Asks Sports Deptt to put the assets to optimal usage through regular tournaments and talent hunts JAMMU, APRIL 22: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today e-inaugurated 77 projects completed under the Capex budget by the Youth Services and Sports Department, and dedicated the newly created assets to the youth of Jammu and Kashmir. […]
Two non-local workers from West Bengal were critically injured after fired upon by militants in Nowgam area of Srinagar outskirts on Friday late evening. Police said that militants attacked two non-local labourers in Nowgam who have been hospitalized while area has been put under cordon. Both the non-locals hail from West Bengal whose condition are […]
Local boys saved an old man after he jumped into the river Jehlum near Nawakadal area of Srinagar. Official sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that a 70-year-old man in a bid to end his life jumped into the river on Friday evening. However, the local boys swung into action and retrieved the man […]
Jammu and Kashmir registered nine new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to it in the last 24 hours, officials said on Friday. They said that the eight cases were reported from Jammu and one from Rajouri districts while no case was reported from Kashmir Valley. The fresh cases take the overall tally […]
While Covid cases are on the rise in Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) and Maharashtra among few other places in India, experts on Friday said that there was no need to panic as long as hospitalization remains minimal. “There is no need for panic given the fact that cases are few and hospitalizations on account of […]
By: Javaid Malik MK Srinagar Intermittent spells of rain and snow in the higher reaches have brought back the memories of wet spring in Kashmir. There has been an unusual dry spell of March and first fortnight of April, which has raised the night and day temperatures in Kashmir valley. As MeT has predicted […]
The body of a youth was recovered under mysterious circumstances in apple township of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district, official sources said on Friday. They said the body of a youth was found in an orchard at New Colony Sopore. Police was immediately informed and the body was taken away for identification. A police […]
Hijab controversy refuses to die down in Karnataka with two female students barred from appearing for their 12th examination on Friday after they insisted on taking their exams wearing burqas(veils). The two students, as per NDTV report, who had first petitioned the court to allow Hijab inside classrooms were today turned away from the examination centre. […]
LONDON: Pakistan’s wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan was on Wednesday named the Leading T20 Cricketer in the World by the Wisden Almanack. The 29-year-old had a prolific run in 2021, becoming the first-ever cricketer in the history of T20 cricket to amass over 2,000 runs in a calendar year. In 45 innings, the right-hander amassed 2,036 runs […]
KYIV: Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed victory in the biggest battle of the Ukraine war on Thursday, declaring the port of Mariupol “liberated” after nearly two months of siege, despite hundreds of defenders still holding out inside a giant steel works. In a televised meeting with his defence minister inside the Kremlin, Putin said there […]