Ashes debacle an opportunity to prioritise Test cricket: Joe Root

Ashes debacle an opportunity to prioritise Test cricket: Joe Root

HOBART: England skipper Joe Root said their disastrous Ashes campaign should serve as an opportunity to prioritise Test cricket again after their collapse in Hobart on Sunday saw Australia claim the series 4-0. England have reinvented themselves as a white-ball powerhouse since their early exit from the 2015 World Cup, winning the next edition of […]

Dangerous winter storm sweeps through US southeast

Dangerous winter storm sweeps through US southeast

ATLANTA: A dangerous winter storm combining high winds and ice swept through parts of the US southeast on Sunday, knocking out power, felling trees and fences and coating roads with a treacherous, frigid glaze. Tens of thousands of customers were without power in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida. Highway patrols reported hundreds of […]

India reports 2.38 lakh new Covid cases, 310 more deaths

India reports 2.38 lakh new Covid cases, 310 more deaths

With 2,38,018 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s total tally of Covid cases rose to 3,76,18,271, which includes 8,891 cases of the omicron variant, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Tuesday. The active cases have increased to 17,36,628, the highest in 230 days, while the death toll has climbed […]

UT of Ladakh witness steep rise in covid-19 cases

UT of Ladakh witness steep rise in covid-19 cases

By: Musaib Iqbal MK Srinagar More and more fresh covid positive cases are being reported from the UT of Ladakh especially from the Leh as the Omicron variant has engulfed this hilly area during the severe winter spell. According to the government officials, quoted by news agencies from Ladakh on Tuesday 152 fresh COVID-19 cases, […]

Suspected bag found in Qamarwari, BDS called in

Suspected bag found in Qamarwari, BDS called in

Police have spotted a suspicious bag on Qamarwari road here in Srinagar on Tuesday morning. Reports said that the police have stopped traffic and sealed the area while Bomb Disposal Squad has rushed to the spot. Pertinently, a couple of days back, a grenade wrapped in a bag had been defused by Bomb Disposal Squad […]

Grenade attack on Police Control Room in Srinagar

Grenade attack on Police Control Room in Srinagar

Suspected militants hurled a grenade on Police Control room in Batamalo area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Monday evening. A top Police officer told GNS that militants attacked by lobbing a grenade towards PCR Kashmir. However In this incident no one was injured so far as per the reports. Meanwhile whole area has been […]

Govt terminates services of 4 more absent teachers

Govt terminates services of 4 more absent teachers

The government has ordered termination of services of four more teachers for unauthorised absence. According to an order issued by the Directorate of School Education Kashmir, services of Ashaq Parvez Mir of Kupwara, Mohammad Saleem Dar of district Budgam, Shazia Shafeeq, Teacher, HS Gundishath, Kupwara and Fatima Jameel, teacher, HS Padshahibagh, Srinagar have been terminated. […]

Power shutdown

Power shutdown

JAMMU, JANUARY 17: Superintending Engineer, (Distribution) JPDCL, O&M Circle, Kathua has informed that the power supply to Patel  Nagar, Hatli Morh, Shiva Nagar, Sarswati Nagar, Azad Puram, Krishna Colony, Hazi Colony, Karan Nagar shall remain affected on January 18 and 19 from 9 am to 2 pm. Similarly, the power supply to Sawan Chak, Old […]

DC Kupwara reviews Covid-19 scenario in district

DC Kupwara reviews Covid-19 scenario in district

Asks officers to ensure strict vigil on the spread of pandemic KUPWARA, JANUARY 17: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara, Imam Din today convened a meeting of concerned officers to review the Covid-19 scenario in the district. The meeting was informed that there are currently 483 active positive cases in the district with 1.55 percent positivity […]