Crescent Kashmir

Rise in Jhelum water: Advisor Baseer Khan inspects arrangements at Emergency Operation Centre

Rise in Jhelum water: Advisor Baseer Khan inspects arrangements at Emergency Operation Centre

Asks to strengthen vulnerable river embankments, maintain supply of essentials SRINAGAR, MAY 05: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan today reviewed the arrangements  at Emergency Operation Centre (EoC) established here at Hari Niwas in the backdrop of rise in Jhelum Water Level. The government has established the Emergency Operation Centre to deal with any […]

 Crescent Kashmir

LG reviews functioning of Education department

LG reviews functioning of Education department

Takes stock of academic activities; Educational Institutions to remain closed till 31st May SRINAGAR, MAY 05: Lieutenant Governor, G C Murmu today chaired a high level meeting of Education department to review the education scenario in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir amid COVID-19 lockdown. Among others, the meeting was attended by Advisor K K […]

 Crescent Kashmir

COVID-19: SMC corporator tests positive

COVID-19: SMC corporator tests positive

Srinagar: The Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) corporator, whose brother had tested positive for COVID-19 on 1 May, was tested positive on Tuesday. Nodal officer for COVID-19 at Government Medical College, Srinagar, Dr. Salim Khan, confirmed that the SMC corporator was tested positive for the virus at Chest and Disease Hospital Lab on Tuesday. It created […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Delhi: 24 people at Army Hospital test positive for coronavirus

Delhi: 24 people at Army Hospital test positive for coronavirus

At least 24 people including military personnel were tested positive for Covid-19 at a hospital in Delhi on Tuesday. All of them were admitted at the Army Hospital (Research And Referral) and have been shifted to Base Hospital in Delhi Cantt. Among those tested positive also include retired military personnel and other family members. Krishn Kaushik@Krishn_ At […]

 Crescent Kashmir

From cricket to athletics, how Covid-19 has hit the sporting world and will change it

From cricket to athletics, how Covid-19 has hit the sporting world and will change it

The global economic slump triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic could change the entire sports industry in ways thought unthinkable till now. Some sports will be hit harder than others. The economic structure of international cricket is likely to change and lower-ranked nations will face a crunch in funds. Sports like hockey stare at an uncertain future. “The key revenue […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Soz appeals UT admin to bring back stranded Kashmiris from Gujarat, other states

Soz appeals UT admin to bring back stranded Kashmiris from Gujarat, other states

Srinagar, May 05 (KNS): Senior Congress leader Prof Saif-ud-din Soz on Tuesday appealed J&K administration to bring back stranded students, traders and laborers from Gujarat and other parts of country. According to statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Soz said I got frantic calls from students who are stuck in Ahmadabad (Gujarat) since lockdown. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Moaj Foundation’ That Helps And Empowers the Destitutes

Moaj Foundation’ That Helps And Empowers the Destitutes

KNS,05 May: Mouj Foundation an NGO which is empowering and working for the economically vulnerable families in our Society. Mouj Foundation, (Mouj means Mother) has also initiated to provide ration and other groceries to the poor families of our society during the Pandemic of coronavirus. Renowed Child specialist Dr. Altaf Hussain, Chairman Mouj Foundation says […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Covid isn’t a natural calamity. From WHO to Rahul Gandhi, all warned Modi govt: Sharad Yadav

Covid isn’t a natural calamity. From WHO to Rahul Gandhi, all warned Modi govt: Sharad Yadav

The Narendra Modi government was unprepared to fight the coronavirus pandemic in spite of the alert from the World Health Organization. WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus had convened a meeting of the International Health Regulations, 2005, Emergency Committee regarding the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China “with exportations reported in Korea, Japan, Thailand and Singapore” on 22 January 2020. The role of the WHO committee is to advise its 194 member countries, which includes India, when a public health […]

 Crescent Kashmir

‘You make us proud’: Rahul Gandhi on 3 J&K photojournalists for Pulitzer win

‘You make us proud’: Rahul Gandhi on 3 J&K photojournalists for Pulitzer win

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday congratulated the three Indian photojournalists who won the Pulitzer Prize in feature photography. “Congratulations to Indian photojournalists Dar Yasin, Mukhtar Khan and Channi Anand for winning a Pulitzer Prize for their powerful images of life in Jammu & Kashmir. You make us all proud,” Gandhi said on Twitter.   […]

 Crescent Kashmir

BR Sharma appointed as JKPSC chairman

BR Sharma appointed as JKPSC chairman

Lt Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, Girish Chander Murmu, has appointed retired IAS officer BR Sharma as Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC). As per an order issued by General Administration Department (GAD, the Lt Governor of J&K Murmu appointed Sharma as Chairman of the JKPSC. He shall holD the position of […]

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