Big guns return to Test squad
YUVRAJ GETS ANOTHER LIFELINE
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
Chennai, July 2: Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and other big guns returned to national duty, while Yuvraj Singh was handed another Test lifeline as India today announced a full-strength 17-member squad for the upcoming cricket tour of England starting mid July.Opener Virender Sehwag will miss MoreHave realised I am just not wanted: Gayle
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Kingston, Jamaica, July 2: Chris Gayle has said he "will explore the opportunities available" to him elsewhere since he can no longer wait on the WICB to resolve their issues with him, but is available for selection for West Indies and Jamaica and has ruled out retirement. In a long and emotional public MoreINDIA ENJOYS 240-RUN OVERALL LEAD
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Bridgetown (Barbados), July 2: Senior pros VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid struck half-centuries as India consolidated its position in the second cricket Test against the West Indies by extending the overall lead to 240 runs here on Friday.Resuming at 23 for no loss, India ended the rain-hit fourth day MoreSRI LANKA FORMS NEW INTERIM CRICKET COMMITTEE
Colombo, July 2: Sports minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage has set up a four-member Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) interim committee and vowed to save the game from the mafia. The new committee is headed by former cricket board president Upali Dharmadasa and comprises former player Prakash Shaffter More- Kashmir
WOEFUL TALE OF AN ORPHAN
ISHFAQ HAS NOWHERE TO GO
MOAZUM MUHAMMAD
Srinagar, July 2: For 12-year old Ishfaq Ahmad of Kupwara life has come to a standstill at Baitul-Hilal orphanage at Jawahar Nagar here. Ishfaq has to stay put in the orphanage even during More
- Srinagar City
International personalities pay TRIBUTES TO SAINTS OF KASHMIR
Ambassadors, Ulema highlight contribution of Hazrat Shah-e-Hamdan (RA), Hazrat Bulbul Shah (RA) ; Release RenzuShah's book
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, July 2: It was prominent personalities including clerics and Ambassadors from across the globe meeting in the summer Capital to pay tributes to the Muslim saints of Kashmir and highlight their More
- Jammu
Bio-plastic plant for JK grounded
PRO-POLYTHENE LOBBY HITS AMBITIOUS PROJECT
SUMIT HAKHOO
Jammu, July 2: Despite passing of two years, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has failed to start work on an ambitious project to manufacture bio-plastic from organic material as an alternative for polythene More
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Students appeal Chib
GK NEWS NETWORK
Srinagar, July 2: The 4th semester students of three-year Diploma Courses in Polytechnics have appealed the Minister of Technical Education RS Chib to postpone their examination. A delegation of More
- Business
Green revolution in Punjab at JK’s expense: Kashmir Inc
GK BUSINESS REPORTER
Srinagar, July 2: Valley’s apex business body, the Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) today said the “green revolution in Punjab could happen only at the cost of J&K.” Senior Vice More
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Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar is new CVC
PRESS TRUST OF INDIA
New Delhi, July 2: Defence Secretary Pradeep Kumar was today unanimously chosen the next Chief Vigilance Commissioner, four months after the Supreme Court had quashed the appointment of P J Thomas to the More


