BUDGAM — A Kashmiri Pandit was shot dead by suspected militants at Chadoora area of Budgam district in Central Kashmir on Thursday. Reports said, a person namely Shri Rahul Bhat, an employee from minor community was shot at and critically injured by suspected militants at Tehsildar Office in Chadoora area of Budgam. He was shifted […]
BEIJING — Twenty-five people were injured after a passenger plane veered off the runway during take-off and caught fire at an airport in southwest China’s Chongqing at around 8 a.m. on Thursday, airport sources said. The passenger plane operated by Tibet Airlines was carrying 113 passengers and nine crew members on board, said the sources. […]
SRINAGAR — The Department of Nursing Administration, Sheri-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences celebrated “International Nurses Day” to commemorate birth anniversary of “Florence Nightingale” pioneer of modern nursing. The progamme held today focused on this year’s theme “Nurses- A Voice to Lead- Invest in Nursing and Respect Rights to Secure Global Health”. Director SKIMS & EOSG, […]
LAHORE — A Pakistani anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Wednesday sentenced 22 people to five years in jail each for attacking a Hindu temple in Punjab province last year. In July 2021, hundreds of people attacked the Ganesh Mandir temple at Bhong city, district Rahim Yar Khan, some 590 kms from Lahore, in reaction to alleged […]
NEW DELHI — The “exponential growth” in local youngsters joining militant ranks in Jammu and Kashmir over the last two years is a cause of concern for the security establishment with officials saying such operatives constitute about 60 per cent of the total active strength, CRPF sources said on Wednesday. At the same time, as […]
JAMMU — At least 168 militants are operating in Jammu and Kashmir while 75 have been killed in encounters with security forces this year, officials said. Among those neutralised include 21 foreign mercenaries, they pointed out. In the past 11 months, 11 militants were encountered and 12 infiltration bids were foiled in the vicinity of […]
SRINAGAR — A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) personnel was found dead under mysterious circumstances at National HydroElectric Power Corporation Private Limited (NHPC) in Bandipora. Police official told that CISF personnel identified as Asgar Ali son of Nizamudin, a resident of Bihar was found dead in his room at NHPC Bandipora. “The deceased’s body has […]
Waris Shah ANANTNAG — Body of a 24-year-old youth was found inside an auto rickshaw at Cheeni Chowk area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday. Official sources told GNS that the soon after information, police took the body in its custody and shifted it to GMC Anantnag. The youth was later identified as Tehseen […]
RAMALLAH/GAZA — The killing of Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in the occupied West Bank sparked condemnation and outrage among the Palestinians. The journalist was killed on Wednesday morning. Abu Akleh’s colleagues, Palestinian eyewitnesses, and medics told Xinhua news agency that the “Israeli soldiers opened fire at her and another journalist when they were covering […]
SRINAGAR — Weather remained mainly dry in Jammu and Kashmir during the last 24 hours as the MeT department forecast same weather to with light rain at isolated places on Thursday. “Weather is likely to remain mainly dry with rain at isolated places in J&K during the next 24 hours”, an official of the MeT […]