NAGPUR — Yoga guru Ramdev on Saturday said the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup match scheduled for Sunday is against the national interest and “Rashtradharma” as the “game of cricket and the game of terror cannot be played at the same time”. Speaking to reporters at the Nagpur airport, Ramdev said the addiction to drugs in […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday said that two policemen and a solider were injured and a Pakistani militant who was taken to the encounter site also sustained injuries and he couldn’t be retrieved back at Bhata-Dhurian encounter site in Poonch. Police said that Zia Mustafa, a Pakistani LeT militant was taken to […]
WARIS SHAH ANANTNAG — Two persons were killed while two others were rescued after they were trapped at Sinthan Pass in Kokernag amid heavy snowfall on intervening Saturday and Sunday night, officials said. They said that two vegetable laden Tata Mobile load carriers bearing registration numbers JK17-0053 driven by Imtiyaz Ahmad and JK17-9334 driven by […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court has said that a candidate, selected in Civil Services examinations, cannot claim allocation of cadre of his choice as a matter of right. A selected candidate has a right to be considered for appointment to the IAS but he or she has no such right to be allocated to […]
MUMBAI — Maharashtra Minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Saturday mocked the BJP over the cruise ship drugs bust case, in which film superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan is one of the arrested accused, and said “drugs would become sugar powder” if the actor joined the saffron party. A massive consignment of drugs was seized in […]
DUBAI — Spinners Moeen Ali and Adil Rashid demolished the West Indies batting line up as England skittled out the defending champions for just 55 runs in a Super 12 Group 1 match of the T20 World Cup here on Saturday. It was expected to be an exciting battle between the West Indies’ flair and […]
SRINAGAR — Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off the inaugural Srinagar-Sharjah flight from the Sheikh Ul-Alam international airport here on Saturday, reviving the direct airlink between the valley and the UAE after 11 years. The flight, operated by Go First, took off for Sharjah at 6.30 pm IST and is scheduled to land in […]
SRINAGAR — National Conference (NC) on Saturday impressed upon the incumbent J&K administration to rise up to the post snowfall exigencies. In a statement, party’s Members of Parliament Muhammad Akbar Lone and Hasnain Masoodi have asked the divisional administration of Kashmir to come to the rescue of people in the upper regions of north, south […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Saturday expressed serious concern over the damages caused to fruit growers in Shopian and elsewhere in Kashmir due to the fresh snowfall. In a statement, JKPCC urged the government to assess the losses caused to orchards in Shopian district and elsewhere in Kashmir due to the […]
SRINAGAR — As part of the Cyber Awareness campaign, Security Researcher Peer Tehleel Manzoor has started Cyber Talk show with Mr Rakshit Tondon Director /Founder Hackershala, Head capacity – CyberPeace foundation to raise awareness about cyber safety in society in which the youth can be educated on various topics related to cybercrime and digital safety. […]