SRINAGAR — Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD), an infectious viral disease among cattle continues to affect more cattle worrying farmers in Kashmir. Farmers told news agency Kashmir News Observer that though the mortality rate of LSD is not so high, animals infected with the disease are unable to produce enough milk even after they are cured, […]
PERTH — Zimbabwe held their nerves to beat Pakistan by one run in a thrilling Super 12 match of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 at Perth Stadium, here on Thursday. This was Pakistan’s second defeat in two games and their road to the semifinal has become difficult now. Mohammad Wasim Jr (4/24) and […]
PATTAN — A 48-year-old man was crushed to death by a running train in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, officials said here on Thursday. An official told the news agency Kashmir News Observer that a man died on the spot after a train from Banihal to Baramulla hit him near the Hamray section. They identified him […]
SYDNEY — Half-centuries from captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav set up India’s move to the top of Group 2 points table with a thumping 56-run win over the Netherlands in their second Super 12 match of Men’s T20 World Cup at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Wednesday. With the Netherlands putting a […]
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated a 2-day ‘Chintan Shivir’ to discuss problems relating to internal security at Surajkund, Haryana, on Thursday. Addressing the inaugural session, Shah said that there has been a 34 per cent reduction in militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370. At the […]
JAMMU — Police foiled a plan of militants to possibly trigger an IED blast and recovered 18 detonators near the Jammu railway station here, officials said. Police were alerted after an abandoned bag was found in an ‘nallah’ (drain) near the taxi stand, they said. A police team rushed to the spot and took possession […]
SRINAGAR — A Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militant has been arrested during an encounter that broke out in Wanseeran area of Taripora woods in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Thursday. A police spokesman in a statement said that acting on specific information regarding presence of militants in Wanseeran Taripora jungle area of PS Sheeri, District Baramulla, joint […]
SYDNEY — Rilee Rossouw scored the first century by a South African in Men’s T20 World Cup and all-rounder Anrich Nortje claimed 4/10 as the Proteas thrashed Bangladesh by 104 runs in their Super 12 match here on Thursday. After their match against Zimbabwe was washed out, South Africa were looking to open their campaign […]
SRINAGAR — Police on Thursday said that a low intensity blast took place in Aloosa area of Bandipora district while army’s vehicle passer by, however, no loss of life had been reported. Kashmir zone police in a Tweet said that reinforcement has reached to the spot. Police also said that areas was being searched and […]
SRINAGAR — A militant was killed in a brief encounter between government forces and militants at Astan Marg area of Kausarnag in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Thursday. According to police, an encounter took place at Asthan Marg in general area of Kausarnag, Kulgam district in which one militant got killed. Search operation was […]