Confidential’ legal issue has to be resolved for Vijay Mallya’s extradition, says UK
Britain said on Thursday a “confidential” legal issue was holding up the extradition of businessman Vijay Mallya to India but that it is seeking to deal with the matter as quickly as possible. Mallya, wanted in India to face charges of financial irregularities, lost his appeal against the 2018 order to extradite him in the […]
COVID-19: Govt evacuates 1,09,358 stranded JK residents; 75,826 via Lakhanpur, 33,532 through special trains
Srinagar, June 04 (KNS): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 1,09,358 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this […]
JKAP flays Govt. for ambiguity among J&K’s stranded residents Inform stuck-up people about their return dates; mode of transportation: Altaf Bukhari
Srinagar, May 4: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Monday flayed the J&K UT administration for prevailing chaos and confusion among its residents who are stranded in various parts of the country and are not being evacuated even after completing their online registration formalities in time. In a statement […]
MPs will have advisory role only in delimitation process
Srinagar, June 4 (KNS): The Parliament Members of J&K who has been nominated for the delimitation commission would have advisory role only and their recommendations are not binding on the delimitation Commission in fixing boundaries of assembly and parliamentary segments. According to the law governing delimitation exercise in J&K, the associate members would neither have […]
JKPCC Vice President seeks quality supply of pesticides, seeks compensation to affected growers
Srinagar June 4, (KNS): The J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) Vice President & former legislator Haji Abdul Rashid Dar today expressed serious concern over the supply of substandard pesticides to growers. In a statement, issued to KNS reads, Haji Abdul Rashid Dar asserted that the growers in Sopore and elsewhere in Kashmir valley were reportedly […]
Yaseen Bhat welcomes release of political leaders
Srinagar, June 04 (KNS): Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mohammad Yaseen Bhat on Thursday welcomes the release of political leader from detention. He said the revoking Public safety act (PSA) Against the Shah Faisal, Sartaj Madni and Pir Mansoor is a welcome setup and authorities should release all detainees who are lodged at various jails […]
ADC Kupwara Reviews progress under ICDS sector
Kupwara, June 04 (KNS): The Additional Deputy Commissioner (ADC), Kupwara, Nazir Ahmad Lone who also holds Additional Charge of District Programme Officer(DPO) ICDS, Kupwara today convened a meeting to review the progress made under ICDS Schemes. The meeting was attended by Child Development Project Officer (CDPO), Kupwara, Riyaz Ahmad Wani, CDPO Trehgam, Fayaz Ahmad Tantray […]
Bureaucratic dispensation ignoring the genuine concerns of people in taking unilateral decisions : Congress
Jammu, June 04- opposing privatization of power and imposing of unreasonable taxes of various kinds burdening the common people especially the transport sector besides taking several other arbitrary and unilateral decisions by the UT administration and Centre govt, Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress committee has lashed out at the BJP for totally neglecting its responsibilities […]
Laigroo welcomes release of leaders
on Thursday welcomed the release of Shah Faisal, Sartaj Madni and Mansoor Ahmad after 10 months of detention, describing it a “step in the right direction”. In a statement to KNS “It is a defining moment that will go a long way in further strengthening democracy and initiating genuine political activities in Jammu and Kashmir,” […]
Roadside bomb kills nine civilians in southern Afghanistan
KANDAHAR: A roadside bomb tore through a small bus in southern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing nine civilians including women and children, officials said. The bombing, which occurred in Kandahar, the birthplace of the Taliban, came a day after a blast in a mosque in Kabul’s fortified Green Zone killed two people including a well-known imam. […]
