GEELONG — Kusal Mendis slammed a fine 79 while Wanindu Hasaranga picked three wickets as Sri Lanka beat the Netherlands by 16 runs in a decisive Group A match of the first round at Kardinia Park, Geelong, to confirm Super 12 qualification in ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. After Mendis’s knock helped the 2014 T20 […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Yasin Malik appeared before a special court here on Thursday in connection with the 1989 kidnapping of Rubaiya Sayeed, daughter of then Union Home minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. Chief Prosecutor Monika Kohli told reporters, “Malik was to be produced in court as per the production warrant. […]
JAMMU — A Border Security Force (BSF) medical officer arrested in connection with alleged irregularities in the recruitment of sub-inspectors was sent to 10-day CBI remand by a local court here, officials said. The CBI on Tuesday arrested BSF Commandant (Medical) Karnail Singh for allegedly using touts to get his son the question paper of […]
BANIHAL — Five alleged overground workers have been detained under the Public Safety Act for engagement in anti-national activities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ramban district on Thursday, officials said. Police prepared dossiers of the five persons and their activities, mostly in the district’s Banihal tehsil, they said. The district magistrate slapped them with the Public […]
WASHINGTON — The United States is aware of reports of Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri journalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo allegedly being prevented from travelling to the country, a State Department official has said. Mattoo had on Tuesday said she was stopped at the IGI Airport in Delhi from flying to the US to received the prestigious award. “We […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Anantnag district have asked people to refrain from travelling on Sinthan and Margan pass roads due to bad weather conditions. “In view of wide spread rains, snowfall and bad weather conditions, people of Tehsil Larnoo and outside tourists are advised to refrain from venturing in landslide and shooting stone prone areas,” […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities on Thursday informed that the historic Mughal road and Srinagar-Sonamarg-Gumari (SSG) road were closed in view of fresh snowfall. However, the vehicular movement was plying on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway. Officials said that both roads were closed for vehicular movement due to snow accumulation due to fresh snowfall in higher reaches of Jammu […]
SRINAGAR — Rain in plains and snowfall in higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir occurred during the last 24 hours as the Meteorological (MeT) office said on Thursday that the same weather conditions were likely to continue. “Light to moderate rain in the plains and snowfall in the higher reaches of J&K is likely to […]
SRINAGAR — CPI (M) State Secretary Ghulam Nabi Malik on Wednesday condemned the allegedly custodial killing of Imran Bashir Ganai of Harman Shopian and demanded credible probe into this unfortunate incident. Malik in a statement said that it is widely perceived that the said person had not been involved in any unlawful activity. “Recently in […]
SRINAGAR — Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Production Department, Atal Dulloo today inaugurated 550 metric ton (MT) capacity Cold Storage facility at Agri Complex Lal Mandi here. The 550 MT capacity cold storage facility would house perishable items and veggies for preservation at nominal charges to fetch marginal farmers’ attractive prices for their produce. On […]