LAHORE — Pakistan”s Sohaib Maqsood was on Saturday ruled out of the upcoming T20 World Cup owing to a lower back injury and replaced by veteran all-rounder Shoaib Malik. Maqsood was ruled out of the tournament after failing an MRI scan on his lower back. Maqsood, who was in the 15-member squad, sustained the injury […]
NEW DELHI — A batch of 106 Afghan nationals left Delhi for their country via Iran yesterday. Mahan Air recently resumed commercial flights to Kabul. Afghan nationals took the connecting flight of the Iran based airline to Kabul. This is the first set of Afghan nationals leaving for Afghanistan from Delhi since August 15, the […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir has gone from bad to worse and accused the Centre of using a “muscular policy” to reap political dividends. Mufti claimed she has been placed under house arrest to prevent her from visiting the family of a Muslim man who […]
KABUL — United Nations Security General Antonio Guterres has condemned the horrific attack at a Shia mosque in the Afghan city of Kunduz, saying that the attacks targeting civilians, who are exercising the right to freely practice their religion, are violations of fundamental human rights. Guterres, in a statement released by his spokesperson, said, “The […]
NEW DELHI — Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait on Saturday demanded the Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra be sacked and sent to jail. Tikait added that a free and fair investigation in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case is not possible while Ajay Mishra, whose son Ashish Mishra is the prime […]
SRINAGAR — Following the recent spike in the attacks on civilians by the militants, the Jammu and Kashmir police department in collaboration with the intelligence agencies has detained around 540 people across Kashmir to break the chain of violence in the valley. Official sources told The Kashmir Walla that in the past few days 540 […]
PULWAMA — The program was greenlit by District Disaster Management Authority with an objective to train and induct 1800 people as CDVs under DMA act 2005 so that services of these people can be utilized (after they are duly trained) at the times of emergency or a disaster. The program as on 18th September 2021 […]
KULGAM — Two policemen were injured after militants attacked a police party in Manzgam village of southern district of Kulgam on Saturday. An official told that suspected militants attacked a police party in Manzgam area of Damhal Hanjipora, Kulgam in which two policemen received injuries. “Both were shifted to SDH DH Pora where their condition […]
NEW DELHI — Mountaineers of the border guarding force ITBP have summited twin peaks located in the eastern Ladakh region, a senior officer said on Saturday. The mountains are located at the heights of 6,250 metres and 6,099 metres and they were conquered on October 6 by a team of 20 mountaineers led by ITBP […]
SRINAGAR — At least 38 panchayat representatives tendered resignation in Ramsoo block of Banihal district in Jammu and Kashmir accusing the government of ignoring them and making the Panchayat Raj Institution defunct and symbolic. The two page copy of resignation letter in possession of The Kashmir Walla has made a remarkable mention of not allowing them to […]