Thursday, Mar 28 2024 | Time 19:13 Hrs(IST)
image
States » North


J&K Govt soon to roll out policy for registration of vehicles older than 15 years

Jammu, Aug 1 (UNI) Jammu and Kashmir Government on Saturday said that the Transport Department is in the process of framing a policy of registration and plying of vehicles older than 15 years in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which will be notified before the 'extension of validity period' granted in view of Covid-19 pandemic expires.
Meanwhile, the Administrative Department had already issued directions to all the concerned for ensuring strict implementation of extended validity of the documents, related to fitness, permit (all types), Learner’s License, Driving License, Registration or any concerned document whose extension of validity could not be granted due to lockdown and which had expired from 01.02.2020, till 30.09.2020 as ordered by the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways in view of COVID-19 Pandemic.
The department stated that in compliance to an order passed by the High Court in OWP (PIL) number 458/2003 and 1280/2004, Government vide its order number 20-TR of 2007 dated 20.03.2007 ordered for putting a complete ban on plying of 25 years old commercial/passenger vehicles on roads in the UT of J&K on attaining the age of 25 years w.e.f 01.04.2007 and the fitness test of passenger/commercial vehicles aged between 15 to 25 years had been made compulsory after every six months.
More News

Youth burnt alive by in-laws in Mathura

28 Mar 2024 | 6:55 PM

Mathura (UP), Mar 28 (UNI) A 22-year-old youth was burnt alive allegedly by his in-laws over an old rivalry in the Highway area of Mathura district in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, a police officer said.

see more..
Criminals beg for their lives by putting placards around their necks: Yogi

Criminals beg for their lives by putting placards around their necks: Yogi

28 Mar 2024 | 6:14 PM

Shamli (UP), Mar 28 (UNI) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that the people of Kairana know the value of one vote like no one else, having suffered the agony of mass exodus from the place during the previous government made the right choice of government and forced criminals to flee from Uttar Pradesh.

see more..
BJP will forget about AFSPA once polls over -Omar Abdullah

BJP will forget about AFSPA once polls over -Omar Abdullah

28 Mar 2024 | 6:12 PM

Srinagar, Mar 28 (UNI) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Thursday said once the parliamentary polls conclude the BJP will forget about Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

see more..
Congress leaders grabbed land from landless, Modi gave land to landless: Dr Jitendra

Congress leaders grabbed land from landless, Modi gave land to landless: Dr Jitendra

28 Mar 2024 | 6:02 PM

Jammu, Mar 28 (UNI) Union Minister and BJP candidate for Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency Dr Jitendra Singh on Thursday said that while the Congress leaders grabbed land from the poor, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave land to the landless and also Pucca house.

see more..

Four Rohingyas arrested by UP ATS

28 Mar 2024 | 5:46 PM

Lucknow, Mar 28 (UNI) Four Rohingyas, including three women, were arrested by the Anti Terror Squad (ATS) of Uttar Pradesh police for crossing into India illegally on the basis of forged documents, an official spokesman said here on Thursday.

see more..
image