Encounter rages in Awantipora village
Srinagar: Gunfight rages between militants and government forces in Nannar village of Midoora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama District. Reports comings to GNS said that a joint team of Army’s 42RR, SOG and 180 BN of CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Nannar. A senior Police officer told GNS said the as […]
SUV rolls in gorge in Doda, 3 killed, 3 among 10 injured critical
Bhadarwah: Three people died and 10 others were injured after an overloaded vehicle when an SUV on its way to Bhalla in Doda district from Jammu, skidded off the road and rolled down a 200-ft deep gorge at Khaleeni belt. According to police the accident took place on Thursday night and rescue operation was launched […]
Shopian gunfight: Civilian among three killed, Police says he was ‘an active associate of militants”
Srinagar: A civilian is among the three bodies recovered at a gunfight site in Zainpora orchards where a fierce gunfight between militants and government forces erupted earlier today. The civilian identified as Jasim Ahmad Shah of Malnad- Sugan, while two slain militants including Hizb commander Abid Manzoor Magray alias Saju Tiger and Hilal Ahmad were […]
Army Colonel allegedly commits suicide at Siachen Glacier, probe launched
Srinagar: A senior Army officer died after he allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle in Siachen Glacier area of Leh in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday. Official sources told GNS that the army officer of Colonel rank namely Rohit Singh Solanki of 6 MAHAR regiment, posted at Siachen Glacier, shot himself […]
Teenager dies after playing PUBG game on cellphone for 6 hours
Neemuch (MP),(PTI) A 16-year-old boy died of cardiac arrest allegedly while playing PUBG battle game on his mobile phone for six hours at a stretch here in Madhya Pradesh, his father said Friday.The deceased was identified as Furkan Qureshi, a Class 12 student. The incident took place on May 28 when Furkan Qureshi and his family, […]
Amit Shah gets Home, Rajnath to be new Defence Minister, Jaishankar to be EAM
New Delhi (PTI) Amit Shah will be the new Home minister, Rajnath Singh the new Defence minister and Nirmala Sitharaman the new Finance minister, the Rashtrapati Bhavan announced on Friday. Former foreign secretary turned minister S Jaishankar has got the External Affairs ministry while Smriti Irani will be the new Women and Child Development Minister along […]
Two policemen injured in ongoing Kishtwar gunfight
Kishtwar: Two policemen were injured in an ongoing encounter at Marwah area of Kishtwar in Jammu division on Friday afternoon. Reports reaching GNS said that a joint team of army and SOG launched a cordon at Oppun village of Marwah today in the afternoon. SSP Kishtwar Shakti Kumar Pathak told GNS that the gunfight […]
Hizbul commander Riyaz Naikoo’s close aide killed in Zainapora gunfight
Sopore: A top Hizb ul Mujahideen commander Aabid Manzoor Magray alias Sajju tiger from Nowpora Payeen of Pulwama district is believed to be one among the slain militants in the gunfight that raged in Zainpora orchards since Friday morning. Saju, sources said, was active since 2016 uprising and presently was area commander of zainapora litter […]
Sensex reclaims 40K mark in early trade, Nifty above 12K
Mumbai, (PTI) The benchmark BSE Sensex reclaimed the 40,000 mark, rallying nearly 300 points in early trade Friday led by gains in banking and IT stocks amid positive domestic cues and strong foreign fund inflow.After hitting a high of 40,119.81, the 30-share index was trading 271.12 points, or 0.68 per cent, higher at 40,103.09. In similar […]
Suspension of preferential trade status for India under GSP is “done deal”: US
Washington, (PTI) The Trump administration has said it is not going back on its decision to terminate India’s designation as a beneficiary developing nation under the key GSP trade programme, terming the suspension a “done deal”. The Generalized System of Preference (GSP) is the largest and oldest US trade preference programme and is designed to promote […]
