5 institutions who may not remain with their teams in IPL 2018
The much awaited player retention policy for the eleventh edition of the Indian Premier League was recently released. An incredible 10 years of IPL have just whizzed by, much like Brett Lee’s deliveries. Under-19 world cup winning captain Virat Kohli is now team India’s record breaking skipper, well on his way towards being an all-time […]
Pakistan’s female powerlifters bag gold in international competition
SINGAPORE: Pakistani female powerlifters Saniha Ghafoor and Twinkle Sohail cleaned sweeped their respective categories during the Oceania Pacific Powerlifting Championship Saturday morning. Saniha won four medals in the 57kg category for squat, bench press, deadlift, and total weight. The powerlifter lifted an aggregate weight of 280kg; 115kg during squat, 55kg during bench press, 110kg during […]
Congress complains of EVM ‘tampering’ via bluetooth, EC orders probe
December 09, 2017 Senior Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia today complained of possible tampering with electronic voting machines at three polling booths in a Muslim-dominated area of Porbandar claiming that some machines were found to be connecting to external devices via bluetooth. The Election Commission said that based on the Congress leader’s complaint, an inquiry had […]
Israel forces, Palestinians clash in West Bank, 3 injured
Sat Dec 9, 2017 Three Palestinians have sustained injuries during heavy clashes between Israeli forces and protesters rallying in the occupied West Bank against the US’s recent recognition of Jerusalem al-Quds as Israel’s “capital.” Palestinians started taking to the streets of the city of Bethlehem since the early hours of Saturday, the Palestinian Shehab News […]
Saudi Arabia bombards Yemeni TV station, kills 4
Sat Dec 9, 2017 The Saudi-led coalition waging war on Yemen has attacked the headquarters of the Yemen al-Youm TV channel in the capital, Sana’a, killing four people and injuring five others. Yemen’s al-Masirah television network reported that in addition to the casualties, the Friday Saudi air raids caused serious damage to the building of the TV station and […]
Rohingya crisis: Red Cross faced with ‘real challenge’
Dec 09, 2017 The Red Cross is faced with a “real challenge” following the Rohingya refugee crisis triggered by violence in Myanmar’s Rakhine State, a senior official of the international humanitarian organisation has said. “The specificity of the situation is that only the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement is allowed to work in […]
Rahul attacks Modi for missing ‘vikas’ agenda during Guj campaign
New Delhi: Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday stepped up attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking why there is no mention of development in his speeches during the Gujarat election campaign. Gandhi said he did not get an answer to even one of the 10 questions he had asked Modi on Gujarat’s report […]
Raids, arrests shut pakherpora on saturday
Pakherpora and its adjacent areas witnessed complete shutdown against the arrest of many youth and raids during the previous night. Reports said that police and CRPF have raided number of houses and arrested several youth for being the stone pelters. Army and security forces came under intense stone pelting at main chfiredowk of pakherpora on […]
JRL seminar on human rights stopped by police
All the participants in JRL seminar at the residence of Syed Ali Geelani on saturday were not allowed to go in by police and paramilitary forces deployed in strength there.One of the persons who was stopped told vov that police and CRPF have sealed the area around the residence of Geelani at Hyderpora on saturday. […]
DSEK to seal private schools, coaching centers
Directorate of school education kashmir has decided to seal all those private schools and coaching centers who are violating the vacation norms and other rules set by them. Some private schools were trying to complete the syllabus and they may face sealing by DSEK. Reports said that all the chief education officers in Kashmir valley […]
