Crescent Kashmir

Over 25 UP Police Teams Formed To Nab Vikas Dubey After 8 Cops Gunned Down

Over 25 UP Police Teams Formed To Nab Vikas Dubey After 8 Cops Gunned Down

More than 25 teams have been formed by the UP Police to nab history-sheeter Vikas Dubey who was yet to be apprehended 36 hours after eight police personnel were gunned down by criminals during an attempt to arrest him. Inspector General of Police, Kanpur, Mohit Agarwal on Saturday told PTI, “To nab Vikas Dubey and […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Department of Agriculture Kashmir organizes day long workshop on “land conversion for non agricultural use and its effect on our sustenance”

Department of Agriculture Kashmir organizes day long workshop on “land conversion for non agricultural use and its effect on our sustenance”

Large scale conversion of agricultural land into non agricultural use shall create an imbalance in the agricultural eco system as the change in land pattern would be the greatest concern to our food security and economic sustainability in this part of temperate region which otherwise has the potential to be world leader because of its […]

 Crescent Kashmir

There was insecurity among Pak players during 2019 W C: Inzamam

There was insecurity among Pak players during 2019 W C: Inzamam

KARACHI: There was a sense of insecurity among Pakistan players during the 2019 World Cup, claims former chief selector Inzamam-ul-Haq, who also reckons that the PCB should have given Sarfaraz Ahmed more time as captain instead of removing him abruptly. Inzamam said captains need to be backed since they get better with time. “Even in […]

 Crescent Kashmir

PARENTS APPEAL

PARENTS APPEAL

Parents of the wards studying in private schools of Kashmir have appealed to the government to intervene at the earliest for the implementation of recent government orders including some court orders so that they get some relief from depositing fees while schools and other educational institutions have remained closed for almost one year now. Parents […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Reliance launches unlimited free conferencing app JioMeet as competition to Zoom

Reliance launches unlimited free conferencing app JioMeet as competition to Zoom

After raising billions of dollars from the likes of Facebook and Intel for its digital business, billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries has launched JioMeet video-conferencing app with unlimited free calling that is being seen as rate war on rival Zoom. The JioMeet video-conferencing app is available across Android, iOS, Windows, macOS and web since Thursday […]

 Crescent Kashmir

JCO among three army soldiers injured in Kulgam gunfight

JCO among three army soldiers injured in Kulgam gunfight

A Junior Commissioned officer (JCO) was among three soldiers injured in an ongoing encounter in Arrah area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday. Quoting official sources, news agency GNS reported that in an ongoing firefight three soldiers including a JCO recieved minor injuries in the firefight. The injured have been evacuated to 92 Base […]

 Crescent Kashmir

IGP visits family of civilian killed in Sopore, assures ‘impartial investigation’

IGP visits family of civilian killed in Sopore, assures ‘impartial investigation’

Srinagar: Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar along with other senior police officers on Saturday visited the family of a civilian who was killed at Sopore earlier this week. “I heard their grievances and I cleared all aspects. I also assured them an impartial investigation (into the incident,” IGP told local news gathering agency […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Unidentified militant killed in ongoing Kulgam gunfight

Unidentified militant killed in ongoing Kulgam gunfight

Srinagar: An unidentified militant has been killed in the ongoing gunfight with government forces in Arreh area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district. The gunfight started this afternoon shortly after forces launched a cordon and search operation in the area following inputs about the presence of militants in the area. Pertinently, 120 militants have been killed […]

 Crescent Kashmir

‘We will take about three months to finish phase I and II clinical trials’: Zydus Cadila’s Pankaj R Patel

‘We will take about three months to finish phase I and II clinical trials’: Zydus Cadila’s Pankaj R Patel

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) late on Thursday approved Zydus Cadila’s application to move to human trials for its ZyCov-D, hotting up India’s race for a vaccine against Covid-19. The trials will begin this month on over 1,000 patients across multiple sites, said the Ahmedabad-headquartered firm’s chairman, Pankaj R Patel. In an interview with The […]

 Crescent Kashmir

COVID-19: Four more patients die in Kashmir, toll 125

COVID-19: Four more patients die in Kashmir, toll 125

The death toll due to the Novel Coronavirus has mounted to 125 in Jammu and Kashmir as four more patients died on Saturday due to the virus in the Union Territory, officials said. The four deceased patients include 65-year-old man from Handwara, 75-year-old man from Dailgam and 55-year-old man from Tangmarg Baramulla and 65-year-old man […]