KARACHI — Pakistan fast bowler Hasan Ali has apologised for his forgettable outing against Australia in the T20 World Cup semifinal, saying he is more disappointed than anyone else and pledged to come back stronger from this bad phase of career. In the 19th over of the match, Ali dropped Matthew Wade off Shaheen Shah […]
NEW DELHI — An initial investigation in the dastardly attack on the convoy of the commanding officer of an Assam Rifles unit by militants in Manipur’s Singhat has shown that it was “well-planned”, sources said, adding that its difficult to believe that two proscribed militant organisations – the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and the Manipur […]
PULWAMA — In a classic act of communal harmony and amity, members of Muslim community Sunday performed last rites of an elderly deceased Pandit in Washbugh in south-Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Kanhaiya Lal, 80, as learnt by GNS, was putting up as a lone family member at Washbugh and died of prolonged illness on Saturday evening. […]
SRINAGAR — The Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is gripped with drug addiction as a huge chunk of the population has become drug addicts. During the maiden meeting of the state-level committee of the narco coordination centre held on Friday under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar it was informed that as […]
SRINAGAR — A 32-year-old private school teacher allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself to death on Sunday in Khrew hamlet of pampore area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. An official told that a youth (name with held) who was working as teacher in a local private school village allegedly ended his life by hanging self […]
SRINAGAR — Srinagar, the summer capital of J&K, recorded the first sub-zero night of the season while other parts of Kashmir valley continued to endure below freezing point temperature on Sunday. A meteorological department official said that mercury settled at minus 0.9°C against previous night’s 0.1°C °C. The temperature is below minus 2.1°C than the […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir all-rounder, Abid Mushtaq, was Friday called by Mumbai Indians for trials ahead of the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) auction. He will leave for Mumbai this afternoon and attend the trials tomorrow. “He was called yesterday for trials. He will leave today and participate in trials tomorrow,” a source close […]
JAMMU — In a major relief to senior BJP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir state Dr Nirmal Singh, and his wife Mamta Singh, the Jammu and Kashmir Special Tribunal has kept in abeyance the November 8 order of the Jammu Development Authority asking them to demolish their “illegally” […]
JAMMU — Union minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre has undertaken several initiatives to provide avenues of livelihood to the youth which are even more lucrative than a government job. However, he said to avail these avenues, the youth need to liberate their mindset from the clutches of […]
JAMMU — Eleven people were apprehended for alleged stone pelting during an anti-encroachment drive in Reasi district on Saturday, officials said. Groups of people indulged in stone pelting soon after revenue officials accompanied by police personnel started the anti-encroachment drive in Gram Morh village, the officials said. They said the encroached prime land belonged to […]