Babar Azam wants balance between proactive approach and playing as per situation demands

KARACHI: Pakistan captain Babar Azam has admitted that his team needs to strike a judicious balance between playing a proactive brand of cricket and adapting to situations when it needs to employ a defensive approach. Pakistan’s go-slow batting approach during their last home series against Australia was criticised as Babar’s men couldn’t for once score […]

Verbal exchange with Kohli part and parcel of game, says Bairstow

BIRMINGHAM: Star England batter Jonny Bairstow has played down the heated verbal exchange he had with senior India player Virat Kohli during the third day of the rescheduled fifth Test, saying it was part and parcel of the game. During the morning session on Sunday, Kohli had something to say to Bairstow about his ‘play […]

Gupkar Alliance will contest JK polls together, assert Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti

Srinagar:The National Conference and the PDP – major constituents of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration – said on Monday that the grouping will jointly contest the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. “We will contest the elections together. There is a political party that said that they have left the alliance. The truth is […]

6 sticky bombs, other arms and ammunition recovered in Reasi: Police

Jammu: A militant hideout was busted in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, leading to the recovery of six sticky bombs along with other arms and ammunition, police said on Monday. The hideout was busted at the disclosure of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Talib Hussain Shah who along with his associate Faisal Ahmad Dar were overpowered […]

Active Covid cases in India rise to 1,13,864

New Delhi: India logged 16,135 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 4,35,18,564, while the active cases increased to 1,13,864, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll climbed to 5,25,223 with 24 new fatalities, the data updated at 8 am stated. The active cases comprise […]

Proper security arrangements in place for Yatra: LG

Proper security arrangements in place for Yatra: LG

Srinagar: Proper security arrangements are in place for this year’s Amarnath Yatra, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said on Sunday, amid reports of a higher threat perception for the pilgrimage. He said the administration and the people of the union territory have joined hands together to make the yatra a safe and successful event. “Security forces […]

5 Yatris dead so far

5 Yatris dead so far

Srinagar: Five pilgrims have died since the commencement of the Amarnath Yatra this year, even as over 40,000 devotees have so far visited the holy cave shrine in south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said on Sunday. A pilgrim by the name Virinder Gupta is missing from the yatra’s Chandanwari-Sheshnag route, they said. Of the five deceased, […]

Elections after electoral roll revision, statehood later: LG

Elections after electoral roll revision, statehood later: LG

Srinagar: Asserting that democracy is India’s soul, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha said elections in the union territory will “surely” take place after the completion of the ongoing electoral revision and that the restoration of statehood would follow at an “appropriate time”. Sinha’s remarks came at an event here late on Saturday after […]

Villagers capture LeT militants armed with AK-47, hand them to police in Reasi

Villagers capture LeT militants armed with AK-47, hand them to police in Reasi

Jammu: Two heavily-armed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants, including the mastermind of the recent IED blasts in Rajouri, were overpowered by villagers and handed over to the police in Reasi district on Sunday, a senior police officer said. Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and Director General of Police Dilbag Singh lauded the villagers for their courage and announced […]