DHAKA: Bangladesh on Sunday called up uncapped batsman Shahadat Hossain and fast bowler Mushfik Hasan for the one-off Test against Afghanistan later this month. The Afghan Test side will arrive on June 10 to play the match, which starts on June 14 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in the capital Dhaka. Chittagong Division’s 21-year-old middle-order […]
SRINAGAR, JUNE 05: Power Controller Kashmir has informed that, the power supply to Receiving Stations Safakadal, Kawdoor, Mughal Masjid, Rainawari, Khanyar, Zoonimar, Soura and Wanganpora shall remain affected due to facilitate repair works at 132/ 33 Kv Grid Station Wanganpora on June 06 from 8 am to 12 noon and June 08 from 1 pm […]
Reiterates UT Administration’s commitment to protect the environment and natural resources and sustainable, inclusive development Humanity is facing grave challenges of plastic pollution today: LG Sinha Our resolution on this year’s environment day is to ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’. It is now the responsibility of the entire society to accomplish this resolution through the spirit of […]
Discusses with senior officers the comprehensive strategy both for UT and District Level initiatives to counter the menace of drug abuse The action plan highlights UT administration’s zero-tolerance policy towards narcotics: LG Sinha SRINAGAR, JUNE 05: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha chaired the 5th UT level meeting of Narco Coordination Center (NCORD) today. The meeting […]
Srinagar: Amid prediction for mainly dry weather and warmer days, night temperature in Jammu and Kashmir continued to hover below normal despite an increase on Monday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of 11.3°C against 9.8°C on the previous night and it was below normal by 2.1°C for the summer […]
Kupwara: Two residential houses and a cowshed were gutted in an overnight blaze in Doban Kachma village in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. Locals said that the fire broke out from one of the house late night and soon engulfed a nearby house including a cowshed. In the incident, they said all three structures were completely […]
Recently Chief Secretary, launched the revamped UT portal, a single window platform for integrated delivery of information and services by various Government Departments with latest features in presence of Commissioner Secretary, IT, Prerna Puri. He praised the IT Department and the NIC for creating this inclusive platform offering both the services and information as well. […]
Fighting intensified in several areas of Khartoum on Sunday, residents of Sudan’s capital reported, a day after the expiry of a ceasefire deal between rival military factions brokered by Saudi Arabia and the United States. The ceasefire had started on May 22 and expired on Saturday evening. It calmed the fighting slightly and allowed limited […]
Budgam: Stating that the security forces have been given clear-cut directions “not to touch any innocent”, Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Saturday said elections in J&K will be held in a transparent manner first time and nobody will be allowed to “hijack democracy” as seen in the past. Addressing a public gathering at […]
New Delhi: The country’s largest airline IndiGo will start direct flights to six new destinations in Africa and Central Asia, including to Nairobi, Tbilisi and Tashkent, this year. Embarking on “massive” international expansion plans, the carrier will connect Nairobi in Kenya and Jakarta in Indonesia, with direct flights from Mumbai in late July or early […]