Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Government on Thursday revoked Public Safety Act detention order of former minister Naeem Akther Akther was detained in August last year when BJP- led centre abrogated Article 370 and bifurcated erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into Union Territories. He is expected to be released later in the day—(KNO)
MAZAR SHARIF: Taliban fighters killed at least 18 Afghan security personnel on Wednesday in two attacks on checkpoints in the north, officials said, the latest violence ahead of expected peace talks. In one pre-dawn raid, militants killed 12 Afghan security force members when they stormed a checkpoint in Jawezjan province, Maroof Azar, spokesman to the […]
Baramulla, June 18: Senior Trade Union leader and Chairman JK Teachers Forum Mohammad Rafique Rather has hailed the government decision to constitute a committee to formulate modelties to introduce a seprate Education Administrative Service in JK. In a press statement issued to KNS, Rather said that there is a tremendous human potential in department of […]
After the government announced new media policy in Jammu and Kashmir almost all the political parties barring BJP have asked for its review or roll back. In the recent past many political leaders asked the government to look at all the aspects of the new policy as it is going to strangulate press freedom. In […]
(Agencies) New Delhi: With India formally elected as non-permanent member of the powerful UN Security Council for a two-year term on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that he was “deeply grateful” for the overwhelming support from the international community. There were five vacant seats in the UNSC, out of which four were filled by the […]
Srinagar :Gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Bandpawa village of Imam Sahib in South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thrusday. Reports said said that a joint team of Police, Army’s 44 RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation Bandpawa. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired […]
(Agencies) New Delhi: Indian and Chinese militaries held Major General-level dialogue on Thursday for the third consecutive day on disengagement of troops as well as restoration of normalcy in Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, official sources said. Galwan Valley was the site of a violent clash between Indian and Chinese troops on Monday evening that […]
Srinagar: A 69-year-old doctor from Nishat area of Srinagar died of COVID19 in Saudi Arabia, his family friend said on Thursday. The sexagenarian was working as senior radiologist in Saudi from last more than 35 years including the local ministry of health. “He worked in a private hospital in Saudi mostly in Jeddah and left […]
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, addressing people in a video message, condemned China’s actions in eastern Ladakh that resulted in the death of 20 Indian soldiers. The Congress leader, pointing out that Indian soldiers were unarmed, sought to know who is responsible for this situation. “China has committed a crime by killing India’s unarmed soldiers. I want […]
Nepal’s National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed the Constitution Amendment Bill to update the country’s political and administrative map incorporating the Indian territories. India has termed as untenable the “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims by Nepal after its lower house of parliament on Saturday unanimously approved the new political map of the country featuring areas […]