WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday told reporters he believes the war in Iran “militarily is effectively over,” suggesting that — at least for now – he’s not prepared to resume the bombardment that has devastated the Islamic Republic and caused reverberations across the global economy. The president made a surprise visit to the […]
JAMMU — In a major outreach to disgruntled party lawmakers, National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah has accepted a proposal to constitute informal advisory groups of MLAs for each minister in the Omar Abdullah-led government in Jammu and Kashmir, party sources said. The NC chief wrote to all MLAs days after a meeting was held […]
RAWALPINDI — Pakistan and Sri Lanka played out a draw in the opening Test of the ICC World Test Championship series after five days of gripping cricket, with Saud Shakeel’s gritty 97 ensuring the hosts avoided defeat on Friday. Pakistan, who resumed the final day at 57/1 with a 45-run lead, finished their second innings […]
SRINAGAR — Body of a non-local hawker was found at Sheen Mohalla area of Noorbagh Srinagar, officials said on Tuesday. They identified the deceased as Papu son of Sohan Lal of Saharanpora Uetter Pradesh. The 31-year-old, they said, was putting up as tenant in the house of Ghulam Mohammad Sofi of Baghwanpora Noor Bagh. Police […]
SRINAGAR — In yet another tragic incident of its kind, a 25-year-old youth was killed after hit by a train near Wanabal area of Rawalpora Rangreth in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Tuesday. Official sources told GNS that the youth Zakir Ahmad Khatana son of Ghulam Ahmad Khatana of Lolab Kupwara was crossing the railway […]
NEW DELHI — India on Tuesday reported a further decline in fresh Covid infections with 13,405 cases and 235 fatalities in the past 24 hours. With 235 Covid-related deaths, the toll has mounted to 5,12,344, the Union Health Ministry said. The active cases have also reduced to 1,81,075 which constitute 0.42 per cent of the […]
SRINAGAR — Twenty six-year old engineering graduate, Sahil Manzoor believes that he can revive Kashmir’s art and culture as a sand artist. He belongs to Dana Mazar locality of Safa Kadal in old city Srinagar. Under the local administration’s initiative to beautify the city, he has made a mural in Jahangir Chowk of uptown Srinagar. […]
SRINAGAR — Amid snowfall in upper reaches including Gulmarg and rains in plains, night temperature recorded a rise in Kashmir Valley on Tuesday. A meteorological department official here told GNS Gulmarg received about 8 cms of fresh snowfall overnight. He said upper reaches also had a snowfall while rains lashed plains with Srinagar recording 0.6mm […]
BARAMULLA — At least four army men were injured after their vehicle met with an accident in Choora area of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Tuesday morning. An official said that an army vehicle met with an accident at Choora area of Sangrama resulting in the injuries to four army men, who were […]
SRINAGAR — Hardly has any day passed when the family of Mehran has not remembered the three-and-a-half-year-old boy who went missing outside his home 13 years ago. It is still a mystery how Mehran could just vanish from a place, which is densely populated. “We are broken from inside but we have not lost hope. Someday, […]
NEW DELHI — A Delhi court on Monday remanded Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez, who was arrested last year in an alleged terror funding case, to NIA custody till February 25 along with two other accused persons in the case. Special NIA Judge Parveen Singh, also allowed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) the custody […]
SRINAGAR — Ahead of reopening of schools in Kashmir division, the authorities on Monday said that the private schools of Jammu and Kashmir shall charge annual fee only on a pro-rata basis that too after re-opening of schools. Top officials informed, “The private schools in Jammu and Kashmir can only charge the annual fee on […]
KUPWARA — Where did the missing 7-year-old Talib Hussain Khan, a resident of Awoora village of the frontier Kupwara district go? This is what the worried family and common people of Awoora are asking these days as the minor went missing on February 15 and so far all efforts to trace him have failed. As […]
