Police on Saturday said they had arrested seven overground workers of terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen from Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir. “Shopian Police arrested seven terrorist associates linked with proscribed terrorist outfit HM,” the police said in a tweet. They said incriminating materials were seized from the arrested persons. A case has been registered […]
AHMEDABAD: England’s bowlers did the spadework before opener Jason Roy’s explosive 49 helped secure a comprehensive eight-wicket victory against India in the first Twenty20 International in Ahmedabad on Friday. Electing to field, Eoin Morgan and his men denied India a strong start and eventually restricted them to a below-par 124-7 despite Shreyas Iyer’s breezy 67. […]
A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and injured 47 in Afghanistan’s western Herat province, officials said on Saturday. The death toll in the explosion, late on Friday, that also destroyed 14 houses is expected to rise because several of the injured were critical, said Rafiq Sherzai, a spokesman for the provincial hospital. […]
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha,a bitter critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi regime, on Saturday joined Trinamool Congress days ahead of the high- octane West Bengal assembly polls. Sinha, who served in the cabinet of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, had quit the saffron party in 2018 after having serious differences with the party […]
Srinagar: Amid COVID-19 pandemic and inclement weather conditions, Shab-e-Mehraj, the night of ascent when the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) ascended to the highest levels of heavens, was on Friday observed with religious fervor across Jammu and Kashmir. Notably, Muslims every year observe the Shab-e-Mehraj on 27th of Rajab (Islamic calendar), the night the Holy Prophet […]
JAMMU, MARCH12-The Government on Friday informed that 73 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 14from Jammu division and 59 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 127436.Also 02 COVID-19 deaths have been reportedfrom Kashmir Division.
JAMMU, MARCH 12: Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha has expressed grief over the sad demise of young JKAS Officer, Sajad Bashir Somberia. In his condolence message, the Lt Governor expressed sympathy with the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul.
Islamabad:Pakistan said on Thursday that it was ready to host the long delayed summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), which is an important organisation for regional cooperation. “Pakistan is committed to its process and to hold the SAARC summit…It believes that all artificial obstacles in the way of long overdue SAARC […]
UNITED NATIONS: Millions of people around the world risk dying of hunger, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday, adding that climate change and Covid-19 had worsened the threat. “Without immediate action, millions of people will reach the brink of extreme hunger and death,” Guterres told the Security Council during a meeting on the links […]
The BJP on Friday appointed MLA Madan Kaushik as its Uttarakhand state president, replacing Banshidhar Bhagat who may be inducted as a minister in the government headed by Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat. Kaushik is a fourth-term MLA from Haridwar constituency, and is one of the senior most legislators of the party in the hilly […]