KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday accused Russia of intensifying strikes across the country to put pressure on Kyiv at upcoming talks after an overnight barrage triggered power cuts as temperatures drop. The latest strikes on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure came days before the trilateral US-brokered meeting in Abu Dhabi scheduled for Tuesday and […]
NEW DELHI — Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has accepted the resignation of Srinagar MP Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, who on November 3 resigned from his Parliamentary seat and the National Conference following differences with the party leadership. “Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi, an elected member of Lok Sabha from the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency, has resigned […]
SYDNEY — Former opener Usman Khawaja claimed on Saturday that the entire Australian team knew about the 2018 “Sandpapergate” scandal in Cape Town and said they also employed the tactic during the previous Test at Port Elizabeth. Captain Steve Smith, his deputy David Warner and Cameron Bancroft were sent home in disgrace and found by […]
KARACHI — A new-look England side took the opening T20 international by six wickets in Karachi on Tuesday, capping their return to Pakistan after 17 years in a memorable way. Opener Alex Hales hit a 40-ball 53 — his first international after a three-year absence on a failed recreational drug test — to anchor England’s […]
MOHALI — Australia produced a dominating performance to beat India by four wickets in the first T20I, to take a 1-0 lead in the three-match series at the Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali on Tuesday. Brilliant fifties by Hardik Pandya and K.L Rahul and a vital knock by Suryakumar Yadav powered India […]
NEW DELHI — The Supreme Court has asked the Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh High Court to take a sympathetic view toward a law student whose PIL was dismissed with costs and adverse observations. A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and Hima Kohli directed the petitioner to place an affidavit before the High Court […]
SRINAGAR — Fruit growers across Kashmir are optimistic that the directives issued by IGP Traffic to ensure hassle free movement of trucks will be implemented. Several fruit growers and representatives of several associations thanked the government for taking cognizance of the vital issue and hoped all directions will be implemented on the ground. President Kashmir […]
NEW DELHI — The number of cyber attacks on Indian healthcare industry were second highest globally, with 7.7 per cent of total incidence on the segment being witnessed in the country in 2021, cyber security intelligence firm CloudSEK said on Tuesday. According to CloudSEK report on “Increased cyber attacks on the global healthcare sector”, US […]
SRINAGAR — A delegation of All J&K Transport Welfare Association led by its Chairman S. Ajit Singh Khalsa called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, at the Raj Bhavan today. The 10 member delegation including General Secretary, Sh Sheikh Mohammad Yousuf and President, Sh Vijay Singh Chib submitted a memorandum of demands to the Lt Governor […]
SRINAGAR — With an aim of developing scientific temperament among students, the J&K School Education department (SED) is going to establish Virtual Reality Lab (VRL) in each district of Jammu and Kashmir. Virtual Reality Lab is a unique facility by which one can walk through virtual reality representations of products that are yet to be […]
JAMMU — The Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta inaugurated the portal for Jammu and Kashmir Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme (JKRAS), 2022; thus removing the manual interface of the applicants with the government for applying for compassionate appointments. The new Scheme replaces the J&K Compassionate Appointment Rules, 1994 under which the dependents of the deceased government […]
SRINAGAR — Bollywood actor Emraan Hashmi, who is currently shooting for his upcoming flick in Kashmir, has refuted reports about being injured in stone pelting incident at tourist destination Pahalgam. In a Twitter post on Tuesday morning, Emraan said people of Kashmir have been “very warm and welcoming and it has been an absolute joy […]
SRINAGAR — PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday accused the BJP government of dismantling all religious and Sufi traditions of Kashmir to implement its divisive agenda. The former chief minister was reacting to an order issued by the Jammu and Kashmir Waqf Board on Monday which has banned all ‘Dastaar Bandi’ (tying head gear as […]
