Crescent Kashmir

Governance at grass roots

Governance at grass roots

After establishing complete Panchayati Raj Institutions in Jammu and Kashmir, J&K administration is also trying to reform the system so that a common man gets the benefits of government schemes without any delay. Recently Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir while briefing CEO NITI Aayog, He enumerated several institutional reforms like elections to all the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Block Diwas: DC Srinagar holds Public Grievance Redressal camp at Noorbagh

Block Diwas: DC Srinagar holds Public Grievance Redressal camp at Noorbagh

Inspects progress of works on Palpora-Shalteng Bridge SRINAGAR, AUGUST 03: In order to listen to the public grievances and take appraisal of local issues at their door steps, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz Asad today undertook an extensive tour of Noorbagh area in Eidgah Tehsil of Srinagar district and presided over a Public […]

 Crescent Kashmir

JK reports 739 fresh positive cases, 456930 recovered

JK reports 739 fresh positive cases, 456930 recovered

SRINAGAR, AUGUST 03:The  Government today informed that 739 fresh  positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19)have been reported today; 196 from Jammu division and 543 from Kashmir division, thus taking the total number of positive cases to 466643. Moreover, 645 more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from various hospitals including 220 fromJammu division […]

 Crescent Kashmir

CS chairs second meeting of the J&K Wetland Authority

CS chairs second meeting of the J&K Wetland Authority

Authority approves Integrated Management Plan for Conservation of Wular lake 13,000 ha Wular lake and additional 486.12 ha zone of influence to be declared as Protected Wetland JAMMU, AUGUST 03: The Chief Secretary, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired the second meeting of the Wetland Authority for the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Principal […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Dr Samoon reviews progress on implementation of PwC report

Dr Samoon reviews progress on implementation of PwC report

‘New courses to be introduced based on requirement’ SRINAGAR, AUGUST 03: Principal Secretary, Skill Development Department, Dr Asgar Hassan Samoon today chaired a meeting at Civil Secretariat here to review the progress on implementation of Price water house Coopers (PwC) Consultancy report and periodic revision of the course content of various training courses in line […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Minimum temp rises but stays below normal at most places in J&K

Minimum temp rises but stays below normal at most places in J&K

Srinagar: Amid forecast for dry weather with possibility of isolated to scattered light rain and thunderstorm in next 24 hours, the minimum temperatures recorded rise but settled below normal in J&K barring Jammu and Katra on Wednesday. A meteorological department official said that Srinagar recorded a low of 17.6°C against 17.5°C on the previous night. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Congress, Shiv Sena seek to raise misuse of probe agencies in Rajya Sabha; Chairman disallowes

Congress, Shiv Sena seek to raise misuse of probe agencies in Rajya Sabha; Chairman disallowes

The Congress and the Shiv Sena on Wednesday tried to raise the issue of alleged misuse of central investigating agencies by the government in the Rajya Sabha but Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu disallowed them from doing so. Leader of the Opposition and senior Congress leader M Mallikarjun Kharge and his colleague Deepender Singh Hooda, Shiv […]

 Crescent Kashmir

No panic, Rohit Sharma backs young guns

No panic, Rohit Sharma backs young guns

Rohit Sharma has always excelled at giving youngsters a chance in challenging situations. Be it IPL or international cricket, Rohit never turns away from playing attacking cricket. On Monday with India’s fortunes on the line in the second T20I in St Kitts, the captain turned to Avesh Khan with West Indies needing 10 off the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

China drills amount to air and sea blockade, says Taiwan

China drills amount to air and sea blockade, says Taiwan

Taiwan’s government has issued strong condemnation of China’s plans for live fire drills in locations around the island – Beijing’s main response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit, media reports said. Such drills “have invaded Taiwan’s territorial space” and “amount to a blockade of Taiwan’s air and sea space”, the military said, BBC reported. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Natural wealth

Natural wealth

Jammu and Kashmir has been bestowed by nature with the wealth of plants as it has huge forest cover. In order to enhance this green cover J&K government recently launched a fresh plantation drive for the current year from Jammu region. LG Manoj Sinha while stressing enhancing of green cover said that Protection & conservation […]