NZ captain Latham thanks ‘brilliant’ Pakistan authorities for keeping players safe
New Zealand’s cricket squad arrived home on Wednesday after abandoning their tour of Pakistan, with their stand-in captain Tom Latham praising the “brilliant” authorities for keeping Kiwi players safe during their stay. New Zealand’s withdrawal last week dealt a massive blow to Pakistan’s hopes of staging regular international cricket, with England subsequently calling off their men’s and […]
J&K administration terminate the services of more employees for anti-national activities
By: Wani Parvaiz CK Srinagar Continuing the process to identify and sack all those government employees in Jammu and Kashmir who are involved in anti-national activities, some more employees have been reportedly sacked for such activities. According to the GNS in its news report about the sacking of employees on Wednesday has said in its […]
Omar Abdullah comes under criticism for supporting Jammu Bandh
By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar Memories in politics are short lived and people most of the time forget what the politicians have told when they are in power. In Jammu there was a Bandh call on Wednesday in support of the traders against the proposed opening of over hundred retail outlets by reliance. This Bandh […]
Indian spot gold rate and silver price on Wednesday, Sep 22, 2021
Today Gold Rate ( ₹46340) is lower than this week’s average of ₹46392.9 by 0.11%. The Gold Price was also higher than yesterday’s value of ₹46330. Although the Gold Price Today in both global ($1816.7) as well as Indian market ( ₹46340) experienced a growth, the Gold Price in Indian market grew by a lesser rate of 0.02% as […]
Roger Federer ‘feeling strong’ after knee surgery
BASEL: Swiss great Roger Federer said he has faced no setbacks and is recovering well after his latest knee operation. Federer, who pulled out of the US Open, said in August he would be sidelined for many months because he needed more knee surgery in order to resume playing. The 40-year-old had two procedures in […]
Taliban write to UN chief nominating spokesman Shaheen as Afghan envoy, ask for participation at UN General Assembly
The Taliban have written to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres nominating their spokesman Suhail Shaheen as Afghanistan’s new ambassador to the UN and have asked to participate and speak in the high-level 76th session of the General Assembly currently under way here. The nomination sets up a confrontation between the Taliban and Afghanistan’s fallen government envoy, Gram […]
Women’s entry into NDA can’t be deferred by a year, says Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday turned down the Centre’s request to postpone till May next year the entry of women into the National Defence Academy (NDA) – hitherto open to men alone. “No, it has to be from this session only. We find it difficult to postpone everything by a year. After we have given […]
Decomposed Body Wrapped in Tarpaulin Recovered In Kulgam
Kulgam: A decomposed dead body of man was recovered from an orchard in Mohammadpora area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday. They said corpse was wrapped in a sheet (blue colored tarpaulin) near a BSNL tower and it had decomposed to the extent that skull is seen with flesh left in few parts only. […]
Civilian sustain bullet injury in North Kashmir’s Baramulla
Baramulla: A civilian sustained bullet injury after army fired in Azad Ganj area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Local sources said that an auto-rickshaw driver identified as Mohsin Ahmed entered into a brawl with an army soldier over some issue. In the meantime, they heard gun shot while the civilian was seen lying on the […]
Jammu shuts on traders’ call
Jammu: Normal economical activities remain affected in Jammu due to traders bandh call against the proposed opening of 100 Reliance retail stores in Jammu, a claim which the company termed as false. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) a complete shutdown is being observed in Jammu. The call was given by Chamber of Commerce […]