Crescent Kashmir

Coronavirus: US death toll passes 2,000 in a single day

Coronavirus: US death toll passes 2,000 in a single day

The US has become the first country in the world to record more than 2,000 coronavirus deaths in a single day. Figures from Johns Hopkins University show 2,108 people died in the past 24 hours while there are now more than half a million confirmed infections. The US could soon surpass Italy as the country […]

 Crescent Kashmir

‘That’s it for me, can’t take this anymore’: Yuzvendra Chahal craving to play cricket again

‘That’s it for me, can’t take this anymore’: Yuzvendra Chahal craving to play cricket again

Indian leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has said that he is so tired of staying at home during the lockdown that he will never come back once it is lifted. Chahal, like all other cricketers, has been at his residence since the lockdown was put in place from March 25 to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. He […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Lockdown: Thousands of foreigners remain stranded across country

Lockdown: Thousands of foreigners remain stranded across country

Even as the government informed Friday that it has evacuated 20,473 foreign internationals till date, there are thousands others who remain stranded in various parts of the country. According to the Ministry of Tourism, “thousands of international visitors are confined to their hotel rooms and cannot fly out due to the nationwide lockdown”. On March […]

 Crescent Kashmir

DARBAR MOVE HALT

DARBAR MOVE HALT

After about 150 years, there would be no Darbar Move from Jammu to Srinagar for the first time due to COVID-19 virus threat. Whatever the real motive behind this order of administration, it is a decision having far reaching consequences. Started in 1872 by then Maharaja Ranbir Singh, a Dogra king, who made Jammu and […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Helpline for stranded JK residents facilitates 800 students, 2500 people in 18 states across India

Helpline for stranded JK residents facilitates 800 students, 2500 people in 18 states across India

NEW DELHI, APRIL 11: With an aim to address the issues faced by the residents of Jammu and Kashmir living in different parts of the country, a 24X7 Helpline Center was established at J&K Resident Commission Office, New Delhi following the lockdown due to Coronavirus pandemic. The staff engaged with the helpline center is working […]

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COVID-19 arrangements assessed in Ganderbal

COVID-19 arrangements assessed in Ganderbal

District Administration initiates Mass production of face-masks GANDERBAL, APRIL 11: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqbal, today convened a meeting of nominated administrators, Nodal Officers and In-Charge, District Control Room for COVID-19 to assess the arrangements in place for containment of the Covid-19. Additional Deputy Commissioner, Farooq Ahmad Baba, ACR, Tehsildars, ARTO, Executive Engineer, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Enforce 24×7 strict lock down: Advisor Baseer Khan to DCs

Enforce 24×7 strict lock down: Advisor Baseer Khan to DCs

Two lakh N-95 masks, adequate ventilators to be dispatched soon; SKIMS to increase testing facility upto 1000 per-day SRINAGAR, APRIL 11: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor and overall Incharge of Coronavirus Control Efforts (CCE) in Kashmir division, Baseer Ahmad Khan today directed Deputy Commissioners to enforce 24×7 (round the clock) strict lock-down in their respective districts. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

16 more persons discharged after completing two-week quarantine in Srinagar

16 more persons discharged after completing two-week quarantine in Srinagar

1827 persons discharged so far after successfully completing their quarantine SRINAGAR, APRIL 11: Sixteen (16) more persons who were shifted into administrative quarantine in Srinagar two weeks ago were discharged Saturday after successfully completing their 14-day quarantine period. ADC Srinagar M Hanief Balkhi and other concerned supervising officers oversaw their discharge. The group like all […]

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Women in J-K wield hockey sticks to enforce lockdown

Women in J-K wield hockey sticks to enforce lockdown

As offenders continue to violate lockdown, womenfolk in Jammu have picked hockey sticks to ‘teach a lesson’ to those who are unnecessary stepping out ‘just for entertainment’, amid shutdown. On the outskirts of Jammu, ex-Sarpanch of Chatha, Gurmeet Kour, has taken this initiative and within no time a large number of women came forward to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Teachers, students face hard time with slow internet services in J&K, demand 4G network

Teachers, students face hard time with slow internet services in J&K, demand 4G network

The students and teachers in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are finding it tough to keep up with the pace of their counterparts in other states owing to the low-speed internet as schools have started online classes to help students during the COVID-19 lockdown. The schools are using different kinds of digital modes to […]

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