West Indies’ Dwayne Bravo to retire after World Cup
ABU DHABI: West Indies all-rounder Dwayne Bravo said he will retire from international cricket after their final Super 12 game at the Twenty20 World Cup against Australia on Saturday. Holders West Indies were eliminated from contention for the semi-finals on Thursday following defeat by Sri Lanka. Bravo, who had come out of retirement to help […]
Taliban confirm reports of four women killed in northern Afghanistan
Four women have been found dead in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, a spokesman for Afghanistan’s Taliban government said on Saturday, following reports that activists had been killed. Two suspects have been arrested after the four bodies were found at a house in the city’s fifth police district, interior ministry spokesman Qari Saeed Khosti said […]
Delhi: Air Quality Improves As Higher Wind Speed Flushes Out Pollution
Weather experts on Saturday informed that owing to higher wind speed, the air quality in the national capital has improved slightly. The wind is expected to flush out pollutants further over the next two days. Central Pollution Control Board’s (CPCB) Sameer app,showed that the city’s air quality index (AQI) stood at 449 in the severe […]
Mughal Road Reopens After Snow, Landslide Clearance
Poonch: Traffic on Mughal Road, connecting Shopian and Poonch-Rajouri districts, was restored after remaining closed for a day, officials said on Saturday. DySP Traffic Rajouri-Poonch Range Aftab Bukhari said that the thoroughfare was opened aftrer clearance of landslides and snow this morning. The vehicular traffic was allowed on historic route on July 5 […]
Two killed in shootout, one critically injured in Jammu outskirts
Two persons were killed and one seriously injured when some ‘unidentified’ gunmen fired at them from Ak-47 rifle on Friday morning in Arnia belt here in the city outskirts. Police sources said that two persons died on the spot and one suffered critical injuries when they were shot at by some ‘unidentified’ persons in Kothe […]
Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)
JK reports 109 new positive cases, 327311 recovered, 1,50,28,486 Covid doses administered so far SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 05: The Government today informed that 109 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 11 from Jammu division and 98 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and […]
JK Police arrests 4 drug peddlers, recovered contraband and NDPS
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday arrested four drug peddlers and recovered contraband and cash from their possession in Pulwama district of south Kashmir. According to police spokesman, on a tip off police conducted a raid at a place in Prichoo pulwama and recovered 13 bottles of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance (NDPS) from the […]
DLSA Srinagar organizes Plantation drive at District Court Complex, Srinagar
SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 05: As part of pan India awareness campaign and outreach programme, the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA) Srinagar in collaboration with Urban Forest Division today organized a daylong Plantation Drive at District Court Complex, Srinagar. The plantation drive was inaugurated by Noor Mohammad Mir, Secretary DLSA (Sub-Judge) Srinagar in presence of Syed Abid, […]
8 Areas declared as Micro Containment zones in Srinagar
Srinagar Admin mulls for localised Lockdown in some specific areas of City, if positivity rate doesn’t decline* In view of rapid increase in Covid-19 positive case in Srinagar district, the District Administration has declared 8 more areas as Micro Containment Zones under Medical Zones of Batamaloo, Zadibal, S.R Gunj and Khanyar to prevent spread […]
After brief shoot-out; militants manage to flee at JVC hospital, Bemina
Srinagar: Militants managed to give slip to security forces at JVC (SKIMS) Bemina after a brief shootout, officials said Friday. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Kashmir police zone tweeted: “There was a brief fire fight between militants and security forces at SKIMS Hospital, Bemina. Militants managed to escape taking advantage of civilian presence.”—(KNO)