Like Gambhir’s batting but as a person, he has some problems: Shahid Afridi refers to Paddy Upton’s comments on Ex-India opener
Ever since that India vs Pakistan ODI in Kanpur in 2007, former India opener Gautam Gambhir and former Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi have been at loggerheads. The duo had a heated argument in that match which it seems has stayed with them. After taking numerous pot-shots at each other, Afridi once again fuelled the rivalry by saying that Gambhir, […]
736 new cases push Odisha’s Covid-19 tally to nearly 18,000
US continues to see massive spikes in the number of coronavirus cases rose by 1.4%. Texas reported more than 10,000 cases for the fifth consecutive day and Arizona reported a record number of Covid-19 deaths. The European Union is yet to finalise a economic recovery plan as the southern European nations expressed their displeasure accusing […]
Implement Home Isolation guidelines to reduce burden on hospitals: JKAP
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Monday urged the J&K government to follow the revised COVID-19 guidelines which allow home isolation of mild or asymptomatic coronavirus infection cases. In a statement issued to KNS, Mir observed that in the background of the rising number of COVID […]
Mian Altaf grieved over loss to property in Kangan, seeks compensation for the affected
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Senior leader and former minister Mian Altaf Ahmed on Saturday expressed grief over the unfortunate incident where in a four-storey residential house, 20 shops and a cow shed were completely damaged after a massive landslide in Bonibagh village of Kangan on Friday. While expressing solodarity with the affected families and […]
Decision to notify ‘strategic areas’ an attempt to unrecognisably alter the destiny of the people of Kashmir: Peoples Conference
Slamming the decisions by the administrative council paving the way for notifying “strategic areas” for the armed forces, Peoples Conference senior vice president Abdul Gani Vakil said that these moves are meant to alter, unrecognisably, the destiny of the people of Kashmir. Asserting that the present proposal is aimed at taking complete control of these […]
Covid care response mismanaged from the day one: CPI(M)
With Covid19 spreading thick and fast across Jammu and Kashmir, it looks as if the administration has run out of options and is reconciled to the pandemic running its course. The lockdown imposed in March would have been useful if it would have been effectively used to build capacities in terms of creation of large […]
J&K govt has failed to tackle COVID-19 pandemic: Monga
While terming the rising COVID-19 positive cases and deaths due to the deadly virus in Kashmir as worrisome, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President and former MLC G N Monga today said that J&K government has run out of options and has failed to tackle the pandemic. according to statement issued to […]
LG Murmu visits Kupwara, took stock of developmental activities, meet delegates
Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu Saturday toured frontier district Kupwara and too stock of the developmental activities. He also interacted several delegations who apprised him about multiple hardships being people faced in the district. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), LG Murmu, during his visit, took detailed review of the developmental works being carried out […]
PRIs to get Mining Rights through Short Term Permits
The Administrative Council (AC), which met here under the chairmanship of Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu, approved the amendment of Jammu and Kashmir Minor Mineral Concession, Storage, Transportation of Minerals and Prevention of Illegal Mining Rules, 2016. The amendment will enable grant of Short Term Permits to the Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) on land up […]
Erdogan says Egypt’s actions in Libya are illegal
ISTANBUL: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan denounced Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on Friday for supporting forces based in eastern Libya, after Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi met Libyan tribesmen who called for Cairo to intervene in the civil war. Turkey has been providing military aid to the Tripoli-based government in the Libya conflict, while […]