COLOMBO: Sri Lanka went 2-1 up on Sunday as they cruised to a six-wicket victory over Australia in the third One-day International thanks to a brilliant Pathum Nissanka century. Set a tricky 292 to win after a Travis Head 70, the hosts won comfortably with nine balls to spare in Colombo, in their second straight […]
BERLIN: Germany and Austria announced emergency measures on Sunday to ensure their energy needs after a drop in Russian gas supplies, including reverting to coal in what Berlin called a “bitter but indispensable” step. “To reduce gas consumption, less gas must be used to generate electricity. Coal-fired power plants will have to be used more […]
7 militants killed in last 24 hours. Srinagar, June 20: 114 militants including 32 foreigners were killed during various encounters so far this year in Kashmir Division. Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar told GNS that 114 militants have been killed so far in the valley this year. Among the total militants killed […]
Encounter broke out between militants and government forces in Gujjar Pora, DH pora area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Sunday. Reports reaching GNS that a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon and search operation in Gujjar Pora. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants […]
NORTH SOUND: Bangladesh lost four wickets in the morning session to reach lunch at 115-6 in their second innings on day three of the opening Test against the West Indies on Saturday, still needing 47 runs to make the hosts bat again. Najmul Hossain Shanto survived around 40 minutes but Kyle Mayers set him up […]
The war in Ukraine could last for years, the head of Nato said on Sunday, as Russia stepped up its assaults after the European Union recommended that Kyiv become a candidate to join the bloc. Jens Stoltenberg said supplying state-of-the-art weaponry to Ukrainian troops would boost the chance of freeing its eastern region of Donbas […]
Srinagar, June 19: A militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter with security forces in North Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Sunday, officials said. Kashmir Zone Police in tweet said, “Kupwara Police launched a joint anti-militant operation alongwith Army’s 28RR on the disclosure of an arrested militant Showket Ahmed Sheikh in Lolab area of Kupwara,”. In […]
Srinagar, June 19: Rains continued to lash Jammu and Kashmir and brought down minimum temperature on Sunday. A meteorological official here told GNS that Srinagar received 16.9mm of rainfall in the last 24 hours till 0830 hours and recorded a low of 12.6°C against 15.1°C on the previous night. The temperature, he said, was 2.2°C […]
In order to provide another service to the common people, JK Chief Secretary launched ‘JK Mobile Seva’ initiative He asked all departments to extensively use m-seva services for disseminating information on their respective welfare schemes He launched the ‘Mobile Seva’ services, with an aim to mainstream mobile governance for delivery of public services. The launch […]
SRINAGAR: As erratic weather conditions have played havoc with orchards in Kashmir valley, the government is trying to promote high density plantation cover as an answer to such losses. In the past few years, untimely snow and hailstorms have damaged mature and big trees especially the apple trees, inflicting heavy losses to the horticulture sector here. […]