Krishna Dhaba owner’s son injured after shot at in Srinagar
Srinagar: Unidentified gunmen shot at a man, injuring him critically on Wednesday evening. Reports said that some gunmen fired upon a person near Durganag Sonwar area of Srinagar city. The injured was immediately shifted to hospital. Sources told a local news agency, Kashmir News Trust (KNT) that gunmen shot at the son of Krishna Dhaba […]
Inconsistency in spin department biggest issue for England: Nasser Hussain
England need not moan about the condition of Indian pitches and instead rectify inconsistency in their spin department if they want positive results in the remaining two Tests against India, feels former captain Nasser Hussain. Hussain said Dom Bess’ inability to maintain length has been the biggest issue for England, who suffered a massive 317-run […]
Five Bangladesh extremists sentenced to death for writer’s murder
DHAKA: Five people were sentenced to death on Tuesday over the brutal murder of a Bangladeshi-American writer and rights activist six years ago. Avijit Roy, a prolific blogger and the author of 10 books including the best-selling Biswasher Virus (‘Virus of Faith’), was hacked to death outside Bangladesh’s largest book fair by machete-wielding extremists in […]
BJP’s Top Brass Tells Its Leaders In Jat Belt To ‘Clear Misconceptions About Farm Laws’
Amid a string of mahapanchayats being organized in states like Haryana, Rajasthan and Western Uttar Pradesh, BJP president J P Nadda and Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday held a meeting with party leaders from the farm community in the states and told them to clear misconceptions about the agri laws. Mahapanchayats are being organised […]
EU envoys in Srinagar to assess situation
Srinagar: A delegation of European Union envoys in India arrived here on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday for assessing the situation following the scrapping of its special status in 2019, officials said. The 20-member delegation arrived amid heightened security arrangements. The delegation is scheduled to visit Jammu on Thursday, the officials said. […]
Secretary RDD conducts extensive tour of Udhampur; Reviews development works
Emphasizes strict adherence to quality parameters, set timelines UDHAMPUR, FEBRUARY-16: Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Sheetal Nanda, today conducted an exhaustive day long tour of Udhampur to take stock of ongoing development works being executed in RDD sector in the district. Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Dr Piyush Singla, Director, Rural Development Department, Jammu […]
JK reports 58 new positive cases, 122883 recovered so far
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 16:The Government on Tuesday informed that 58 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 11 from Jammu division and 47 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 125463. Moreover, 46 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and discharged from various […]
Our demand not statehood, but restoration of Art 370: Mehbooba Mufti
Former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday said that their demand is not the restoration of statehood rather the position enjoyed by Jammu and Kashmir before 5 August 2019. Addressing the party workers, Mufti said that the central government has barred them from reaching out to people. She said […]
Turn alone did not give me wickets, pace and guile did: Ashwin on Chepauk pitch
India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin on Tuesday asserted that it was not just the turn that Chepauk pitch offered yielded him wickets but the “pace and guile” did the trick in the second Test against England here. The quality of the pitch has been a subject of intense debate with former greats like Shane Warne and […]
China overtakes US as EU’s biggest trading partner
BRUSSELS: China last year overtook the United States as the EU’s biggest trading partner, the EU statistics agency Eurostat said on Monday. Britain meanwhile, which is no longer part of the European Union, was the third-largest trading partner for the bloc, behind China and the United States, the agency said. The supremacy of China came […]