SRINAGAR — Barring few places including Srinagar, night temperature recorded a fall in Kashmir Valley with mercury settling at minus 9.5°C in the world famous skiing resort of Gulmarg. Some places including famous resort of Pahalgam accumulated fresh snowfall. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar received 2.6mm rainfall in last 24 hours […]
ISLAMABAD — Twenty Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan for allegedly entering into the country’s territorial waters are set to be handed over to India through the Wagah border crossing on Monday, according to a senior jail official. The fishermen, kept in Karachi’s Landhi Jail, were released on Sunday on humanitarian grounds. Deputy Superintendent of Police […]
KARACHI — There won’t be any handshakes at toss or after the match and players won’t be able to share any equipment as PCB has announced strict COVID-19 protocols for the PSL7th. The PCB has also warned players and other participants of the league of serious penalties, including expulsion from the league if anyone is […]
NEW DELHI — India may struggle to cope with the pressure of a match against Pakistan in the 2022 T20 World Cup if captain Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli don’t score big runs, former all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has said. Hafeez said that India are currently dependent on the pair and while they have good players […]
NEW DELHI — Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has taken a dig at Virat Kohli’s critics after the latter’s decision to quit as India’s Test captain. Kohli announced his resignation as the Test captain of the Indian team last week, a day after India’s 2-1 loss in the Test series against South Africa away […]
NEW DELHI — India logged 3,06,064 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,95,43,328, while the active cases climbed to 22,49,335, the highest in 241 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has climbed to 4,89,848 with 439 fresh fatalities, the data updated at […]
COPENHAGEN — The Omicron variant has moved the Covid-19 pandemic into a new phase and could bring it to an end in Europe, the WHO Europe director said Sunday. “It’s plausible that the region is moving towards a kind of pandemic endgame,” Hans Kluge told AFP in an interview, adding that Omicron could infect 60 […]
SRINAGAR — In a streak of multiple events organized by Tourism Department of Kashmir to celebrate 75th year of independence under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the department today when Jammu and Kashmir is under COVID lockdown held a colorful Shikara rally in Dal Lake to woo tourists to the valley. Director Tourism G N Itoo […]
SRINAGAR — Amid surge in covid-19 cases, Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory administration on Sunday decided to continue with the 64-hour lockdown from 2 p.m. Friday in Jammu and Kashmir. The government in an order issued by the State Executive Committee headed by Chief Secretary Dr Arin Kumar Mehta, has reiterated most of the measures […]
GENEVA — The Omicron variant of Covid-19 has been identified in 171 countries, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. In its latest technical brief, the global health body said that Omicron is soon set to replace Delta globally as a result of its immunity evading potential. It stated that Omicron has been found to have […]