Crescent Kashmir

Shaleen Kabra inaugurates 2 MG Water Service Reservoir at Nishat Srinagar

Shaleen Kabra inaugurates 2 MG Water Service Reservoir at Nishat Srinagar

SRINAGAR, MARCH 31: Principal Secretary, Jal Shakti, Shaleen Kabra, inaugurated newly constructed two Million Gallon (MG) Water Service Reservoir at Nishat here today. The reservoir has been constructed with a cost of Rs 611 Lakh which will feed areas like Nishat, Dal, Rainawari, Jogi Lanker and most parts of downtown which are currently fed by […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Amrit Sarovar

Amrit Sarovar

  On the recent occasion of world water day all the DCs have appreciated the efforts by the officials under Jal Jeevan Mission in J&K. Officers informed that 94 sites were proposed under the   Amrit Sarovar Mission MGNEGRA, out of which 92 cities we’re taken and  91 sites have been completed. Under UT Capex Budget, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

20-year-old youth dies in Nishat road accident

20-year-old youth dies in Nishat road accident

A 20-year-old youth from Hyderpora area of Srinagar lost his life in a road accident in Nishat area of Central Kashmir Srinagar district on Friday afternoon officials said. They told Kashmir Scroll that a youth identified as Moomin Bhat son of Manzoor Ahmad Bhat resident of Hyderpora met with an accident on Boulevard road in […]

 Crescent Kashmir

UK unveils plans to house asylum seekers in military bases

UK unveils plans to house asylum seekers in military bases

LONDON: The UK plans to temporarily house asylum seekers in disused military bases and could use ferries and barges in the future in a bid to reduce hotel bills, immigration minister Robert Jenrick announced on Wednesday. He told MPs that the government planned to house “several thousand” asylum seekers at repurposed barracks buildings and portable […]

 Crescent Kashmir

POWERGRID bags 3 SPVs through TBCB for transmission system projects

POWERGRID bags 3 SPVs through TBCB for transmission system projects

The Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) acquired three Project Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) for various transmission system projects. The corporation bagged the projects after competing with other private sector players in which the CPSU, under the Ministry of Power, emerged as a successful bidder in the Tariff Based Competitive Bidding Process (TBCB) conducted […]

 Crescent Kashmir

JKTPO Participated in 23rd Edition of IndiaSoft at Pragati Maidan

JKTPO Participated in 23rd Edition of IndiaSoft at Pragati Maidan

JAMMU, MARCH 30: Jammu and Kashmir Trade Promotion Organization (JKTPO), under the guidance of Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce, Prashant Goyal and supervision of Managing Director JKTPO, Khalid Jahangir, participated in 23rd Edition of IndiaSoft organized by Electronics & Computer Software Export Promotion Council (ESC) at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. Union Minister of State for […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Kashmir: MeT dept issues ‘orange’ warning for heavy rain

Kashmir: MeT dept issues ‘orange’ warning for heavy rain

Weather department on Thursday issued an orange warning for isolated heavy rain and thunder and lightning in Jammu and Kashmir on 31 March. A meteorological official told GNS that there was forecast for scattered light rain and thunder over Jammu and Kashmir in the next 24 hours. For the subsequent two days, he said, there […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Will arrest killer of 7-year-old girl soon: SSP Kupwara

Will arrest killer of 7-year-old girl soon: SSP Kupwara

Senior Superintendent of Police Kupwara, Yougal Manhas on Thursday said that police will soon crack the murder case of a 7-year-old girl and that the killer will also be behind the bars soon. Talking to reporters SSP Kupwara  said that throat slit body of the girl was found near her residence in Khurhama Zab area […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Thirty-nine killed in fire at Mexico migrants facility

Thirty-nine killed in fire at Mexico migrants facility

CIUDAD JUAREZ: At least 39 migrants from Central and South America died after a fire broke out at a migrant holding centre in the Mexican northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, the government’s National Migration Institute (INM) said on Tuesday. Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said the blaze apparently broke out after migrants set […]

 Crescent Kashmir

J&K poised to achieve the historic milestone of completing 2 lakh works under MGNREGA

J&K poised to achieve the historic milestone of completing 2 lakh works under MGNREGA

Nearly 6 fold increase since 2018-19 Generates more than 2.8 Cr person days of Employment JAMMU, MARCH 29: In a historic achievement J&K is well on target to complete around 2 lakh works under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) this financial year. This information was given out in a meeting chaired […]

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