NEW DELHI — As Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to return to power in four states- Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday expressed gratitude to people for reposing their faith in the BJP under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi. Taking to Twitter Shah said, “The […]
NEW DELHI — Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday said the party humbly accepts the people’s verdict in the assembly polls and will learn from it. The party, he said, will continue to work for the interests of the people of the country. Gandhi’s comments came after the Congress failed to make a mark […]
NEW DELHI — A Pakistani “intruder” was shot dead and a drone was brought down by the Border Security Force (BSF) troops in separate incidents along the India-Pakistan frontier in Punjab, officials said on Thursday. The middle-aged man was killed at a forward area in the Amritsar sector when he crossed the border and entered […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir reported 35 fresh Covid-19 cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said 14 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 21 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to 453382. Giving district wise […]
JAMMU — A balloon in the shape of an aircraft with ‘PIA’ mark was found in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said on Thursday. On sighting the ‘PIA’ (Pakistan International Airlines)-marked balloon in Sarna, a border village, the locals informed the police, who rushed to the spot and confiscated it, the officials said. Such […]
NEW DELHI — The BJP has won four states, including the politically significant Uttar Pradesh, in the mega elections seen as the semi-final before the 2024 national election. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has also hit gold in Punjab, giving the eight-year-old outfit its second state after Delhi. In Uttarakhand, the BJP has crossed majority […]
JAMMU — Body of a policeman was found under mysterious circumstance inside the rented room of his colleague in Rajouri district on Thursday. Official sources said that the body of the 36-year-old policemen Sgct Ifthar Ahmed son of Manzoor Ahmed of Ari Mendhàr Poonch, presently posted at DPL Rajouri, was found hanging from ceiling of […]
SRINAGAR — An army man was killed and four others injured after a vehicle they were travelling in met with an accident in frontier north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday afternoon. An official told GNS that an army vehicle carrying personnel from 21 Mahar Regiment turned near Sarkulli, while on way from Machil. Five army […]
ANANTNAG — Eleven students were injured when a bus of Army Goodwill School High Ground Anantnag turned turtle in the south Kashmir district on Thursday. The bus had an accident near Sarnal Kadipora, official sources told GNS. The injured students were shifted to GMC Anantnag and some of them have been identified as Midhat Aadil, […]
SRINAGAR — Bank guard was injured when suspected militants fired upon him in Muran Chowk of Pulwama on Thursday. The militants also fled away with his service rifle, officials said. They said that the militant attacked the bank guard and he suffered injuries in right leg. The bank guard, Abdul Hameed Wani of Tahab, was […]