Seven-Year-Old Girl Killed in JK Road Accident
SRINAGAR: A seven-year-old girl died after being hit by a vehicle in the Paribal area of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Tuesday afternoon, officials said. They said that the minor was hit by a Tata Sumo in Paribal village in the Hajin area of Bandipora district. She has been identified as Ifrat, daughter of Manzoor […]
For first time KCR’s family stays away from polls
New Delhi: For the first time since floating TRS (now BRS) 23 years ago, the family of party founder K. Chandrasekhar Rao is staying away from Lok Sabha elections. The former Chief Minister or his family member fought every Parliament and Assembly election since 2004. There were speculations that KCR, as the BRS chief is […]
Fleming pleased with CSK’s intent continuity
Two years ago, Chennai Super Kings looked like they were staring at the beginning of the end. MS Dhoni’s batting powers had waned, a botched succession plan was attempted and aborted in the space of eight games, and an overall batting timidity pervaded all season. The mega auction was still a couple of years away […]
Trump wins lifeline in civil fraud case
NEW YORK: Donald Trump was thrown a huge lifeline on Monday when an appeals court slashed what could have been a crippling demand for a nearly half-billion-dollar bond payment and also gave him 10 more days to pay. The Republican presidential candidate got the unexpectedly positive news about his New York civil fraud case while […]
Maintenance works
Irrigation canals are very vital and important for the growth of agriculture and allied sectors. Recently Divisional Commissioner Jammu, chaired a meeting to review the status of de-silting and maintenance works of Irrigation canals in Jammu, Samba and Kathua Districts. He took stock of the de-silting works being executed in the Ranbir Canal and Ravi […]
Evolving Sandeep Sharma continues to make a difference
Whether Charles Darwin’s theory reached Sandeep Sharma or not, the 30-year-old part-haired, genial-paced seamer is aware that in T20 cricket, it is about the survival of the fittest. At the start of the 17th over, bowling only his second of the innings, Sandeep started out with a wide yorker to KL Rahul, who went chasing […]
Russia mourns as toll from concert hall massacre climbs to 137
Russia observed a national day of mourning on Sunday after a massacre in a Moscow concert hall killed 137 people, the deadliest attack in Europe to have been claimed by the Islamic State (IS) group. Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to punish those behind the “barbaric terrorist attack”, saying four gunmen trying to flee […]
Night temp drops in J&K; Gulmarg coldest at minus 2.5°C
Srinagar: Night temperature recorded a drop in Jammu and Kashmir with mercury settling below sub-zero level in Gulmarg and Pahalgam on Saturday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a minimum of 6.5°C against 7.2°C on the previous night and it was above normal by 1.5°C for the summer capital of JK for […]
Drug Menace
J&K administration has given priority in its plans to eradicate Drug Menace from every district. Recently Deputy Commissioner (DC who is also the chairman of District Level Committee (DLC) under Narco Coordination Centre (NCORD), Shopian today chaired the NCORD Committee meeting with the concerned members at Mini-Secretariat. During the meeting, threadbare discussion was held on […]
Kejriwal’s arrest: Decade-long AAP-BJP tussle reaches its crescendo
New Delhi: The decade-long rivalry between the AAP led by Arvind Kejriwal and the BJP ruling at the Centre reached a crescendo on Thursday with the arrest of the Delhi chief minister by the ED in an excise policy-linked money laundering case. The tussle between the two sides began with their almost simultaneous rise to […]