It is my career and I will retire on my own terms: Hafeez
KARACHI: Senior all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez on Monday hit back at his detractors who had questioned the former Pakistan captain’s inclusion in the squad for the August-September tour of England, saying that he’ll retire on his own terms. Hafeez, who will turn 40 on Oct 17 and has been recalled after missing the limited-over contests against […]
JKAP lauds non-applicability of SRO 202; express gratitude to HM, LG
Srinagar, June 16 (KNS): Extending gratitude to the union home minister and lieutenant governor of J&K for nullifying the clauses of SRO-202 mentioned in new recruitment rules, Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) on Tuesday urged the government to set-up a high level committee to undo the injustices committed by the previous governments and compensate […]
LONG WAIT
People of Jammu and Kashmir have been waiting from the past ten months for the lifting of restrictions on the high speed internet as the government first banned even the telephones including landlines in Kashmir valley and finally restored phones and internet after more than six months but with curbs on high speed internet. After […]
Class 10, 12 students can skip pending board exams, to be marked as per pre-boards results: CICSE
New Delhi: The class 10 and 12 students of CICSE board can choose not to appear for pending board exams and be marked as per their performance in pre-board exams or internal assessment, according to top officials. The board had also submitted the proposal before the Bombay High Court on Monday in response to a petition […]
India-China tensions: One officer, 2 jawans die after clash with Chinese troops
Three Indian Army personnel lost their lives at Galwan region in Ladakh after clashes broke out between the Indian side and the Chinese. The incident took place on Monday night. The Indian Army confirmed the developments and issued a statement soon in the matter. “During the de-escalation process underway in the Galwan Valley, a violent face-off took place […]
Junaid Mattu Loses No-Confidence Motion, Removed As Srinagar Mayor
Srinagar: Junaid Azim Mattu was Tuesday ousted as Srinagar Mayor after 42 of 70 corporators passed a no confidence motion against him. The rest 28 abstained from voting. The micro-political hullaballoo happened in Srinagar Municipal Corporation at a time when Kashmir is in the middle of a raging COVID-19 pandemic, changing political contours, and a […]
Centre wants states to focus on keeping Covid-19 fatality rates low
The Narendra Modi government wants states that are seeing a large number of Covid-19 cases not to lose sight of the main objective in the rush of numbers — keeping the death rate, or the case fatality rate low. Top government officials familiar with the thinking said that while aggressive testing, door-to-door surveys to track […]
Trump says US to pull some troops from Germany over NATO spending feud
President Donald Trump said on Monday he would cut the number of U.S. troops in Germany to 25,000, faulting the close U.S. ally for failing to meet NATO’s defense spending target and accusing it of taking advantage of America on trade. The reduction of about 9,500 troops would be a remarkable rebuke to one of […]
Six new corona cases in Ladakh
Ladakh on Monday recorded six coronavirus cases, taking the total number of infected people in the UT to 472. According to the media bulletin released by the Directorate of Health Services, Ladakh, 393 sample reports were received from the National Centre for Disease Control, New Delhi. “Of the total sample reports, three positive reports and […]
Shopian Encounter: Three militants killed, operation on
Srinagar, June 16:(GNS) Three militants were killed in an ongoing gunfight with government forces in Turkwangam area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. Official sources told GNS that three militants were killed in the operation. However, he said, the identity of the slain militants was yet to be ascertained. A senior Police officer told […]
