BARAMULLA — Two brothers are feared dead after they drowned while extracting sand in the river Jehlum. Police sources told news agency Kashmir Today Trust that the incident occurred near Jatty Khojabagh area of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. They added that police and SDRF have launched an operation to locate them. Police sources identified them […]
SRINAGAR — With ‘Chillai Kalan’, the 40-day long harshest period of winter ending in couple of days, the minimum temperature plunged across Kashmir Valley as the world famous Pahalgam recorded a low of minus 11.8°C on Friday. An official of the meteorological department here told GNS that Srinagar, the summer capital of the J&K recorded […]
ISLAMABAD — Ten Pakistani soldiers were killed when terrorists attacked a security forces’ checkpost in Kech district of the restive southwestern Balochistan province, the army said on Thursday. In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) – the media wing of the military – said that the “fire raid” by terrorists occurred on the night […]
NEW DELHI — With 2,51,209 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India’s total tally of cases increased to over 4.06 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The death toll has climbed to 4,92,327 with 627 fatalities reported during the 24-hour period, the data updated at 8 […]
NEW DELHI — With the COVID-19 vaccination drive for children aged 15 gathering pace, the Centre is likely to issue an advisory soon to reopen schools across the country. Sources have told ANI that, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has asked the National Expert Group to suggest ways and work on modalities to open schools […]
NEW DELHI — Telecom operators will have to provide recharge plans with a validity of 30 days for pre-paid customers, regulator Trai said on Thursday. The move is expected to reduce the number of recharges done by a customer during a year. At present, telecom operators provide recharge plans with a validity of 28 days […]
NEW DELHI — In a shocking incident, a woman was allegedly attacked by a group of people, including women, who chopped off her hair, tore her clothes, blackened her face, and then paraded her in the Shahdara area. The woman was also allegedly sexually assaulted. The incident took place on Wednesday and the accused are […]
UDUPI: A day after Udupi MLA K Raghupathi Bhat, who is also the president of the development committee at Women’s Government PU College, Udupi, said eight Muslim students who do not want to attend physical classes without wearing headscarves can opt for online classes, the students said they are not ready to accept the ‘offer’ […]
SRINAGAR — A tourist guide’s body was found in Drang area of Gulmarg on Thursday, a day after he had gone missing in the famous tourist destination. Reports reaching GNS said the tourist guide namely Firdous Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Mohammad Bhat of Katipora Tangmarg went missing while he was accompanied by a group […]
Sheikh Nadeem SRINAGAR — Many volunteers from various areas of South, North and Central Kashmir have joined We the Helping Hands Foundation (a non-government organisation) NGO on Thursday, January 27, 2022, after witnessing a mass wedding ceremony organised by said NGO on January 23, 2022, in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, in accordance with COVID-19 SOP’s, […]