ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020 postponed due to coronavirus
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2020 has been officially postponed after the ICC board met virtually on Monday. The global event was supposed to be held from October 18 to November 15 in Australia but the country’s cricket board had, in May itself, expressed its inability to host amid a second surge of COVID-19 cases in the […]
Ahead of Eidul Adha, Rates of Sacrificial Announced
The Directorate of Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department of Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday announced the rates for Sacrificial animals. The decision taken in the meeting today regarding fixing of rates of sacrificial animals. The order has said that the Sheep (Delhi Wala, is Rs. 230 live per Kg, Sheep (Merino […]
Police arrests 07 drug peddlers; Huge quantity of psychotropic substance recovered
Continuing its drive against drug dealings in Srinagar and Kulgam, Police in a series of actions have arrested 07 drug peddlers and recovered huge quantity of psychotropic substance from their possession. Officers at a checkpoint within the jurisdiction of PS Harwan intercepted a person identified as Zubair Ahmad Khan son of Mohd Ayaz resident of […]
Z-Morh Tunnel to be completed by June, 2021, Zoji-La Tunnel by June, 2026
The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired a meeting of National Highway Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), to review progress of various road projects being undertaken by them in Jammu & Kashmir. Managing Director, NHIDCL, Administrative Secretaries, of departments of Revenue, Power Development, Public Works (R&B), Divisional Commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir, Managing […]
No alternate to Mufti’s vision of peace, reconciliation: PDP
Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir should be made a bridge of peace and friendship instead of battleground between the neighboring countries, Peoples Democratic Party Monday reiterated its commitment to fight for the restoration of special constitutional and legal status of erstwhile state. According to statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), PDP reiterated its commitment […]
Rupee rises 10 paise to 74.92 against US dollar in early trade
The rupee appreciated 10 paise to 74.92 against the US dollar in opening trade on Monday, tracking positive domestic equities. The domestic currency had settled at 75.02 against the US dollar on Friday. Forex traders said positive opening in domestic equities and foreign fund inflows supported the rupee. However, strengthening American currency and rising Covid-19 […]
Officials of PCB U-16 event yet to receive payments
LAHORE: The present regime of the Pakistan Cricket Board, which has been functioning at a snail’s pace, has not made payments to the officials who officiated the matches of a PCB U-16 event staged in December 2019, it has emerged. The PCB organised a three-day and a one-day tournament for U-16 age group from Nov […]
Bear mauls two in Tangmarg village
Two person were critically injured after bear attacks them in Kilwara village of Tangmarg in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday Reports reaching to Kashmir News Service said that the bear entered in the orchards of the area and attacked the two persons left them injured, soon after the attack the locals took the injured […]
Srinagar man arrested for jumping checkpoint in Budgam
A man was arrested by police after he allegedly ignored the signal to stop at a security checkpoint in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. “At about 08:40 pm, a police naka party at Beerwah Chowk in Budgam signalled a car bearing Delhi registration number to stop, but the driver ignored the signal and tried […]
Explained: Why community transmission no longer matters at this stage
More than 1.1 million people have so far been infected with the novel coronavirus in India now. Covid-19 disease is present in every state and Union Territory, except Lakshadweep. Twenty-seven of these have seen more than 1,000 people getting infected till now. Even Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which is the lowest number of cases in the country, has more than 150. […]
