Indian Air Force with Rafale has plan to take the fight to China
While the Indian Air Force (IAF) plan against the threat of Chinese Air Force remains classified, the basic strategy against People’s Liberation Army (PLA) was put to test very successfully during 2018 Gagan Shakti pan-India air exercises. The strategy is simple: Disperse, Absorb, Recoup and Retaliate. Air warriors like Air Chief Marshal (Retd) Birender Singh […]
Younis pins hopes on Pakistan batsmen to post big totals
LAHORE: Pakistan batting coach Younis Khan has pinned high hopes on the national team’s largely inexperienced batting to notch up 400-plus totals during next month’s three-match series against hosts England. Speaking to reporters in a PCB online media conference on Tuesday, Younis — the former Pakistan captain and country’s highest run-getter in Test cricket — […]
Teenage girl dies by suicide in Srinagar
A teenage girl hanged herself to death in her home at Natipora area of Srinagar late on Tuesday evening, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). Unnamed officials told the agency that an 18-year-old girl, whose name has been withheld, hanged herself to death at her home in Azad Basti, Natipora Srinagar yesterday […]
EID-UL-ADHA
Eid-ul-Adha is round the corner and the government has decided to keep all the main masjids, shrines closed so that no huge gatherings are not held in this pandemic period. Rapid increase covid-19 positive cases alerted the government and they re-imposed lockdown in a strict manner in the entire Kashmir valley. Already the authorities have […]
6 more deaths in J&K take COVID-19 toll to 341
Srinagar: The COVID-19 death toll has risen to 341 in Jammu and Kashmir after six fresh fatalities related to the disease were reported since last night, officials said on Wednesday. They said that two deaths were reported at SMHS hospital here this morning and include a 52-year-old woman from Budgam and a 75-year-old man from […]
‘He thinks everyone is a captain’: Suresh Raina names ‘next MS Dhoni of Team India’
The contributions made by MS Dhoni to Indian cricket is unparalleled, which is probably why the mind goes blank when you have to think of a name as a replacement for the former India captain. However, Suresh Raina, one of Dhoni’s closest friends, has named an India cricketer in whom he sees shades of his Chennai Super Kings […]
Book on sacrifices, flag-hoisting in all J&K panchayats — BJP’s plans to mark 5 August
New Delhi: The BJP is planning to release a book, Mission Accomplished, “chronicling the struggles and sacrifice of BJP leaders in J&K from 1949 right up until 2019”, apart from a host of events to mark the first anniversary of Jammu and Kashmir losing its special status. The Modi government had on 5 August last year scrapped Article 370 […]
It’s Not Just Kashmir, But India That Needs A Solution: Sanjay Kak
Sanjay Kak, documentary film maker and, by virtue of that, a classic participant-observer in the field of politics, has been immersed in the Kashmir matrix all his life. Here, he responds to the situation in the Valley post August 5, 2019—an ‘era’ of siege, as he calls it. An interview with Sunil Menon: Life in the […]
Centre to SC: Need to verify L-G statement on no objection to 4G
THE CENTRE on Tuesday sought time from the Supreme Court to verify Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu’s statement favouring restoration of 4G internet services in the Union Territory. The Indian Express reported on July 26 that the J&K administration has told the Union Ministry of Home Affairs that it does not have any objection to […]
Delegation from Sunderbani meets Lt Governor
JAMMU, JULY 28: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu met a delegation from Sunderbani, Rajouri led by Block Development Council Chairman, Sh. Arun Kumar Sharma at Raj Bhavan here today. The delegation submitted a host of issues including the establishment of blood bank at SDH Sunderbani, operationalisation of Grid Station Siot, installation of a filtration plant […]