India blocks Pak’s scheme for Kashmiris, says medical degrees in PoK not recognised
India will not recognise degrees awarded by medical colleges in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the Medical Council of India has declared in a public notice, a move designed to firmly, even if partially, block Prime Minister Imran Khan’s scholarship scheme for 1,600 students from Kashmiris every year. The MCI announcement comes months after the Jammu and Kashmir high court […]
Militant attacks fallout: LG Sinha assures better security arrangements for political workers, Panchayat representatives
Days after militant attacks on political workers, Panchayat representatives, Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Singh on Wednesday said that the administration will ensure better security arrangements for them. Expressing heartfelt condolences to the recently killed Political and Panchayat members, LG Sinha said administration stands with their families. According to the KNS correspondent, he said […]
JKAP appeals universities & colleges in J&K to mass-promote students
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) has welcomed the decision of University of Jammu to mass- promote students of intermediate semesters i.e. third, fifth and seventh. As per the press statement to KNS today, the JKAP youth leader Raqeeq Ahmed Khan said “The students were suffering because of the adamant attitude of the authorities on […]
Navin Choudhary visits Vegetable Cluster Baramulla
‘Area expansion in vegetable cultivation proving game changer in economic sustainability of farmers’ BARAMULLA, AUGUST 12: Principal Secretary, Agriculture Production Department, Navin Choudhary today maintained that area under vegetable cultivation should be increased as it has a great potential in Kashmir valley and it will prove a game changer in the economic sustainability of farmers. […]
482 covid-19 cases take covid-19 tally in J&K to over 26000 mark
Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday reported 482 fresh covid-19 cases, taking the total tally past 26000-mark in J&K. Official sources told GNS that among the cases, 106 were from Jammu and remaining from Kashmir Valley, taking the tally to 26413. Giving district-wise breakup of the cases, official sources told GNS Srinagar 88, Baramulla 26, Pulwama […]
Install all procured ventilators by August-15: Div Com to DCs
Chairs weekly Covid-19 review meeting SRINAGAR, AUGUST 12: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired a weekly Covid-19 review meeting with all Deputy Commissioners, Health Officers and other concerned. While taking review of preparations, the Div Com directed DCs to ensure installation of all newly procured ventilators available with them by August-15 for better […]
Suspension of net services on House IT panel’s radar
The parliamentary panel on information technology (IT) on Tuesday asked the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) to develop a framework for reviewing suspension of internet services in a region, including the time within which this will be done. The panel’s observations came in the backdrop of a high-speed internet shutdown that has been in place in […]
Abducted girl recovered in B’la from sumo Driver
The Jammu and Kashmir police’s timely action saved a girl from being kidnapped in Baramulla. An official told KNS that alert police rescued a girl in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday after she was kidnapped by a Sumo driver who has been identified as Irshad Ahmad Hajam of Putkha. Officer said that police found […]
Opposes merger of different engineering wings in PWD, abolishing reservation for Self Help Groups
Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Wednesday vehemently opposed the J&K government decision to subsume engineering wings of various departments into Public Works Department saying that the move will create too much of mess and confusion on the ground. In a statement issued to KNS,, Bukhari, who has himself […]
Surprised that Biden picked ‘disrespectful’ Kamala Harris as running mate, says Trump
Washington: US President Donald Trump said he is surprised that his Democratic Party challenger for the presidential elections Joe Biden has named Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate despite knowing how “nasty” and “disrespectful” she has been towards him. Biden on Tuesday named Harris as his vice-presidential running mate, making history by selecting the […]
