England’s Alex Hales retires from international cricket with immediate effect
London: England cricketer Alex Hales has announced retirement from international Cricket with immediate effect on Friday. The powerful top-order player represented England in 156 matches across all three international formats — Tests, one-day internationals and T20 internationals. The 34-year-old’s last international appearance came in England’s T20 World Cup final win against Pakistan in November 2022. […]
Terrorists using dark-net to hide identity, spread radical material: Amit Shah
Gurugram: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday raised concern at the two-day G-20 Conference here regarding terrorists using the dark net to hide their identity and spread radical material, while stressing the need to understand the pattern of these activities. The minister also warned of a cyber-attack threat which he said is hovering over […]
Terror funding case: Delhi HC lists Zahoor Watali plea against charges framed on August 3
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday listed for August 3, 2023, Kashmiri businessman Zahoor Ahmad Shah Watali’s plea challenging charges framed by the trial court against him in a terror financing case being investigated by National Investigation Agency (NIA). The Division bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul and Justice Talwant Singh on Tuesday while […]
Centre blocks 14 apps in Jammu and Kashmir for ‘spreading terror’
New Delhi: The Central Government has blocked 14 mobile messenger applications being used by terror groups, sources said. It is learnt that these applications were mostly being used by Over Ground Workers of different terrorist organisations based in Jammu and Kashmir to spread the message and to receive notifications from Pakistan. The action was taken […]
Govt issues guidelines on brand endorsements by social media influencers
New Delhi: The Department of Consumer Affairs on Monday released detailed guidelines for social media and virtual influencers as well as celebrities which are aimed at ensuring that such individuals do not mislead their audience while endorsing products or services. The guidelines titled “Endorsements Know-hows” have also been prepared to ensure that endorsements undertaken by […]
Kupwara court rejects bail of 5 army-men who ‘ran narcotics racket’ along LoC
Srinagar: A court on Monday rejected the bail application of a “well-organised gang” of five Army personnel and four civilians who were arrested last month for allegedly running a narcotics racket along the Line of Control (LoC) in Kupwara district of north Kashmir. Rejecting the bail application, the court of the Additional District and Sessions […]
India, Pakistan came ‘too close’ to nuclear conflagration in 2019: Pompeo
New York: India and Pakistan came “too close” to a nuclear conflagration during the 2019 confrontation with both sides believing the other was preparing to deploy nuclear weapons, according to former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He recounted in his book, “Never Give an Inch”, his frantic night-time diplomatic efforts to get the neighbours […]
2022 was 5th warmest year on record, situation alarming: NASA
Washington: Earth’s average surface temperature in 2022 tied with 2015 as the fifth warmest year on record, according to an analysis by US space agency NASA, which termed the situation as “alarming”. The global temperatures in 2022 were 1.6-degree Fahrenheit (0.89-degree Celsius) above the average for NASA’s baseline period (1951-1980), scientists from NASA’s Goddard Institute […]
Three terrorists killed in Sidhra encounter: Police
JAMMU: An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in the Sidhra area of Jammu today morning, police said. At least three terrorists have been killed in the encounter on Wednesday. The gunfight erupted around 7:30 am and reinforcements have been rushed to the area to neutralise the terrorists, police added. We noticed unusual […]
Messi does it for Argentina
La Selección defeat France on penalties to win 3rd World Cup crown
Doha: Argentina lifted their 3rd World Cup crown as Emi Martinez saved crucial spot kicks as Lionel Messi finally exorcised the demons of the 2014 World Cup final as La Selección defeated France 4-2 on penalties at the Lusail Stadium on Sunday. Messi and Mbappe had both scored in Extra Time as France completed another […]
