Rusted shell recovered, destroyed in Kupwara
Srinagar: Police and army has recovered a rusted shell from a paddy field in Kupwara district of north Kashmir, officials said on Saturday. They said police and army’s 14 SIKHLI recovered the rusted shell from Paddy fields of Chowkibal Kupwara last evening. A police official told GNS that it was an old shell and was […]
Petrol, diesel rise to new record highs as rates hiked again
Petrol and diesel prices soared to new record highs across the country on Saturday after rates were hiked again by 25 paise and 30 paise a litre, respectively. The price of petrol in Delhi rose to its highest-ever level of Rs 102.14 a litre and to Rs 108.19 in Mumbai, according to a price notification […]
Confident he’ll come alright – McCullum on Morgan’s form
KKR had coach Brendon McCullum admitted the team expects more runs from captain Eoin Morgan but stressed he isn’t too concerned because of the lack of from. Kolkata Knight Riders slipped to their seventh defeat – losing against Punjab Kings by five wickets – to make things tricky for their playoff chances. Morgan has scored 109 runs […]
Taliban raid IS hideout north of Kabul
KABUL: Taliban fighters raided a hideout of the militant Islamic State (IS) group north of the Afghan capital on Friday, killing and arresting an unspecified number of militants, a Taliban spokesman said. Since the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in mid-August, there has been an increase in attacks by IS militants targeting Taliban members. The Taliban […]
Punjab CM Charanjit Channi urges Railway Board chairman to withdraw cases against farmers
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Saturday urged the Chairman, Railway Board, to withdraw the cases registered by the Railway Protection Force (RPF) against the members of farmer organisations. A spokesperson of the Chief Minister’s Office said the CM had impressed upon the Chairman, Railway Board, to take a sympathetic view of the matter […]
Water sports
Water sports in the tourism sector has a lot of importance and the J & K government in the recent past has been trying to develop the skills among the youth by developing the required infrastructure so that they can show their metal in the water sports activities. Recently the Chief Secretary reviewed the water […]
COVID: No Friday prayers in Jamia Masjid, Hazratbal, others shrines in Kashmir
Friday prayers remained suspended for the eighth successive week at historic Jamia Masjid in downtown Srinagar, Assar-e-Shareif Hazratbal and others major shrines in Kashmir valley to curtail the spread of COVID-19 pandemic. However, prayers were held in other mosques and worship places in the valley. All gates of Jamia Masjid remained closed and people were […]
LeT militant arrested security forces in Pulwama, arms & ammunition seized
Security forces on Friday arrested a Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant alongwith arms and ammunition in south Kashmir district of Pulwama. A police official said that following specific information about presence of militants, a joint Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) was launched by Special Operations Group (SOG) of J&K police, 55 Rashtriya Rifles and 182 battalion of […]
Navin Choudhary inspects preparedness of Paddy Procurement Mandi at Gajansoo
JAMMU, OCTOBER 01: Principal Secretary Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare, Navin Kumar Choudhary today visited Paddy Procurement Centre set up at Gajansoo (Marh) to inspect the preparedness of arrangements for successful running of the Mandis. In order to save the farmers from distress sale of their produce, 20 Paddy Procurement Centres/Mandis are being inaugurated virtually […]
Advisor Farooq Khan visits I Love Srinagar typography outside Nishat Garden
SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 01: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan today visited I Love Srinagar typography installed outside the world famous Nishat Garden here. The Advisor expressed keen interest in taking a picture with the signage. Speaking on the occasion, Advisor Khan said that it was a pleasure to see such an initiative taken by ‘Sunrise […]
