Turn alone did not give me wickets, pace and guile did: Ashwin on Chepauk pitch
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Tuesday asserted that it was not just the turn that Chepauk pitch offered yielded him wickets but the “pace and guile” did the trick in the second Test against England here. The quality of the pitch has been a subject of intense debate with former greats like Shane Warne and […]
China overtakes US as EU’s biggest trading partner
BRUSSELS: China last year overtook the United States as the EU’s biggest trading partner, the EU statistics agency Eurostat said on Monday. Britain meanwhile, which is no longer part of the European Union, was the third-largest trading partner for the bloc, behind China and the United States, the agency said. The supremacy of China came […]
Previous Govts Ignored Deserving Leaders: PM Modi Slams Opposition Parties
Hitting out at opposition parties, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that his government was trying to rectify the “mistakes” of the previous ruling parties, which did not honour deserving warriors and leaders. His comments came when he was laying the foundation stone for a statue of warrior king Suheldev of Shravasti in Uttar […]
Low intensity IED blast in Bijbhera Anantnag, no loss of life or injury reported
Srinagar: Suspected militants triggered off a low intensity improvised explosive device (IED) in Bijbhera area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Tuesday, officials said. However, they said there was no loss of life or injury reported in the explosion which took place at Pazalpora area of the Bijbhera. A senior police officer told GNS that […]
Claims and counter claims
While the two former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti recently claimed that they have been detained again, police have said that they have been pre-informed that they would not be allowed to come out of their homes on the day of the 2nd anniversary of Pulwama attack. In fact, Mehbooba Mufti a day earlier uploaded […]
JK reports 64 new positive cases, 122837 recovered so far
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 15:The Government on Monday informed that 64 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 11 from Jammu division and 53 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 125405. Moreover, 69 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various […]
Indo-Pak armies trade gunfire along LoC in Tangdhar
The armies of India and Pakistan Monday afternoon exchanged gunfire along the line of control (LoC) in the Tangdhar sector of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Sources said that Pakistan Rangers resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation and targeted the posts of the Indian army. “The fire was heavily and effectively retaliated by own troops,” they said. […]
Two injured in leopard attack in north Kashmir
A man and his wife were injured after a leopard attacked them in the Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Monday. Reports reaching a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) said that the panic gripped Waderbala village of Zacheldara Rajwar in Handwara after a leopard appeared and attacked the husband-wife duo. Both, […]
UT administration committed to channelize energy of youth towards positive direction: Advisor Farooq Khan
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 14: The UT administration is committed to provide best avenues and infrastructure to the sports-loving youth of Jammu and Kashmir to channelize their energy towards positive direction. This was stated by Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan while addressing the valedictory cum prize distribution function of Shaheed Lt. Thakur Dass Memorial Cricket Tournament […]
Good step
LG Manoj Sinha has recently given his nod for the Jammu and Kashmir administration to join hands with the foreign agency to know the impact-based flood forecasting observations and get the information for the future. According to the officials, the mechanism will predict impacts to people, their houses, crops, livestock, and transport routes, thereby mitigating […]