KARACHI — Mohammad Rizwan scored a fluent 88 and Haris Rauf and Mohammed Nawaz took three wickets each as Pakistan edged England by three runs in a rollercoaster finish to the fourth Twenty20 in Karachi on Sunday to square the seven-match series at 2-2. In a topsy-turvy contest, Liam Dawson threatened to snatch victory from […]
SRINAGAR — Partly cloudy sky with light rain is likely in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours, the Meteorological (MeT) department said on Monday. “Partly cloudy sky with chances of light rain is likely in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 14.6 degrees […]
GANDERBAL — At least three shops gutted in a massive blaze in Barosa village of Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district late last night. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that fire broke out from one of the shops in the area on the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. He said that soon […]
HYDERABAD — Virat Kohli’s scintillating strokeplay found its match in maverick Suryakumar Yadav’s batting pyrotechnics as the duo fashioned India’s series- clinching six-wicket win over Australia in the third and final T20 International here on Sunday. Kohli (63 off 48 balls) and Suryakumar (69 off 36 balls) shared a 104-run partnership to lay the platform […]
SRINAGAR — Two infiltrating militants were killed in a gunfight near Line of Control (LoC) in Tekri Nar area of Machil in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday. Jammu and Kashmir Police in a statement said, “Based on specific intelligence inputs recieved from JKP and other intelligence agencies of likely infiltration attempt in Maachal Sector, […]
BANDIPORA — Police in North Kashmir’s Bandipora district have attached a residential house for wilfully sheltering and harbouring militants after obtaining sanction from competent authority. In a statement, a spokesperson said that police attached the residential house of one person namely Bashir Ahmad Mir of Wanpora Gurez at present Watrina after obtaining legal sanction from […]
SRINAGAR — Light to moderate rain was expected in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours, the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Sunday. During the last 24 hours, the weather was partly cloudy in the UT. “Light to moderate rain is expected to occur in both Kashmir and Jammu divisions of the UT during […]
SRINAGAR — Unidentified persons in intervening night of Saturday-Sunday stole an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) of J&K bank and decamped with cash in Panzan Chadoora area of central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A police officer told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that unidentified persons entered into J&K Bank ATM, located at Panzan in Budgam and looted […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the Centre over the issues of price rise and unemployment, alleging that the BJP-led government is not for farmers, youth and women but for the five-six richest Indians. “PM often asks- ’70 saal mein kya kiya?’ We never gave India the highest-ever unemployment. We never […]
SRINAGAR — Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) — an amalgam of various religious, social and educational organisations — on Saturday expressed serious concern over “attempts being made to undermine” the Muslim identity of Kashmir by asking students in government educational institutions to sing Hindu hymns and do ‘Surya Namaskar’. It said it strongly regrets activities being implemented […]