DUBAI — India on Sunday reclaimed the No.1 position in ICC men’s T20I rankings after taking an unassailable 2-0 lead against Zimbabwe in the ongoing three-match series at Harare. The reigning T20 world champions regained the top spot from England, who had dethroned Shreyas Iyer’s side after their 4-0 series win recently. India had also […]
JAMMU — Jammu Divisional Commissioner Ramesh Kumar has directed all deputy commissioners to ensure that school buildings found unsafe or damaged due to recent rains are immediately locked and kept out of use until necessary repairs are completed, an official spokesman said on Sunday. All chief agriculture officers have also been directed to assess the […]
SRINAGAR — PDP leader and MLA Pulwama Waheed Para on Sunday accused the Centre of adopting double standards amid crackdown in Kashmir after a policeman’s killing, saying that compassion showed to protesting students at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar was being denied to the Kashmiri youths. The young leader from Pulwama was referring to mass clampdown on […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday hit out at Uttar Pradesh government for targeting Mohammad Ali Jauhar University, saying chief minister Yogi Adityanath should learn a lesson from the Jantar Mantar protests. “Destroying an institution of learning like Jauhar University displays nothing but hatred and vengeance,” Mehbooba said in a post on X. […]
JAMMU — Jammu and Kashmir Minister for Environment Javed Ahmed Rana has said there was a need to strengthen disaster resilience in vulnerable areas and directed the administration to prepare a comprehensive long-term disaster mitigation plan in Poonch district, where 18 were killed in rain-related incidents. Reviewing the situation on the ground, Rana, who is […]
JAMMU — The Crime Branch has filed chargesheets against 10 accused in two separate cases in Jammu, including a Rs 30.29 lakh investment fraud involving a Rajasthan-based company, and a forgery case involving the fraudulent procurement of permanent resident certificates using forged revenue records, an official said on Sunday. In the first case, the official […]
SRINAGAR — The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Kashmir of the Crime Branch has filed a chargesheet against three accused in a fake job racket case, a spokesperson of the agency said on Sunday. The chargesheet has been filed against Ghulam Mohd Sheikh alais Gulzar, Mohammad Yousuf Wani and Mohammad Abdullah Mir. “The EOW Kashmir has […]
SRINAGAR (KIMS) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday paid tributes to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives during the Kargil War on the occasion of Kargil Vijay Diwas. Prime Minister Modi said the nation expresses gratitude to the brave soldiers for […]
SRINAGAR — Kashmiri actor and social media influencer Mateena Jeelani joined the Apni Party here on Saturday, along with her associates. Mateena, popularly known as Mateena Rajput, joined the party in the presence of Apni Party chief and former minister Altaf Bukhari as well as the senior leadership. The 23-year-old hailing from Kupwara district of […]
NEW DELHI — Union Minister Pralhad Joshi has been assigned the additional charge of the Ministry of Education after Dharmendra Pradhan resigned from the post on Saturday. A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said that President Droupadi Murmu, on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has accepted Pradhan’s resignation with immediate effect. It said the President […]