IPL’s perennial under-performer Glenn Maxwell once again fetched big money at the players auction with Royal Challengers Bangalore bidding a whopping Rs 14.25 crore to secure his services here on Friday. England all-rounder Moeen Ali also went for a high price of Rs 7 crore to Chennai Super Kings. Both Maxwell and Moeen had base […]
The rupee opened on a flat note and edged lower by 3 paise to 72.77 against the US dollar in opening trade on Thursday amid a muted trend in the domestic equity market. At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit opened at 72.76 against the US dollar, then inched lower to 72.77 against the […]
As part of the ‘rail roko’ protest called against Centre’s new farm laws, farmers on Thursday sat on railway tracks at many places in Punjab and Haryana, with officials stopping trains at stations as a precautionary measure. Last week, the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM), an umbrella body of farmer unions which is spearheading the protest, […]
UNITED NATIONS: Sixty-five journalists, media professionals and human rights defenders were killed in Afghanistan between Jan 1, 2018 and Jan 31, 2021, says a UN report released this week. And 11 of these media workers have lost their lives since the start of peace negotiations last September, which led to a peace deal between the […]
The body of a missing lady of Shar Shali was recovered from river Jhelum by Police at Khankahbagh area of Pampore in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday afternoon. Officials told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a body was spotted by some locals and they accordingly informed police, who rushed to […]
The Government of India has allowed another delegation to Jammu and Kashmir of foreign envoys so that they can understand the situation on the ground. Amid tight security and a lot of precautions, the local administration and police were busy in making the arrangements for their meetings and stay. Earlier the central government has allowed […]
Srinagar, Feb 18: At least seven barracks of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) were gutted in a massive fire at Tatto Ground Batamaloo overnight, officials said on Thursday. They said that the fire started at around 0300 hours from a barrack of 10th battalion SSB and spread in the vicinity. While at least seven barracks were […]
CS directs setting up of Quality Management Cell, Project Planning Cell in PWD to achieve 5k progress next year JAMMU, FEBRUARY 17: The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired a meeting of UT level Standing Committee of J&K Rural Roads Development Agency (JKRRDA) to review progress made under the flagship programme, ‘Pradhan Mantri […]
JAMMU, FEBRUARY 17: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department, Dr.Asgar Hassan Samoon today chaired a meeting of senior officers of various departments to discuss and review the JK Education Investment Policy, 2020(JKEIP) at Civil Secretariat here. Commissioner Secretary, Higher Education Department, Talat Parvez Rohella; Special Secretary, lndustries & Commerce, Tariq Ahmad Zargar; MD SIDCO, Mohammad Harun; […]
Indian Air Force has written to the authorities of Jammu airport as well as the airlines management operating their flights from and to Jammu airport for the closure of the runway for the period of 15 days. In its communication to Airport Authorities and Airlines, Senior Air Traffic Controller has written that the complete closure […]