Srinagar: Seven children were killed and 10 more wounded on Sunday when an unexploded mortar shell blew up in eastern Afghanistan. The incident appears to be the latest instance of discarded ordnance claiming civilian lives, in a country littered with landmines, homemade bombs and old shells, Associated Press reported. Assadullah Dawlatzai, the Laghman governor’s spokesman, […]
New York: The world’s largest aeroplane by wingspan has taken flight for the first time. Built by Stratolaunch, the company set up by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen in 2011, the aircraft is designed to act as a flying launch pad for satellites, said a BBC News report. The idea is to fly the […]
Jammu: Leader of opposition in Rajya Sabha and General Secretary AICC Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said that Modi govt has weakened the democratic and constitutional institutions established and strengthened in the country for the past seven decades by the successive governments right down from Jawahar Lal Nehru regime. Remembering the Architect of Constitution of […]
Srinagar: A 35-year-old person from Nowpora Jageer area of Kreeri in Baramulla district of north Kashmir has gone missing, police and family sources said on Sunday. They said the man—Waseem Ahmad Lone son of Bashir Ahmad Lone left home in his new vehicle for Srinagar to buy some electronic goods on April 13 but failed […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) President Farooq Abdullah on Sunday said that Prime minsiter Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah are the biggest enemies of people who believe in dividing the nation on basis of caste, creed and religion saying that people have made it a point not to fall prey to the divisive agenda […]
SRINAGAR: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday termed PDP’s self rule formula the most pragmatic approach to resolve the decades old Kashmir conflict and reiterated that peace will remain elusive in the state unless peoples’ aspirations aren’t taken into account by both India and Pakistan. Addressing worker’s convention […]
Srinagar: An army Major who was injured critically late Saturday night after he slipped into a deep gorge in upper reaches of Kumkadi forests in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district succumbed to injuries. Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Kupwara Ambarkar Shriram Dinkar confirmed to GNS that the officer of Major rank succumbed in army’s 92 base […]
Srinagar: The outgoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that Jammu and Kashmir was an integral part of India and that no one would be allowed to demand for a separate prime minister for the state. “Pakistan was also saying that we have nuclear weapons. But everyone knows what we did. We will never […]
Srinagar: An army Major was injured critically late Saturday night after he slipped into a deep gorge in upper reaches of Kumkadi forests in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. A police official said that the Major of 57 RR slipped into the gorge during a patrol in Kumkadi area of Haihama adjacent to Machil sector along […]
Srinagar: Hitting out at BJP president Amit Shah for accusing Congress of doing ‘Ilu Ilu’ with terrorists, former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said Rahul Gandhi has paid the price for terrorism with his loved ones, so he out of all the people, doesn’t need ‘your gangster style advice’. “You’d be forgiven for assuming this […]
