Rains lash J&K, MeT predicts more at scattered places in next 24 hours

Rains lash J&K, MeT predicts more at scattered places in next 24 hours

Srinagar: Rains lashed most parts of Jammu and Kashmir even as the minimum temperature recorded a rise on Monday. The weatherman forecast more scattered light to moderate rain and thunderstorm over Jammu and Kashmir in next 24 hours. The meteorological department here also predicted “scattered to isolated” light and thunderstorm for subsequent two days. In […]

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut sent to 14 days judicial custody

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut sent to 14 days judicial custody

Eight days after Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut was arrested after by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in an alleged money-laundering case, a special PMLA Court sent him to 14-days judicial custody till August 22 here on Monday. The ED had raided Raut’s residence in Bhandup on July 31 and arrested him in the wee hours […]

Moeen fears losing 50-over cricket due to unsustainable schedule

Moeen fears losing 50-over cricket due to unsustainable schedule

LONDON: England all-rounder Moeen Ali has warned that other players could follow team-mate Ben Stokes in quitting One-day Internationals and that the format could become completely obsolete if nothing is done to fix the game’s hectic calendar. Stokes, England’s Test captain, announced his shock retirement from 50-over cricket at the age 31 last month, citing […]

China continues military drills around Taiwan

China continues military drills around Taiwan

China carried out fresh military drills around Taiwan on Monday, Beijing said, defying calls for it to end its largest-ever exercises encircling the democratic island in the wake of a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Beijing has raged at the trip by Pelosi — the highest-ranking elected US official to visit Taiwan in decades — […]

Push for crafts

Push for crafts

  There has been a lot of skill unexploited due to the poor facilities especially among the artisans of Kashmir. With the result craft and craftsmen have suffered and now they have hope after some interventions by the government. Recently LG Manoj Sinha felicitated artisans, craftsmen and called for preserving age-old pristine craftsmanship of J&K. […]

.SPO shoots self to death in Doda

.SPO shoots self to death in Doda

A Special Police Officer has allegedly shot himself to death at the place of his deployment in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir. Police on Sunday said the SPO, a resident of Kakota, Gandoh, district Doda, deployed at Sessions Court for guard duty, ‘shot himself with his service rifle’. He died on the spot, the […]

JK reports 708 fresh positive cases, 459669 recovered

JK reports 708 fresh positive cases, 459669 recovered

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 07:The  Government today informed that 708 fresh  positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19) have been reported today; 65 from Jammu division and 643 from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases to 469749. Moreover, 665 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 147 from […]

Politicians debate who initiated big ticket J&K projects

Politicians debate who initiated big ticket J&K projects

Srinagar: As the central government and J&K administration are highlighting the completion of big ticket projects following abrogation of Article 370, PDP and National Conference have said that many of these projects have been initiated by them and the BJP government is only trying to take credit. In the recent past, the central government has […]

2 CRPF Men Among 3 Injured in Kupwara Road Mishap

2 CRPF Men Among 3 Injured in Kupwara Road Mishap

At least three persons, which included two CRPF personnel, were hospitalized after a CRPF vehicle had a collision with a sumo cab at Bumhama Kupwara on Saturday evening. An official told GNS that soon after leaving a petrol pump after refueling a sumo cab bearing registration number JK09-3332 had a collision with a CRPF vehicle […]