Srinagar: An earthquake measuring 4.6 on richter scale jolted Jammu and Kashmir Thursday. The earthquake occurred at 8:22 am with its epicentre at 34.39 degrees north and 78.21 degrees east – 63.6 km north of Leh and 193.1 km east of Kargil – in Ladakh region, Disaster Management Department officials said. No loss of life […]
Srinagar: Authorities on Friday shut the Srinagar-Jammu Highway for vehicular traffic due to fresh snowfall at several places on the highway. Officials said that the highway has been closed due to accumulation of snow on both sides of at Jawahar Tunnel. Pertinently Kashmir is currently under the grip of Chillai-Kalan, a 40-day long period of harsh […]
Khartoum: Anti-government protests that have rocked Sudan have left 22 people dead, authorities said Thursday, after three demonstrators died hours after thousands cheered for President Omar al-Bashir at a rival rally in Khartoum. Wednesday’s competing rallies in the capital followed weeks of angry street protests over a government decision to triple the price of bread […]
Srinagar: An Army major and a BSF personnel were injured as the armies of India and Pakistan exchanged heavy gunfire along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir. Reports said that the Pakistan Army “violated” ceasefire, inviting a strong retaliation from Indian forces. “One Army Major and a constable of BSF were injured as Pakistani […]
Srinagar: An army officer and a Border Security Force (BSF) man were injured in an attack carried out by Pakistan army in forward area of Rajouri district on Thursday. Official sources told GNS that today at about 13:45 hours, a joint team of Indian Army 15 JAKLI and 59 BSF launched a search operation in […]
Srinagar: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) President, Mehbooba Mufti said that Shah Faesal has his right to self- determination. She also said that hurling abuses on Faesal was uncalled for. “Hurling choicest abuses on social media @shahfaesal is uncalled for . He has inspired a generation to chase their dreams and I think it is time to […]
London: A World Bank official has labeled China’s growth in 2018 and its prospects in 2019 as “very strong.” “We expect a slowdown in growth and we have revised down our forecast a little bit,” said Franziska Ohnsorge, manager of World Bank’s Development Prospects Group. “This is in part because of trade tensions, which did […]
Islamabad: Pakistan expects to sign investment agreements with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in the coming weeks, the prime minister’s office said, as Islamabad builds on its ties with states that have recently lent it billions of dollars. A memorandum of understanding was expected with Saudi Arabia this month, with an investment framework […]
Srinagar: The 84-km-long road, connecting border town of Gurez with district headquarters Bandipora reopened on Thursday after remaining closed due to accumulation of snow for about a week while dozens of far-flung and remote villages, including those near the Line of Control (LoC) in the frontier district of Kupwara remained closed since Saturday due to […]
Srinagar: Hitting out at Union Minister Jitendra Singh over his comment that J&K IAS topper’s resignation indicates the lack of conviction to be ready to condemn the act of terrorism, National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said no one more than Dr Sahib Shah Faesal knows the pain and suffering militancy and violence have brought […]
