The pass can be recharged multiple times in a year.Officials said the provision for annual revision…