Taiwan will provide the people of Hong Kong with “necessary assistance”, President Tsai Ing-wen said, after thousands in the Chinese ruled territory protested against Beijing’s plans to impose new national security laws. Taiwan has become a refuge for a small but growing number of pro-democracy protesters fleeing Hong Kong, which has been convulsed since last year by […]
LONDON: Alex Hales deserves a ‘second chance’ with England after being sent into international exile as a result of recreational drug use, according to team-mate Chris Woakes. Opening batsman Hales — who played for Karachi Kings in this year’s Pakistan Super League — was dropped from the World Cup squad shortly before last year’s tournament […]
Rohit Kansal reviews arrangements at Jammu railway station; interacts with returnees JAMMU, MAY 25: Principal Secretary PDD, Rohit Kansal and Chief Executive Officer JKERA/JTFRP, Dr. Abid Rasheed Shah today visited railway station Jammu and had a detailed review of the arrangements in place for the stranded passengers returning from different parts of the country in […]
JK reports 47 new positive cases, 809 recovered so far JAMMU, MAY 25: The Government Monday informed that 47 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 33 from Jammu division and 14 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 1668. Also 02 […]
Srinagar, May 25 (KNS): Apni Party senior leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir has demanded the release of all mainstream political leader and social activists. While speaking to KNS correspondent, Apni Party senior leader said the mainstream political leaders including Ali Mohammad Sagar, Nayeem Akhter, Sartaj Madni, Abdul Rehman Veeri and others who are […]
On a day when National Conference (NC) working president Omar Abdullah flew to Delhi, a write-up by his political secretary Tanveer Sadiq, which calls for reconciliation without mentioning Article 370, has created rumblings within the party. Party’s chief spokesperson and senior leader, Ruhullah Mehdi, has objected to such overtures from the party leader. “Revisit domicile […]
Srinagar, May 25 (KNS): The government of Jammu and Kashmir, in an effort to ensure effective COVID-19 mitigation measures, has deployed Deputy Secretary, Power Development Department, Malik Waseem Ahmad, Deputy Secretary, Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, Suhail-ul-Islam, Deputy Secretary, Industries and Commerce Department, Sartaj Hussain Madni and Under Secretary, Home Department, Abdul Rashid Raina […]
Srinagar, May 25 (KNS): While appealing the doctors and paramedics to cooperate with police, IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar said impartial enquiry would be conducted regarding yesterday’s Hawal accident. IGP Kashmir zone Vijay Kumar today said this while taking a review meeting of law and order situation, a spokesperson said. “In addition to appreciating the good […]
Security agencies concerned are working to decipher the “coded message”, the officials said. A pigeon, suspected to be trained in Pakistan for spying, was captured along the International Border (IB) in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. They said the pigeon, carrying a “coded message”, was captured by residents of […]
Jammu: The son and wife of an advisor to the Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor have tested positive for the novel coronavirus, officials said on Monday. The advisor to Lt Governor G C Murmu has gone into self-quarantine at the super-speciality hospital in Reasi district where his son and wife are being kept at an […]