Afridi, Malik confirm participation for ICC World XI against Windies
Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Malik and Thisara Perera are among the first set of players to confirm their participation for the ICC World XI in a T20I against the Windies to be played at Lord’s on May 31. The match is being staged to raise funds to rebuild and restore five major cricket venues in the […]
New skipper Paine on how Aussies should play the game…
The Australian team do not need to make wholesale changes to their cricket culture as a few tweaks should once again endear them to home fans, according to Test captain Tim Paine. Australia were rocked by a ball-tampering scandal in South Africa last month in which former captain Steve Smith, his deputy David Warner and […]
Student protests have no justification: Naeem Akhter
Works Minister and senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Naeem Akhtar on Thursday said that there was no reason for the students in Kashmir to hold protests over Kathua rape-and-murder case when the accused were already behind bars. “What is the occasion for protests, stone pelting [over Kathua case] when case is solved, accused in […]
Mecca verdict: Owaisi terms NIA blind, deaf
AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi has sought a re-trial in the Mecca Masjid blast case or an appeal against the verdict which set free all the five accused. Addressing a public meeting last evening, the Hyderabad MP said he would meet Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana E S L Narasimhan and place before him the […]
Pakistan reacts strongly at Modi’s claim over ‘surgical strikes’
Islamabad: Pakistan on Thursday rejected as “false” and “baseless” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s claims of having launched a surgical strike on terrorist camps in Pakistani territory. At an interactive session at the Central Hall Westminster in London, Modi said on Wednesday that Islamabad was informed about the 2016 surgical strike before this was made […]
Rifle snatched from ATM guard in Shopian
Srinagar: Unknown persons on Thursday snatched a service rifle from JK Bank’s ATM guard at Pinjora area of South Kashmir’s Shopian district. Confirming the incident, SSP Shopian ShriRam Ambarkar said that police have launched investigations in it. ” A group of unarmed unidentified persons overpowered the ATM guard and snatched his service rifle (12- […]
Tral shuts against excessive use of force on female students
Tral town witnessed complete shutdown today after group of youth pelted stones on the police in the area on Wednesday police used excessive force against female students who were peacefully demanding justice for kuthuwa minor . Reports said that in police action yesterday more than 60 girls fainted and some of them were injured. Latest […]
Several students injured in Baramullah clashes
Police said that they have to use force on protesting students of Baramullah when they were trying to block the highway. Reports said that students in various parts of Baramullah came on the streets asking for justice to kuthuwa minor. Reports said that police used excessive force against the protestors and with the result many […]
Dozens of students injured in shopian district
Latest reports from shopian said that dozens of students were injured in clashes with police and security forces as they were trying to register thier protest demanding justice for kuthuwa minor. Reports said that police and CRPF lobbed lot of tear gas shells and pellets to disperse protests. Clashes were going on in shopian and […]
Cabinet reshuffle to take place probably by next week
The cabinet reshuffle in ruling PDP-BJP government will be carried out any day after April 22 and among the new faces likely to be inducted include speaker Kavinder Gupta, Surinder Ambardar, Sat Sharma, Rajive Sharma and Shakti Parihar, sources told on Wednesday. They said senior BJP leader Ram Madhav, who is also the party’s […]
