Day: May 2, 2019

Army lights up Doda hamlets with solar power

10:53 pm May 2, 2019

Doda (J-K): Reaching out to the poor in hilly areas of Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district, the Army has installed solar lights at unelectrified hamlets under its project ‘Roshni’. The solar lights have been installed at Thanhala and Ganori-Kahara villages by the Bhaderwah-based Rashtriya Rifles. “The move by the Army has helped us gain back […]

Afridi finally reveals his real age

10:48 pm May 2, 2019

New Delhi: Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has finally ended the mystery around his age, revealing that he was born in 1975 and not 1980 as the official records state. The revelations in his autobiography means that Afridi was not 16 when he smashed a record-breaking 37-ball hundred against Sri Lanka in Nairobi in 1996. […]

Part of stucco on Charminar’s minaret falls off

10:41 pm May 2, 2019

Hyderabad: A portion of the limestucco decoration work on one of the four minarets of Charminar, the historic emblem of Hyderabad,fell off late Wednesday night, officials said Thursday. Officials of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) visited the monument and inspected the damage. The ASI had taken up the conservation of the four towering minarets […]

Differences resurface between Himachal Congress leaders

25 candidates in fray for May 19 Karnataka bypolls

10:36 pm May 2, 2019

Bengaluru: A total of 25 candidates are in the fray for the May 19 byelections to two assembly constituencies in Karnataka, election officials said Thursday. Among 25 contesting candidates, 17 are from Chincholi and 8 from Kundgol assembly segments. Both the constituencies have two women each as candidates. Thursday was the last date for withdrawal […]

Man attacks family members and neighbours

3 Pak soldiers killed, 7 injured in terror attack along Afghan border

8:25 pm May 2, 2019

Islamabad: Three Pakistan soldiers were killed and seven others injured in a terrorist attack along the Pakistan-Afghan border on Wednesday, the army said. A group of 60-70 terrorists from across the border attacked the security forces fencing the Pak-Afghan border in Alwara at North Waziristan district, an army statement said. Three soldiers identified as Lance […]

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