ReT teacher electrocuted to death
Srinagar: A Rehbar-e-Taleem (ReT) teacher died of electrocution in Madhama village of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Friday evening. An official told GNS that Manzoor Ahmad Lone son of Gulab Lone of Madhama, Zirhama received an electric shock while repairing an electric wire at his home late today evening. Lone, an ReT teacher by profession was […]
BSF gifts sweets to Pak Rangers on R-Day
Attari (Amritsar): On the occasion of India’s 70th Republic Day, the Border Security Force (BSF) offered sweets to its Pakistani counterparts at the International border here on Saturday. BSF commandant Mukund Kumar Jha gave the sweets to Pakistani Wing Commander Usman at zero line on the Attari-Wagah border. Personnel of BSF and Pakistan Rangers, the neighbouring […]
Army soldier shoots self to death in north Kashmir
Baramulla: An army man committed suicide by shooting self with his service rifle in Baramulla district of north Kashmir on Saturday afternoon. “Lias Naik Hemant Kumar Panday of 46 RR today shoots himself at an army camp in Baramulla while he was on duty,” a police officer told GNS, adding that the soldier suffered serious injuries in […]
‘Only stranded vehicles to move on Sgr-Jmu NH tomorrow’
Srinagar: The traffic on Jammu-Srinagar national highway remained disrupted continuously for 6th day due to frequently shooting stones/landslides occurred in Ramban- Banihal stretch on Jammu Srinagar NHW – 44. Authorities said that traffic cops and road maintenance agencies are on job, clearing the road. “Tomorrow on 27.01.2019, subject to fair weather/clearance of road only stranded […]
‘Pak team to visit Chenab basin in J-K next week under Indus Water Treaty’
New Delhi (PTI) A Pakistani delegation will visit the Chenab river basin in Jammu and Kashmir for inspection from January 28 to 31, as mandated under the Indus Water Treaty, sources said. Pakistan’s Indus Commissioner Syed Mohammad Mehar Ali Shah will arrive in India along with his two advisers, sources said. “This tour is an obligation […]
On India’s 70th Republic Day, Mirwaiz highlights Kashmiri prisoners’ plight, launches campaign
Srinagar: Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Saturday launched a social media to highlight the ‘plight’ of Kashmiri prisoners lodged in jails within Kashmir and outside. While launching the campaign on Twitter, Mirwaiz wrote: “As India celebrates becoming a Republic, its autocratic rule over #Kashmir goes on! Thousands of Kashmiris continue to languish in […]
Khanmoh Gunfight: Slain JeM militants identified
Srinagar:The two Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) militants who have been killed were identified as a local and a foreigner. A senior Police official told GNS that one among the two slain was identified by the family as Saqib Shafi Dar son of Mohd Shafi Dar resident of Arihal Pulwama. The officer said the second […]
Gita Mehta declines to accept Padma Shri in election year
Bhubaneswar, (PTI) Eminent writer Gita Mehta on Saturday declined to accept the Padmi Shri, saying it could be “misconstrued” in an year of major elections. Mehta, who is Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s sister, was awarded the Padma Shri in the field of literature and education. “I am deeply honoured that the Government of India should […]
Experts, images suggest a Saudi ballistic missile program
Dubai, Jan 26 (AP) A military base deep inside Saudi Arabia appears to be testing and possibly manufacturing ballistic missiles, experts and satellite images suggest, evidence of the type of weapons program it has long criticized its archrival Iran for possessing. Further raising the stakes for any such program are comments by Saudi Arabia’s powerful Crown […]
Navy divers detect another body in flooded Meghalaya coal mine
Shillong, (PTI) Navy divers Saturday located the body of another miner trapped since December 13 inside the 370-foot-deep coal mine in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills district, officials said. “The Indian Navy has informed us that another body was found at 3am and is located at about 280 feet away from the bottom of the main shaft,” […]
