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 […]
SRINAGAR — Senior vice-president People’s Conference (PC) and former minister Abdul Gani Vakil reacting on Home Minister Amit Shah’s claims about so called rapid development, creation of employment opportunities and improvement in security scenario totally false and have nothing to do with the reality but only exists in statements and papers. He said however over […]
JAMMU — An emergent meeting of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) was held under the leadership of Chowdhary Hamid, vice president of the party to condole the untimely and sudden demise of veteran party leader and ex-MLC Yashpal Sharma. While paying tributes to Yashpal Sharma, vice president of PDP Choudhary Hamid said that the party […]
SRINAGAR — Stating that the security situation has improved with militancy down by 40%, killings down by 50% & Kashmir witnessing heavy tourist footfalls even during winter months, then it is high time that the Statehood is restored back to the people of J&K as promised on the floor of Parliament by Home Minister Amit […]