Crescent Kashmir

Soldier allegedly shoots self dead in Pampore

Soldier allegedly shoots self dead in Pampore

Srinagar An Army soldier allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle in Pampore area of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Thursday. An official that the soldier shot himself dead with his service rifle at Chandhara areea of Pampore. He said that police have take cognisance of the matter under 174 CRPC. The official said […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Alok Kumar chairs public grievances redressal camp at Shopian; Asks officers for expeditious disposal of local issues

Alok Kumar chairs public grievances redressal camp at Shopian; Asks officers for expeditious disposal of local issues

SHOPIAN, OCTOBER 25: Principal Secretary Education, Alok Kumar, today chaired a mega public grievances redressal camp here to take stock of issues and concerns of people of the district. During the day long camp, hundreds of people participated and flagged off their issues before the visiting officer seeking an early redressal of the same. Delegations […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Houses for poor

Houses for poor

  Under the PMAY-U scheme, the Deputy Commissioner recently disbursed Rs 32 Cr among the eligible beneficiaries under the scheme in Srinagar District. He directed the concerned Officers to ensure that the scheme guidelines are followed in letter and spirit so that all genuine eligible beneficiaries are covered under the PMAY-U scheme in the District. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

‘Mohan Bhagwat should support INDIA bloc to save democracy’: Sanjay Raut

‘Mohan Bhagwat should support INDIA bloc to save democracy’: Sanjay Raut

Mumbai: To “save the democracy” in the nation Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat should support the opposition bloc – INDIA, said Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray-faction) leader Sanjay Raut on Tuesday. Sanjay Raut’s gave this remark after the RSS chief while addressing a gathering at ‘Vijayadashmi Utsav’ in Maharashtra’s Nagpur, said that “there […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Pakistan’s batting standards need to improve: Iftikhar

Pakistan’s batting standards need to improve: Iftikhar

PAKISTANI cricket fans have always had a knack of perceiving their misery with a comic angle. One of the popular notions among them is how when their team bats, the pitch looks like a bowling friendly surface and that when they bowl, it turns into a batting paradise. That was very well the case in […]

 Crescent Kashmir

China sacks defence minister, removes ex-FM from cabinet

China sacks defence minister, removes ex-FM from cabinet

BEIJING: In a major reshuffle of its top leadership, China removed defence minister Li Shangfu and ousted former foreign minister Qin Gang from its cabinet on Tuesday, state media said. The news comes after months of speculation about the country’s cabinet, including confusion over the abrupt removal of Qin from office in July without explanation and the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

VC DDC inspects under construction WSS at Warnow Lolab

VC DDC inspects under construction WSS at Warnow Lolab

KUPWARA, OCTOBER 24: Vice Chairman, District Development Council (DDC) Kupwara, Haji Farooq Ahmad Mir today visited Warnow area of Lolab sub division to take stock of ongoing construction of Water Supply Scheme (WSS) Warnow. He inspected the under-construction water supply scheme at Rang-Warnow which involves a cost of Rs.961 lakh. Under the Scheme, 2 SRs […]

 Crescent Kashmir

LG Manoj Sinha Meets PM Narendra Modi In New Delhi

LG Manoj Sinha Meets PM Narendra Modi In New Delhi

JAMMU, Oct 24: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi and wished him a blissful Vijayadashmi on Tuesday. “Met Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji today and wished him a blissful Vijayadashmi”, Lieutenant Governor said on X. He also presented ‘Kong Posh’ (Saffron Flowers) to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Centre constitute tribunal to review ban on Shabir Shah’s JKDFP

Centre constitute tribunal to review ban on Shabir Shah’s JKDFP

Srinagar: The Government of India has constituted a tribunal headed by Justice Sachin Datta, Judge, High Court of Delhi to decide whether there is sufficient cause for declaring the Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) as an unlawful association. In a notification, the Ministry of Home Affairs(MHA) has set-up a tribunal headed by Justice […]

 Crescent Kashmir

TB free Srinagar

TB free Srinagar

With the efforts of J&K administration and health department Srinagar inches closer to TB Free status: District attains TB score of 93%, NNT to test one TB patient is 58 and reduction in drug sale is over 80%. Recently Deputy Commissioner Srinagar directed the Officers to further improve the efforts to deal with gaps and […]