Indian cricket team departs for high-profile Australia tour
The Indian cricket team on Wednesday departed for a two-month long tour of Australia where it will aim to build on the historic Test series win two years ago. The BCCI tweeted photographs of the Indian contingent before departure with the players sporting customised PPE kits for travel amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “#TeamIndia is BACK! […]
PAGD has approved candidates’ list for first phase of DDC polls: Sajad Lone clarifies
Srinagar: People’s Conference chief, Sajad Lone on Thursday clarified that the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), the amalgam of major political parties in Kashmir, had finalised the list for candidates for the upcoming maiden District Development Council (DDC) elections in J&K. Lone tweeted this afternoon that the PAGD had approved candidates for the first […]
West Indies cricketers sanctioned for breaching NZ isolation rules
CHRISTCHURCH: The West Indies cricket squad has been stripped of the right to train while in managed isolation after players were found to have breached rules around their 14-day quarantine. New Zealand’s Ministry of Health said CCTV footage from the team’s Christchurch hotel showed players mingling in hallways and sharing food in violation of managed […]
Bahrain’s long-serving prime minister dies at age 84
Bahrain’s Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, one of the world’s longest-serving prime ministers who led his island nation’s government for decades and survived the 2011 Arab Spring protests that demanded his ouster over corruption allegations, died on Wednesday. He was 84. Bahrain’s state-run news agency announced his death, saying he had been receiving treatment […]
COVID-19 caseload in India climbs to 86,83,916
New Delhi: India saw a single-day increase of 47,905 infections taking the country’s COVID-19 caseload to 86,83,916, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease have surged to 80,66,501, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Thursday. The coronavirus death toll climbed to 1,28,121 with 550 new fatalities, the data updated […]
Legality of the matter
Kashmir mainstream political parties have not only decided to give a political fight to the BJP government at the centre regarding its Kashmir policies which they feel are anti-people and against the basic rights of the residents of Jammu and Kashmir. All the fears in Jammu region have come true when recently Home Ministry amended […]
In J-K, 4 sectors under cross-LoC shelling
The Pakistan Army on Thursday opened heavy fire and shelled forward areas and posts in four sectors along the LoC in Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir, unidentified officials told Press Trust of India. The Indian Army effectively retaliated. This is third consecutive day that the Pakistan Army has targeted hamlets and posts […]
J-K High Court Bar Association cancels yearly election, forms ad hoc committee
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association (JKHCBA) on Wednesday cancelled its yearly election and formed an ad hoc committee, days after authorities here barred it from holding any polls until it clarified its position on terming Kashmir a disputed territory, reported Press Trust of India. On Monday, Srinagar District Magistrate Shahid Choudhary issued […]
JK reports 507 new positive cases, 93313 recovered so far
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 11: The Government on Wednesday informed that 507 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 181 from Jammu division and 326 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 100351. Also 09 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 04 from Jammu […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 8,52,831 stranded JK residents; 7,12,539 via Lakhanpur, 1, 40,292 through special trains
JAMMU, NOVEMBER 11: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 8,52,831 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]