Crescent Kashmir

2 dead, 4 injured after boat capsizes in Pahalgam

2 dead, 4 injured after boat capsizes in Pahalgam

Pahalgam:-A tourist boat on Tuesday capsized during rafting in Pahalgam, Anantnag. Out of the six tourists in the boat, two died while four were injured in the incident. A rescue operation is underway. Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh, each to the next of kin of […]

 Crescent Kashmir

AUM holds award ceremony ; Writers, poets call for promotion of Urdu language

AUM holds award ceremony ; Writers, poets call for promotion of Urdu language

SRINAGAR, JUNE 18: Various poets and writers of the state Tuesday threw light on the importance for the promotion and propagation of Urdu language in the state. They impressed that individual and collective efforts be undertaken to seek a status for Urdu language in the literary world it deserves. The event was organised by Alimi […]

 Crescent Kashmir

First batch of Hajj pilgrims to leave for Saudi Arabia on July 04:Div Com

First batch of Hajj pilgrims to leave for Saudi Arabia on July 04:Div Com

SRINAGAR, JUNE 18: Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed all Deputy Commissioners (DCs) of Kashmir Division and concerned officers to ensure hassle-free arrangements are put in place for the Hajj pilgrims in their respective districts. The Div Com through video conferencing took a district-wise appraisal of preparations and arrangements for Hajj pilgrims from […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Advisors Skandan, Sharma, Kumar attend workshop on ‘Cultivation and Utilization of Medicinal Plants’ at SKUAST-K

Advisors Skandan, Sharma, Kumar attend workshop on ‘Cultivation and Utilization of Medicinal Plants’ at SKUAST-K

SRINAGAR: The Advisors to Governor, K Skandan, KK Sharma and K Vijay Kumar today attended one-day state level workshop on “Cultivation and Utilization of Medicinal Plants” in Jammu and Kashmir State. The workshop titled ‘State Level Workshop on Medicinal Plants and Other Non-Timber Forest Products’ was jointly organized by Sher-e-Kashmir University of Sciences and Technology […]

 Crescent Kashmir

“Back to Village” Programme: Govt allots officers to Panchayats across JK

SRINAGAR,: The Government today allotted officers to Panchayats across the State for achieving the objectives of the “Back to Village” Programme which is being organized across the State from June 20 to June 27, 2019. According to the order issued by the General Administration Department (GAD), the Government at various levels has detailed officers/officials with […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Eight civilians injured in Pulwama grenade blast

Eight civilians injured in Pulwama grenade blast

Pulwama:-Eight civilians were injured after suspected militants lobbed a grenade at a police station in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Tuesday. Suspected militants hurled a grenade towards police station Pulwama which exploded on the roadside, news agency GNS reported. In the explosion, eight pedestrians were injured and were immediately evacuated to a nearby hospital for […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Farooq sips tea at a stall in congested old Jammu city market; interacts with people, tourists

Farooq sips tea at a stall in  congested old Jammu city market; interacts with people, tourists

JAMMU- Mubarak Mandi, the heritage destination in the congested old Jammu city, on Tuesday witnessed an unusual visitor Dr Farooq Abdullah making to a popular tea-stall in the thin marketplace to have tea with light popular local snacks. The news about the National Conference President being in the vicinity spread like wild-fire, drawing a huge […]

 Crescent Kashmir

KU students, faculty members hold prayers in absentia for Dr Morsi

KU students, faculty members hold prayers in absentia for Dr Morsi

Srinagar:The faculty members and students of the University of Kashmir on Tuesday held prayers in absentia for Egypt’s former President Mohammed Morsi. Morsi was ousted by the military in 2013 only after a year-long term in office. An eyewitness said that scores of the faculty members, scholars, and students assembled outside the Center Masjid of […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Two critical after rafting boat capsizes in Pahalgam

Two critical after rafting boat capsizes in Pahalgam

Two persons were hospitalised in a critical condition after they were rescued from a river after their boat capsized in tourist resort of Pahalgam in south Kashmir on Tuesday. Initial reports suggested that a boat with at least five persons on board capsized in Lidder river. An operation was immediately launched and all five persons […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Governor Malik inaugurates J&K Bank branch in Maharashtra’s Shirdi

Governor Malik inaugurates J&K Bank branch in Maharashtra’s Shirdi

Srinagar: The governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik today inaugurated a new branch of Jammu and Kashmir Bank at Shirdi, Maharashtra that will offer a comprehensive range of financial products besides other banking services. A bank spokesman in a statement issued here said that Malik inaugurated state-of-the-art business unit in presence of the […]