In an ongoing Budgam Premier League (BPL), two matches were played at Sheikhpora play Ground here today. The first match was played between SSM Parrypora and Zawan XI, in which Zawan XI defeated SSM Parrypora. Bating first Zawan XI scored 170 for the loss of 8 wickets in 20 overs. In reply SSM Parrypora bundled […]
Inter school basketball tournament started at Indoor Stadium. The tournament is being organised by Jammu Kashmir State Sports Council in collaboration with Srinagar District Basketball Association. Four matches were played on the opening day of the tournament. Delhi Public School (girls), Mallinson Schools (girls), Delhi Public School (boys) and Biscoe School (boys) won the matches. […]
A pistol borne unknown youth on Tuesday looted cash from a bank in Kader village of Kulgam district in south Kashmir. Sources said that a masked youth carrying a pistol barged inside Ellaquai Dehati Bank in Kader Yaripora area and looted over Rs 65,000 from the bank. Confirming the incident, Cluster Head, Ellaquai Dehati Bank […]
Police have filed a case against Army for allegedly manhandling four female members including an MBBS student of a family in Bomai Sopore area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The Bomai family arrived here in Press Enclave Srinagar on Tuesday and narrated the incident before the reporters. They said Army personnel from Pazalpora based 22 […]
General Bipin Rawat, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Tuesday visited the frontier areas in North Kashmir and interacted with commanders and troops deployed along the Line of Control (LC). Accompanied by the Northern Army and Chinar Corps Commanders, the Army Chief was briefed by Formation Commanders on the security situation on the border and measures […]
Despite much fanfare on the issue, the J&K government has put the renovation and restoration of flood-hit schools at the back burner as the department has received a meagre amount under Prime Ministers (PM’s) package for reconstruction of the schools. A top official in the education department said the renovation of flood-hit schools remained least […]
On the eve of World Press Freedom Day, Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG) in an extra-ordinary meeting paid rich tributes to the members of the Srinagar Press Corps who were killed while discharging their professional duties in last more than 25 years. The media body said those brave people would always be remembered as the real […]
Chief Secretary, B.B.Vyas, Tuesday chaired a meeting of all Heads of Departments (HoDs) of Kashmir Division at Banquet Hall here. Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan, Director SKIMS, Prof. A. G. Ahangar, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar, Dr. Farooq Ahmad Lone, Directors of different Departments, Chief Engineers of various Engineering Wings, besides representatives of National Highway Concessionaire […]
Instead of raking up the triple talaq issue, the government should focus more on education and other basic facilities to India’s “under-privileged” communities, including Muslims, a woman leader of the Jamaat-e-Islamic Hind (JeIH) said on Tuesday. JeIH Secretary Atiya Siddiqua said a negative image of Muslims was being portrayed to show Muslim men as dominant […]
The top army commanders of Pakistan and India today talked over the hotline, a day after a Pakistani Special Forces team allegedly sneaked across the Line of Control and beheaded two Indian security personnel. The hotline contact between the Director Generals of Military Operations (DGMOs) of Pakistan and India was established at 11.30 AM, a […]