SRINAGAR — Freezing weather conditions continued unabated in Kashmir Valley as Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, experienced the coldest night of the season with temperature dropping as low as minus 1.6°C on Monday, the Met office said. A meteorological department official here told GNS that minimum temperature in Srinagar was minus 1.7°C below normal […]
NEW DELHI — Bharti Airtel on Monday increased its tariffs for telecom subscribers for a range of services effective November 26, saying the decision was for a “financially healthy business model”. The company hiked prepaid tariff by 20-25 per cent and data top-up plans by 20-21 per cent. “Bharti Airtel has always maintained that the […]
JAMMU — A suspected fraudster was arrested from Delhi for allegedly duping a Jammu businessman of Rs 70 lakh three years ago, police said. The accused, Saleem Qureshi of Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, was arrested by a special team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police from Delhi’s Mundka, a spokesperson said. He said Jagdish Raj […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi government on Sunday extended the ban on the entry of trucks carrying non-essential items into the city and work from home for its employees till November 26 to combat air pollution and minimise its health effects. Though the order issued by the environment department did not make it clear if […]
ISLAMABAD — Former Pakistan fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar, who is well-known across the globe as “Rawalpindi Express” for his running speed, will no longer be able to run. Taking to Instagram, the former cricketer revealed that his “running days are over” as he is going for a “total knee replacement in Australia Melbourne very soon.” […]
GANDERBAL — Two girl students of Central University of Kashmir (CUK), hailing from Poonch district of Jammu division, were on Sunday found unconscious at their rented room in Saloora area of Ganderbal district. An official told that two girl students of CUK were found unconscious in their rented room in a residential house at Saloora […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu and Kashmir School Education Department has terminated the services of four teachers for their unauthorized absence. The Director of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) in four separate orders said that the employees were found absent unauthorizedly and their services were removed. According to one of the DSEK orders, a teacher (Name Withheld) […]
NEW DELHI — The sale of marijuana on the Amazon e-commerce portal is not a new and first offence of Amazon, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said in a statement. Earlier in 2019, the chemicals for making the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) which were used in the Pulwama terror attack resulting in the […]
DUBAI — Australian Geoff Allardice has been appointed as permanent CEO of the International Cricket Council after serving the role on an interim basis for more than eight months, the game’s governing body said on Sunday. Allardice thus replaced Manu Sawhney, who had resigned from his position in July. “It’s a great privilege to be […]
SRINAGAR — The relatives of the slain Amir Ahmad Magray, who was killed in an alleged gunfight of Hyderpora on Monday last week, have been offered to have a last glimpse of their kin without handing over the body to the family for the proper burial. Amir’s father Muhammad Lateef Magray said that the Superintendent […]