Crescent Kashmir

Principal Secretary visits SCERT divisional office Jammu; reviews functioning

Principal Secretary visits SCERT divisional office Jammu; reviews functioning

JAMMU, DECEMBER 4: Principal Secretary, School Education, B K Singh, today visited State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT) divisional office, Jammu, to take stock of functioning of the institute. State Project Director Samagra Shiksha, Deep Raj, Joint Director Planning School Education Department, Madan Gopal Sharma and other officers of School Education Department accompanied […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Petrol And Diesel Prices: Delhi Continues At Rs 95.41/lt

Petrol And Diesel Prices: Delhi Continues At Rs 95.41/lt

Ever since the Centre announced a major slash in VAT on fuel rates in India, petrol and diesel prices have remained constant for more than a month now. The decision of the central government has brought down the rates from all-time highs providing major relief to the people. Similarly, petrol prices along with diesel prices remained […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Police seize FCI rice bags while checking in Pulwama

Police seize FCI rice bags while checking in Pulwama

By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar Police have created a lot of drop gates and checking points in Pulwama district and while checking a load carrier which was apparently filled with grass they found a lot of rice bags illegally smuggled out from FCI department. According to the police they seized 45 bags of rice belonging […]

 Crescent Kashmir

PCB announces schedule for PSL 2022, player draft to be held on Dec 12

PCB announces schedule for PSL 2022, player draft to be held on Dec 12

The first match of the HBL Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2022 will be held in Karachi on January 27 and Lahore will host the tournament’s final on February 27, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday as it released the schedule for the seventh edition of its premier cricket league. “Following an opening ceremony, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Recruitment process

Recruitment process

In the past several decades’ people of Jammu and Kashmir were promised employment packages by the successive governments but nothing would go beyond it. In the recent past J&K administration gave one time age relaxation in the recruitment exam for the post of Sub- Inspector, JKP and the increase in the number of seats has […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Omicron’s Severity Anticipated To Be Low: Health Ministry

Omicron’s Severity Anticipated To Be Low: Health Ministry

 A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on SARS-CoV-2 variant Omicron, released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on November 3 says that “given the fast pace of vaccination in India and high exposure to delta variant as evidenced by high seropositivity, the severity of the disease is anticipated to be low. However, scientific evidence is […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Active LeT militant arrested in Budgam

Active LeT militant arrested in Budgam

Srinagar: Police on Saturday claimed to have arrested an Active militant of Lashkar-i-Toiba outfit in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A senior police officer said that a joint team of Police and army’s 02 RR, 62RR apprehended a Active militant at Pushkar. He identified the arrested militant as Hamid Nath resident of Peth Zanigam who was […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Weather advisory; Gurez-Bandipra road closed till further orders

Weather advisory; Gurez-Bandipra road closed till further orders

Bandipora: The administration in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Saturday closed Bandipora-Gurez and Dawar-Tulail roads till further orders in wake of the fresh weather advisory. An order issued here by the Sub-Divisional Magistrate Gurez, a copy of which lies with the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), reads,  “In view of the weather advisory issued by […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Three years on; 25 per cent work still pending at GMC

Three years on; 25 per cent work still pending at GMC

Despite passing of nearly three years, the Jammu and Kashmir Projects Construction Corporation (JKPCC) has completed only 75 percent of work of Government Medical College (GMC) Baramulla. The corporation is likely to miss the deadline for the completion of the project. According to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), till November-2021, JKPCC was yet to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Div Com takes stock of Covid Containment measures at International Airport in view of Omicron Threat

Div Com takes stock of Covid Containment measures at International Airport in view of Omicron Threat

Inspects facilities at quarantine Centre Sanat Nagar, Boulevard SRINAGAR, DECEMBER 03: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir Pandurang K Pole on Friday took the stock of measures put in place for handling of international passengers at Srinagar International Airport to  contain the spread of Omicron variant of Covid-19 in Kashmir. On the Occasion, he chaired a meeting […]