Smith to lead Australia in fourth Test as Cummins stays home to be with his unwell mother
Ahmedabad: Steve Smith will lead Australia in the fourth and final Test against India as regular captain Pat Cummins remains with his unwell mother back home. Smith had captained the side in Indore in Cummins’ absence. Cummins had flown back home after the Delhi Test to be with his mother who is in palliative care. […]
Carey looks for runs in final Test via sweep shot
Indore: Australia wicket-keeper Alex Carey feels he has more chances of succeeding if he goes for his shots, including the sweep, rather than defending in the ongoing Border-Gavaskar trophy. The southpaw has been impressive with his glovework on wickets offering turn from day one but has only managed 56 runs in the series so far. […]
India consistently trying to minimise dependence on foreign countries in health sector PM Modi
New Delhi, Mar 6 (PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that life-savers like medicines, vaccines and medical devices were weaponised when the COVID-19 pandemic was at its peak, and asserted that his government has been consistently trying to minimise India’s dependence on foreign countries in the health sector. Addressing a post-budget webinar on ‘Health and […]
Money generated from narcotics trade goes back to Pakistan to fund terror activities: DGP
Jammu: Money generated from the narcotics trade is returned to Pakistan and subsequently used to fund terror activities in Jammu and Kashmir, Director-General of Police Dilbag Singh on Sunday. Singh’s comment comes close on the heels of a large stockpile of drugs, cash and weapons being recovered near the Line of Control in Jammu and […]
Himachal Police arrests poppy husk supply kingpin from Anantnag
Una/Shimla: The suspected main supplier of poppy husk to several northern states was arrested from Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, Himachal Pradesh Police said on Sunday. The accused’s name had cropped up during the probe into the recovery of 18 quintals of poppy husk in Una district’s Haroli in May 2020, the police said. The accused, […]
Villagers near LoC in ecstatic as Indo-Pak ceasefire enters third year
Rajouri/Jammu: Mohammad Yousuf Kohli is constructing a new house for his family of six in a forward village near the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Rajouri district, a dream which he says is fulfilled only because of the ceasefire between India and Pakistan that entered its third year last month. The border […]
Cong launches month-long ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ campaign in J&K
Jammu: The Congress launched a month-long ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ campaign from here on Sunday, with its leaders and workers chanting slogans against the imposition of property tax and calling for early restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood. Led by AICC incharge of ‘Haath Se Haath Jodo’ yatra in Jammu and Kashmir Bharat Singh Solanki […]
Article 370 abrogation only on paper, says Raut; rues plight of Kashmiri Pandits
Mumbai: Shiv Sena (UBT) Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the abrogation of Article 370, which ended the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, by the Narendra Modi government was only on paper and was done to serve the political interests of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In his weekly column ‘Rokthok’ in party […]
Two youths arrested for stalking, harassing girl in Srinagar
Srinagar: Two youths were arrested here on Sunday for allegedly stalking and harassing a young woman, police said. The incident happened in the Dalgate area on Saturday, they said. The two youths were riding a scooty and made inappropriate gestures and comments against the girl, a police spokesperson said. The girl had posted about the […]
Active Covid cases in country rise to 2,791
New Delhi: India logged 324 new coronavirus infections, while the active cases increased to 2,791, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death toll stands at 5,30,775, the data updated at 8 am stated. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.46 crore (4,46,87, 820). The national COVID-19 recovery rate was […]
