J&K cricketer Manzoor Dar to play for KXIP in IPL
Jan 29, 2018 Srinagar: While Jammu and Kashmir all-rounder Parvez Rasool and pacer Umar Nazir Mir found no buyers at the IPL auction, another local cricketer Manzoor Dar was bought by Kings XI Punjab on Sunday. Dar popularly known as ‘Manzoor Pandav’ for his big hitting skills in the Valley, was bought at his base […]
Budget 2018: Printed and ready to go, but for tax proposals
January 29, 2018 The 2018 Union Budget, which will be presented to Parliament in 3 days, has been printed. Only Part B, which contains the taxation proposals, are being given final touches by the PMO and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley; once that is done, it will be printed tonight. The 950 bundles of Union Budget […]
Afghanistan military academy attack: At least 11 soldiers killed
January 29, 2018 At least 11 soldiers were killed when militants attacked an Afghan army unit guarding a military academy in Kabul on Monday. ISIL claimed the attack in which at least 15 other soldiers were wounded before the attackers were subdued. Ministry of defence officials said five militants, armed with rocket-propelled grenades and automatic […]
Equities rise after Economic Survey pegs fiscal growth at 6.75%
Mumbai, Jan 29 : Key Indian equity indices continued to gain during the mid-afternoon trade session on Monday after the Economic Survey for 2017-18 tabled in Parliament pegged the country’s growth at 6.75 per cent for the current fiscal and 7 to 7.5 per cent in 2018-19. “A series of major reforms undertaken over the […]
Ready for talks with India to resolve CPEC differences: China
Beijing: China on Monday said it is ready to hold talks with India to resolve their differences on the contentious $50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) that passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Asked about Indian ambassador to China Gautam Bambawale’s interview to state-run Global Times in which he had said that differences on the CPEC should not be […]
Government wants youth to fulfil dreams: Kovind
New Delhi, Jan 29 : President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday said the government has initiated different programmes to provide self-employment and enable the youth to fulfil their dreams. In his address to a joint sitting of Parliament on the first day of the Budget Session, the President said the enterprises or companies creating new […]
Traders threaten to boycott cross-LoC trade
Salamabad Cross LoC Traders Union – an umbrella body of intra-Kashmir traders – on Monday threatened to boycott the trade from March in case the authorities don’t revoke a ban on trading of four commonly bartered goods. Addressing a press conference in Srinagar, President Salamabad cross-LoC Traders Union, Hilal Turkie said over the period of […]
Pakistan condemns civilian killings in kashmir
Srinagar: Pakistan has strongly condemned the “brutal and indiscriminate” use of force by government forces that resulted in the killing of three innocent civilians and injuries to several others in the Ganowpora village of Shopian district in south Kashmir, Pak media reports said on Sunday. The Foreign Office (FO) in Islamabad issued an official statement […]
Kasganj: Situation under control, Internet suspended till tonight
January 28, 2018 The Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday said that the situation is under control in Kasganj after violence broke out on the Republic Day, wherein one person died and two others were injured. Uttar Pradesh Director General of Police, O P Singh said that drone surveillance is being conducted to maintain law and […]
Pakistan back on top of T20I team rankings
January 28, 2018 MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Pakistan reclaim the top ranking in T20 internationals after their 2-1 series victory over New Zealand. Pakistan have returned to the top of the MRF Tyres ICC T20I Team Rankings for the third time in as many months after winning their three-match series against New Zealand at the Bay Oval […]
