NEW DELHI — The Legends League, which will be held in January 2022 at the Al-Amerat Cricket Stadium in Oman, will feature former Pakistan batsmen Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Akhtar. The pair will play for the Asia Lions, which also comprises Sanath Jayasuriya, Muttiah Muralitharan, and Younis Khan. “Asia Lions our team from Asia. We […]
MOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin during his annual news conference on Thursday said that insulting Prophet Muhammad does not count as freedom of expression. Insults to the prophet are a “violation of religious freedom and the violation of the sacred feelings of people who profess Islam,” said Putin, according to the Russian News Agency […]
SRINAGAR — Private Schools’ Association Jammu and Kashmir will not compromise on quality education especially the curriculum followed by various schools across Jammu and Kashmir. The association strongly condemns all the controversial content in some books that has surfaced during past few days. PSAJK has already constituted a committee to check the content of all […]
NEW DELHI — The Uttarakhand Police have registered a first information report (FIR) against Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi, formerly known as Waseem Rizvi, and others for allegedly giving a “provocative speech” against “a particular religion” at a Dharma Sansad in Haridwar on December 17-19, ANI reported. Wasim Rizvi was former chairman of the Uttar Pradesh […]
SRINAGAR — Three tourists and a local driver were injured after a vehicle they were travelling in skidded off the road in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that a Sumo vehicle bearing registration number JK05D 2892 on way to Gulmarg skidded off the road near Hilltop Crossing, resulting in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police Friday claimed to have arrested two ‘militant associates’ linked with banned militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba in a joint operation with army’s 50 Rashtriya Rifles and 181 Battalion CRPF in Chadoora area in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Identifying the arrested ‘associates’ as Imran Majeed Magray son of Abdul Majeed, a resident […]
SRINAGAR — The policeman who had sustained critical injuries after hit by a load-carrier while performing his duty in Rainawari area of Srinagar succumbed to his injuries. While divulging information about the incident, a police officer told news agency Kashmir News Trust that on 13 December this month, a load carrier (JK01C-3906) hit a police […]
SRINAGAR — British Musician and founding member of the former rock band Pink Floyd has called out Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the arrest of Human Rights activist, Khurram Parvez This comes amid calls from the various international human rights organization seeking an immediate release Parvez. “Hey Modi, leave Khurram alone!” the musician said while […]
SRINAGAR — Inspectors General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Friday visited family of late ASI Mohd Ashraf Dar at Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Dar was killed in a militant attack couple of days ago at Bijbhera in Anantnag district of South Kashmir. Accompanied by other Police officers, the IGP offered condolences to […]
SRINAGAR — Barring famous resorts of Gulmarg and Pahalgam, the minimum temperature settled at above freezing point in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K recorded a low of 2.4 against last night’s 2.6°C and had rainfall of 1.3mm in last 24 hours […]