Crescent Kashmir

Centre Sends Covid-19 Control Teams To 6 States Witnessing High Number Of Cases

Centre Sends Covid-19 Control Teams To 6 States Witnessing High Number Of Cases

The Centre has rushed multiple teams to states that are reporting a high number of coronavirus cases, including Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh and Manipur. The teams were sent for urgent control and containment measures of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases in these states, an official release stated. The two-member high level team to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Robust Public Distribution System

Robust Public Distribution System

  In order to provide good grains for the general public in Jammu and Kashmir the government is trying to streamline the distribution system so that maximum people get the benefits of public distribution done by the government. In this direction recently LG Manoj Sinha has directed the concerned public distribution system department for streamlining […]

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Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

JK reports 298 new positive cases, 307312 recovered so far SRINAGAR, JULY 01: The Government on Thursday informed that 298 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 102 from Jammu division and 196 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 315960. […]

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Covid scenario improving significantly from last few weeks: DC Shopian

Covid scenario improving significantly from last few weeks: DC Shopian

SHOPIAN, JULY 01: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya today said that the overall COVID Scenario has significantly improved over the last few weeks with only a few number of Covid positive cases reported in the district. The DC said this while interacting with media persons during a weekly press briefing held at Mini […]

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Army chief says situation on LAC in Ladakh normal after disengagement

Army chief says situation on LAC in Ladakh normal after disengagement

By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar There has been silence and normalcy on the borders in eastern Ladakh region after the disengagement between the troops especially in the Pangong Tso areas in the month of February. Army Staff Gen MM Naravane said on Thursday, exuding confidence of resolution of the “remaining issues” in the Ladakh region […]

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Man killed, several injured during scuffle over tent erection in north Kashmir

Man killed, several injured during scuffle over tent erection in north Kashmir

A 52-year-old man was killed while several others including a female were injured after a scuffle broke out between members of two nomad groups at Kachi Behak in Vewan village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Wednesday morning. Reports reaching a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS) said that the scuffle between nomad parties […]

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Over 96% complaints Google received in April related to copyright violations

Over 96% complaints Google received in April related to copyright violations

Over 96 per cent of the 27,762 complaints that Google received in April this year were related to copyright violations, much like the one which resulted in the  blocking of the Twitter accounts of IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and IT parliamentary committee head Shashi Tharoor. While Twitter blocked their accounts for violating the Digital […]

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Belgium-Italy the standout quarter-final as England’s path opens up

Belgium-Italy the standout quarter-final as England’s path opens up

LONDON: After one of the most memorable knockout rounds a European Championship has ever seen, the quarter-finals promise another heavyweight clash in Belgium against Italy on Friday while the fairytale run of at least one of the less fancied teams will continue. Either Denmark or Czech Republic will make the semi-finals with their last eight […]

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Xi warns against foreign bullying as China marks party centenary

Xi warns against foreign bullying as China marks party centenary

China’s President Xi Jinping on Thursday warned that foreign forces attempting to bully the nation will “get their heads bashed”, and hailed a “new world” created by its people as the ruling Communist Party marked the centenary of its founding. In an hour-long address from Tiananmen Square, Xi pledged to build up China’s military, committed […]

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Punjab reels under long, unscheduled power cuts

Punjab reels under long, unscheduled power cuts

Despite the Punjab Government paying Rs 20,000 crore fixed charges to three private thermal plants and CM Capt Amarinder Singh asking the Finance Department to spare Rs 500 crore to buy additional power, the electricity supply situation has been erratic in the state, leading to unscheduled cuts lasting several hours. Not only villages and agriculture […]