SRINAGAR — Police on Monday claimed to have busted a fake SIM card racket by arresting three accused in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The police in a statement said that police Baramulla busted a fake SIM card racket who were issuing fake SIM card after managing forged documents for issuance of SIM card. The statement […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmir Valley continued to reel under cold conditions with minimum temperature remaining below sub-zero level in most places on Monday. A meteorological department official here told GNS that mercury settled at 0.0°C against previous night’s minus 0.9°C which was the coldest this season. The today’s minimum temperature is below minus 1.2°C than the […]
SRINAGAR — The Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) has produced a charge sheet against former Block Medical Officer (BMO) Uri, Baramulla and 16 others for fraudulent withdrawal of arrears. ACB said that a charge sheet was filed in Case FIR No: 47/2015 Police Station Vigilance Organization Kashmir (now Anti-Corruption Bureau) against accused public servants namely Sheikh […]
NEW DELHI — The world’s top 10 cities with the worst air quality, three — Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai, are in India, data from air quality and pollution city tracking service from IQAir, a Switzerland-based climate group showed. While Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) at 556 made it to the top of the list, Kolkata […]
DUBAI — Australia thrashed New Zealand by 8 wickets to clinch their maiden T20 world cup in Dubai on Sunday. Glenn Maxwell scored the winning runs for the Aussies. Mitchell Marsh won the man of the match whereas David Warner was declared the Man of the Tournament. Chasing the target of 173 Australia lost skipper […]
SRINAGAR — Over 55 couples belonging to underprivileged sections from various districts of the Kashmir Valley tied the knot at a simple ceremony in Srinagar on Sunday. The Jaffri Council, the organisers of the ceremony, said it is the biggest such event held in Kashmir. Dozens of people witnessed the ceremony which was held at […]
JAMMU — Accusing the BJP of weaponising the pain of Kashmiri Pandits to garner votes and further its “divisive politics”, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday said Kashmiri Muslims have to work harder on seeing the return of their Hindu brethren in a dignified manner. She said some BJP-linked persons, who are sitting in the studios in Delhi […]
NEW DELHI — Former India batter VVS Laxman will be the next head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), a senior BCCI official confirmed on Sunday. Laxman will take over from his former batting colleague Rahul Dravid, who was recently appointed as chief coach of the Indian team following the end of Ravi Shastri’s tenure. […]
NEW DELHI — Several Congress leaders on November 14 paid rich tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on his birth anniversary, with the party hailing the country’s first Prime Minister as a visionary who laid the foundations of modern India. Congress president Sonia Gandhi offered floral tributes at Shanti Vana in New Delhi, while several party leaders […]
NEW DELHI — Noticing their vulnerabilities, IMA on Sunday demanded Covid-19 vaccination for all diabetes patients, including a third dose, if needed. The IMA on Sunday launched a campaign for early detection and mitigation of diabetes complications with organising of walkathon, marathon, screening camps, and a social media drive. The campaign also included research paper […]