Pakistan 76-0 at lunch as first Test against Australia heads for draw
Pakistan’s first home Test against Australia in nearly a quarter of a century headed for a tame draw with the hosts 76 without loss at lunch on the fifth and final day on Tuesday. Imamul Haq was unbeaten on 40 and fellow opener Abdullah Shafique on 33 after Australia were dismissed for 459 in their […]
No safe corridor, just a plank for those fleeing to Kyiv
IRPIN: The rickety plank is barely 50 centimetres wide and half submerged in icy water, but already 10,000 people have used it to cross a river and flee Russian bombardment. Moving ever closer behind the citizens of Irpin come Russian tanks and guns, and ahead of them — over this last crowded obstacle — lies […]
Missing Awoora Boy’s Body Found In Nearby Forests After 3 Weeks
Three weeks after the 8-year-old boy went missing from his house at Awoora village of this north Kashmir, his body was recovered from Gujar Pati forest area in the vicinity on Tuesday, officials said. As per the family, Talib Hussain son of Manzoor Ahmad Khan had disappeared moments after he left home on the fateful […]
Plantation drive
There is a massive plantation drive to be started in Jammu and Kashmir as the spring season will start. The government has very keen to enhance the green cover of Jammu and Kashmir and in this direction recently Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir reviewed capex of Forest department and called for ramping up plantation […]
LCMA launches spontaneous demolition drive at Brari Nambal, Babademb
SRINAGAR, MARCH 07: The Enforcement Wing of Lake Conservation & Management Authority today launched a spontaneous demolition drive in the area of Babademb Brari Nambal. During the drive, one tin shed, one tin walling and five wooden culverts were demolished which were raised illegally by some land owners in order to make access to the […]
J&K tops several governance indices, witnesses improvement on several others
JAMMU, MARCH 07: The year 2021 witnessed tremendous improvement in the governance standards of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and testimony of the fact is the acknowledgement by different surveys that were conducted by various agencies last year. To name a few surveys, one among these surveys is the 39th Sustainable Development Goals […]
J&K Reports 25 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, No Death
Jammu and Kashmir reported 25 fresh Covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said 20 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 5 Kashmir Division, taking the overall tally to 453270. Giving district wise details, the officials […]
BJP National President J P Nadda To Arrive Jammu Today
SRINAGAR: Bhartiya Janta Party’s (BJP) national president, JP Nadda would arrive Jammu on Monday afternoon to chair series of party affairs meetings at the winter capital of the Union Territory. Quoting BJP leaders the news agency KNO reported that soon after Nadda will reach Jammu, he will hold a series of party affairs meeting at […]
Fresh snowfall, rains in Kashmir; MeT forecasts cloudy weather till March 13
As upper reaches received fresh snowfall and rains lashed plains at most places of Kashmir Valley, weatherman on Monday forecast partly cloudy weather from March 8 to 13 in Jammu and Kashmir. A meteorological department official here told GNS that reports of snowfall were received from upper reaches including Gurez, Zojila and Gulmarg. He said […]
Tourism potential
The government of Jammu and Kashmir is looking forward to giving the tourism industry a boost in the coming season and they have recently started holding the meetings for the same so that there is healthy tourist footfall in the coming months. Recently Secretary Tourism in a review meeting said that it is the endeavour […]