Ton-up Babar, Rizwan seal emphatic victory for Pakistan
KARACHI: The fervent crowd was back on its feet. There was a deafening roar at the sold-out National Stadium. Babar Azam roared too. The Pakistan skipper had asked his batters to step up in the second Twenty20 International against England. He led from the front with his vice-captain Mohammad Rizwan on Thursday night. This was […]
Russian draft triggers exodus as air fares jump
TBILISI: Some Russian men headed swiftly to the borders on Thursday after President Vladimir Putin ordered a partial mobilisation, with traffic at frontier crossings with Finland and Georgia surging and prices for air tickets from Moscow rocketing. Putin on Wednesday ordered Russia’s first mobilisation since World War Two and backed a plan to annex swathes […]
Pace of development
Periodic review meetings are being held in Jammu and Kashmir by the administration so that pace of development remains the same. In this direction J&K Chief Secretary recently reviewed the developmental scenario of district Jammu. He urged the whole of government approach in service delivery so that people of Jammu and Kashmir feel the responsive […]
JK reports 25 fresh positive cases, 474071 recovered
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 22: The Government today informed that 26fresh positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19)have been reported today; 03 from Jammu division and 23from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases to 479018. Moreover, 25 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 19fromJammu division and 06 […]
Secretary Health reviews functioning of drug de-addiction centres in J&K
JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 22: Secretary, Health & Medical Education (H&ME), Bhupinder Kumar, today chaired a review meeting to monitor progress on functioning of Drug De-addiction Centres in Jammu and Kashmir. Under Nasha Mukt J&K Abhiyan, it was decided to operationalize these Drug De-addiction Centres in each district of the UT to provide counselling, treatment and rehabilitating […]
Govt bans import of bovines Animals into J&K, inter-district movement
SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 22: The Jammu and Kashmir government today imposed complete ban on import of bovine animals from neighboring states and inter-district movement of bovines within the UT for any purpose, till 25th of October, 2022. This government order has been issued in the wake of spread of Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD) in J&K and […]
MeT forecasts dry weather in Kashmir, isolated light rain in Jammu
Srinagar : Weather department here on Thursday forecast mainly dry weather over Kashmir division and isolated very light rain over Jammu division in next 24 hours. A meteorological department here told that isolated to scattered light rain and thundershowers were expected during the subsequent two days in both divisions. He said that while rain eluded […]
Congress issues notification for president’s poll
The Congress’ central election authority on Thursday issued notification for the AICC president polls. According to the notification, while the nomination forms will be available from Thursday, the filing of nominations will be held between September 24 and 30. Scrutiny of nomination will take place on October 1, and the same day, a valid candidate […]
‘Pakistan need to strengthen middle-order’
LAHORE: As the Pakistan’s middle-order capitulated in the first Twenty20 International against England at National Stadium Karachi on Tuesday, the national team players came under fire again. Former Pakistan Test batter Younis Ahmed also expressed his concerns on the matter. The 74-year-old said that Pakistan needs a quality batter in the middle order who can tilt the […]
230 pilot whales stranded in Australia, ‘about half’ feared dead
SYDNEY: A pod of 230 pilot whales was found stranded on the rugged west coast of Tasmania on Wednesday, with Australian officials saying only half appeared to be alive. Aerial images showed a devastating scene of dozens of black glossy mammals strewn across a long beach, stuck on the waterline where the frigid southern ocean […]