Aakash Chopra defends Virat Kohli, says Rohit Sharma wouldn’t have won IPL with RCB
Former India cricketer Aakash Chopra has defended Virat Kohli amidst call for the latter’s removal as RCB and India’s limited-overs skipper for his poor show in the recently-concluded Indian Premier League (IPL). After Gautam Gambhir advocated for a change RCB’s captaincy and Rohit Sharma to be the new India T20I captain, Chopra asked if the […]
China finally sends ‘congratulations’ to Joe Biden on US election win
China congratulated United States President-elect Joe Biden on Friday nearly a week after he was declared winner of the American election. “We respect the choice of the American people. We express our congratulations to Mr Biden and Ms Harris,” said foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin at a regular press briefing, referring to incoming vice president […]
Mehbooba bats for Indo-Pak dialogue, saddened over casualties at LoC
People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday expressed sad over casualties on both sides of LoC and impressed upon Indo-Pak leadership to rise above their political compulsions and initiate dialogue and restore ceasefire agreement. Taking to micro-blogging site twitter, the former CM of J&K said, “Sad to see mounting casualties on both sides […]
Counter Intelligence conducts raids in south Kashmir areas
Srinagar: A team of Counter Intelligence Kashmir (CIK), wing of Jammu and Kashmir police on Saturday carried out raids at different locations in Bijbehara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that CIK sleuths accompanied by a team of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and police are […]
Hajj committee issues important notice for pilgrims regarding document submission
Srinagar: The Hajj Committee has made a special announcement for Hajj pilgrims in 2021 regarding the submission of Documents. In a circular, the Executive officer Haj committee issued a circular for Haj Pilgrims who are intending to go on Haj in 2021. The circular states “It is for the information of all the Intending Haj […]
COVID-19: 44,684 new cases take India’s virus tally to 87,73,479
New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 87.73 lakh with 44,684 new infections in a day, while 81,63,572 people have recuperated from the disease so far, bringing the national recovery rate to 93.04 per cent on Saturday, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The fresh cases pushed the number of novel coronavirus cases […]
DDC elections
Most of the political parties in Jammu and Kashmir are busy in finalizing the list of candidates for the upcoming DDC elections and by elections of panchayat. JK Apni party led by Altaf Bukhari has recently decided to fight these elections on the symbol of cricket bat saying that his candidates are true sportsmen. PAGD […]
Gulmarg and Gurez valley receive fresh snowfall
Srinagar : Famous ski resort Gulmarg North Kashmir Baramulla District recived another fresh Snowfall while the plains witnessed intermittent rains as the minimum temperature settled below normal. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that upper reaches of North Kashmir including famous ski resort Gulmarg received snowfall today morning while the plains also received […]
Srinagar-Leh highway closed for traffic after fresh snowfall
The 434-km Srinagar-Leh highway was closed for vehicular movement on Saturday due to fresh snowfall in Zojila. According to the news agency KNO that on Saturday morning, the higher reaches of Kashmir including Drass received fresh snowfall. An official said due to the fresh snowfall at Mani marg, Drass and Zojila, the authorities suspended the […]
BJP govt has miserably failed to safeguard lives of border residents: Monga
While blaming the BJP government’s failed policies as reason for increase in ceasefire violations along the LoC and international border, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) vice president and former MLC G N Monga today said that the government has miserably failed to safeguard the lives of border residents. In a statement issued to […]