SRINAGAR — Security has been stepped up across Jammu and Kashmir with additional troops being deployed on highways and vital road links while as check points have been increased in Srinagar, Baramulla, Rajouri and other parts of the UT in view of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit commencing today. A police official said […]
UDHAMPUR — One person was killed and fourteen others injured when a mini-bus they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into roadside area in Udhampur district on Monday. The bus (JK14C-5286) hit a tree adjacent to the roadside parapet and otherwise it would have rolled down into the gorge and number of […]
SRINAGAR — BJP’s Jammu and Kashmir president, Ravinder Raina on Monday said that the rallies to be addressed by Union Home Minister, Amit Shah in Rajouri-Poonch and North Kashmir will be grand and historic in nature. Talking to reporters here, Raina claimed that a sea of people will participate in the twin rallies of Amit […]
KUPWARA — A school bus and at least 100 apple boxes were gutted in a fire incident in Haril Mawar area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district last night, official sources said on Monday. They said that the bus (JK09-9791) of New Millennium Public School Handwara, parked on a roadside open area in Darbal village of […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu & Kashmir Government has appointed advocate Mohsin Qadri and advocate Monika Kohli as additional advocate general. According to orders issued by J&K department, advocate Mohsin Qadri has been appointed as AAG in the Srinagar wing of J&K High Court and advocate Monika Kohli in the Jammu wing of J&K High Court. […]
LAHORE — The Pakistan cricket team led by skipper Babar Azam left for New Zealand for the T20I tri-series involving the hosts and Bangladesh on Sunday night, with fans expressing mixed feelings following their 4-3 T20I series loss to England at the Gaddafi Stadium just hours before their departure. Pakistan will play their opening match […]
SRINAGAR — A Kashmiri journalist was arrested by the J&K Police after he was accused of rape, extortion and trafficking. Police said that a local journalist operating in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, Nadeem Nadu was arrested for interrogation after he was accused by a university teacher of rape, extortion, intimidation and trafficking. Police said that […]
SRINAGAR — The Meteorological (MeT) department on Monday forecast mainly dry weather in Jammu and Kashmir during the next 24 hours. “Weather is likely to remain dry in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT department said. Meanwhile, Srinagar recorded 9.6 degrees Celsius, Pahalgam 4.9 degrees and Gulmarg 4.6 degrees as […]
LAHORE — An unbeaten 78 by Dawid Malan and useful contributions from Ben Duckett (30) and Harry Brook (46 not out) propelled England to a 67-run series-winning victory against Pakistan in the seventh and final T20I at the Gaddafi Stadium here on Sunday night. The 4-3 series win will be a big boost for the […]
GUWAHATI — India defeated South Africa by 16 runs in a high-scoring second T20I to take an unassailable 2-0 lead in the three-match series here on Sunday. Sent in to bat, India posted a massive 237 for three, riding on a solid batting display by the top four and then returned to restrict the visitors […]