KOHIMA — Nagaland residents once again demanded the repealing of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) following the shocking killing of 13 civilians in Mon district on Saturday. The news of the death has essentially put an end to the festive mood of the Hornbill Festival. On Sunday, Kisama heritage village, which would have […]
SRINAGAR — Two militants of Lashker-e-Toiba were arrested in south Kahsmir’s Shopian district on Sunday, police said. A police spokesperson in a statement said that police along with security forces arrested Shahid Ahmad Gaine son of Gulzar Ahmad Ganie of Doomwani Keegam and his close associate, Kifayat Ayoub Alie son of Mohd Ayoub Alie of […]
SRINAGAR — Amid prevailing inclement weather conditions, authorities on Sunday afternoon directed for closure of Mughal road for all sorts of vehicular traffic. DTI Mughal road, Qasim Ahmed told GNS the road has been closed in view of slippery road conditions in the aftermath of heavy snow over the terrain. “It has been decided to […]
SRINAGAR — Delhi-based Publication house ‘Jay Cee Publications Private Limited’ Sunday evening tendered apology, calling it ‘unintentional mistake’ over the depiction of last messenger of Islam in its History & Civics book for class seven. The Director of publication house JC Goyal in a handout said “Most humbly and respectfully, I J.C Goyal, Director of […]
KOHIMA — State president of the BJP Nagaland Temjen Imma Along has said he was deeply anguished and heartbroken by the killing of 13 civilians last evening by the Assam Rifles in Mon district, East Mojo reported. “There can never be any justification for such kind of massacre targeting innocent civilians. The innocent victims were […]
LONDON — England’s Eileen Ash, the world’s oldest test player described as a ‘pioneer’ of the sport, has died aged 110, the country’s cricket board (ECB) has said. Right-arm seamer Ash played seven tests for England after making her debut against Australia in 1937. She retired in 1949 but she also played golf until the […]
NEW DELHI — Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday attacked the Centre over the killing of civilians during an anti-insurgency operation in Mon district of Nagaland, saying the government must give a “real reply” as to what is the home ministry doing when “neither civilians nor security personnel are safe in our own land”. Police […]
NEW DELHI — Shiv Sena MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Sunday stepped down as anchor for a show on Sansad TV after being suspended from the Rajya Sabha for the entire winter session of the Parliament. In a letter to the Chairman of the Upper House M Venkaiah Naidu, the Shiv Sena MP said: “It is with great […]
SRINAGAR — A BSF intermediary in unauthorised possession of five lac rupees cash was on Saturday evening held by police in Sopore in Baramulla district, sources said. They said that one Ishfaq Ahmad Khan son of Aziz Khan was intercepted by a police team in Tarzoo area. Upon frisking, the police team recovered five lac […]
SRINAGAR — Rains lashed plains while upper reaches in Jammu & Kashmir Valley and Ladakh experienced snowfall on Sunday, officials said. With overnight cloud cover, most places other than Gulmarg recorded above sub-zero temperature during the night for the first time in many days. A meteorological department official here told GNS that Srinagar had 2.1mm […]