Mogadishu: The US army said on Wednesday that it has killed two fighters from the Islamic group al-Shabab in an airstrike on Tuesday in southern Somalia. The US Africa Command (AFRICOM), which oversees American troops on the African continent, said in a statement that the strike occurred around Huley in Lower Shabelle Region. AFRICOM said […]
Srinagar: Relief efforts are underway in southern Africa after recent rains caused at least 60 deaths and affected nearly 843,000 people in Mozambique and Malawi, a UN spokesman said on Wednesday. “Our humanitarian colleagues report that flooding in Malawi and Mozambique has affected nearly 843,000 people and caused at least 60 deaths, according to preliminary reports […]
It’s not the first time something like this has happened. We have seen Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram suffer global outage several times in past and the same happened again. On Wednesday all three social media platforms suffered service outage for hours. In fact, several users are still complaining that they are unable to use Facebook […]
New Delhi: India Wednesday night expressed “disappointment” after China blocked yet another move at the United Nations to designate Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed’s chief Masood Azhar as a “global terrorist”. In its reaction, the External Affairs Ministry, without naming China, said the UN’s 1267 Sanctions Committee was not able to come to a decision on […]
Jammu: Vice Chairperson of Jammu and Kashmir Khadi and Village Industries Board-Dr Hina Shafi Bhat has issued an order, making it mandatory for all the employees of the Board to wear Khadi clothes in the office. As per circular No KVIB/Adm./Cir./8376-8404, dated 12-03-2019, all the officers/officials of J&K Khadi and Village Industries Board are directed […]
Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Muslim Wakaf Board that is conducting audit has reportedly detected fraud inside the Board, insiders revealed on Wednesday. Reliable sources told during the audit it has come to fore that one of the former VC’s with the help of an Executive Engineer used Wakaf money for repairing and painting of the house of […]
Srinagar: Over 250 people had to flee for their lives as the Trade Facilitation Centre (TFC) at Chakan da Bagh came under Pakistani shelling on Wednesday afternoon, police sources and eyewitnesses told GNS. They said that the panic gripped labourers and staff at Trade Facilitation Centre Chakan da Bagh after several mortar shells landed in […]
Srinagar: Strongly reacting to the “highhandedness” by National Investigation Agency (NIA) , Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Wednesday said this agency “has itself compromised its credibility and neutrality and has taken the shape of yet another oppressive tool being used rather misused with a sole aim to threaten and force the pro-freedom […]
Srinagar: Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) Wednesday expressed its deep condemnation over the arrest of its legal expert Mir Assad-ullah of Pulwama by police and termed it a well planned ploy to “restrict Jama’at from approaching court to contest the baseless allegations leveled by government of India”. “Pulwama police before couple of days called Jama’at senior most Rukn […]
Srinagar: National Conference (NC) on Wednesday expressed surprise over what it termed as clandestine PDP-BJP bonhomie ahead of Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir, saying the duo were still in alliance and hand-in-glove to influence the polls by deceit and deception. “We have credible information about PDP soliciting the advice and direction of the […]
