Crescent Kashmir

Parliament: Chairman Naidu suspends six TMC MPs for the day

Parliament: Chairman Naidu suspends six TMC MPs for the day

Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday suspended six TMC MPs for the day for carrying placards while protesting along with other Opposition MPs over the Pegasus spying issue. Just as witnessed since the start of monsoon session, slogan-shouting TMC and other opposition MPs trooped into the well of the House, some holding placards, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Police warns action against those circulating ‘fake tweet’ attributed to Geelani

Police warns action against those circulating ‘fake tweet’ attributed to Geelani

Police on Wednesday warned action against those circulating “fake tweet attributed to Syed Ali Shah Geelani, calling for strike on 5 and 15 August,” in Jammu and Kashmir. ” As per family sources of SAS Geelani,the tweet is fake and issued by someone from Pakistan.Police is taking action against those who are circulating it to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal allowed to resume club cricket

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal allowed to resume club cricket

Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has been allowed to resume club cricket activities as part of his rehabilitation process, which commenced last month. In July this year, Akmal had apologised for not reporting corrupt approaches, for which the 31-year-old was banned for 12 months. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement on Wednesday that, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Families flee as Afghan army defends besieged Lashkar Gah city from Taliban

Families flee as Afghan army defends besieged Lashkar Gah city from Taliban

Families fled their homes on Wednesday as the Afghan army launched a counterattack against the Taliban in a key southern city, with the insurgents stepping up their offensive to capture major urban centres. There has been intense fighting in recent days in the west and the south, while a bomb-and-gun attack in the capital, Kabul, killed eight […]

 Crescent Kashmir

India Records Biggest Single-Day Spike With 42,625 Fresh Covid-19 Cases

India Records Biggest Single-Day Spike With 42,625 Fresh Covid-19 Cases

With a single-day rise of 42,625 new cases, India’s Covid-19 tally climbed to 3,17,69,132 on Wednesday, while the death toll due to the viral disease shot up to 4,25,757 with 562 more people succumbing to it, the Union Health Ministry said. The active cases have climbed to 4,10,353 and comprises 1.29 per cent of the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

COVID RESPONSE

COVID RESPONSE

Recently the government has held a series of meetings to review public health responses to COVID in Jammu and Kashmir. Although the cases have gone down but covid-19 is hovering around us and is very much present so it is the responsibility of the common people to exercise caution while they go for the social […]

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No traffic on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Wednesday

No traffic on Srinagar-Jammu highway on Wednesday

No traffic will be allowed on Srinagar-Jammu national highway on Wednesday in view of weekly maintenance of the road. Traffic will however, ply as per schedule on other roads, including Srinagar-Leh highway and historic Mughal road on Wednesday, a traffic police official told UNI Tuesday afternoon. He said no vehicle will be allowed to ply […]

 Crescent Kashmir

MMU to launch campaign; fight against rising drug addiction, suicide in Kashmir

MMU to launch campaign; fight against rising drug addiction, suicide in Kashmir

Srinagar, Aug 3 (UNI) Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulama (MMU), an amalgam of leading socio-religious organizations of Kashmir, on Tuesday said that it will launch a campaign against different evils of society, including the menace of drug addiction, rise in the number of suicide and dowry cases in Kashmir valley. The amalgam also demanded that the administration should […]

 Crescent Kashmir

140 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, 3 Deaths Reported In J&K

140 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, 3 Deaths Reported In J&K

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir reported 140 new covid-19 cases while three persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. 70 of cases each were reported from Jammu Division and Kashmir Valley, taking the infection tally to 321865 in J&K, they said.

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Implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in J&K reviewed

Implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission in J&K reviewed

Quantity and quality of water being supplied under the Mission to be monitored on a real-time basis SRINAGAR, AUGUST 03: A meeting was today held to review the pace of progress in implementation of the centrally sponsored scheme ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ in Jammu and Kashmir. The Chief Secretary, J&K Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta and Additional […]