Crescent Kashmir

Capacity Building Programme

Capacity Building Programme

Two-day Capacity Building Programme was recently held to strengthen the human resource of State Taxes Department (STD) for implementation of Goods and Service Tax (GST) concluded on Tuesday at Excise and Taxation Training Institution, Nagrota here. The workshop was organised by State Taxes Department (STD), J&K in collaboration with Institute of Chartered Accountants of India […]

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Senior Police Officer Reviews Operational Preparedness of Force in JK’s Poonch

Senior Police Officer Reviews Operational Preparedness of Force in JK’s Poonch

JAMMU: Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Jammu, Anand Jain visited the border district of Poonch on Saturday to review the operational preparedness of the force and discuss various policing and security-related issues, a police spokesperson said. As part of the visit, a series of meetings and interactions were held with senior officers, station house […]

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Govt enjoying honey-moon period, let’s wait for a week: Sajad Lone on Power outages in Kashmir

Govt enjoying honey-moon period, let’s wait for a week: Sajad Lone on Power outages in Kashmir

Srinagar: Peoples Conference chief Sajad Gani Lone Saturday said that “the newly formed government was enjoying the honey-moon period” and that he will talk about power woes after a week. Talking to reporters here, Lone, while replying to a query about frequent power outages in Kashmir, said: “What can I say about it (Power woes). […]

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Ravindra’s wristy knock adds new chapter to his Bengaluru story

Ravindra’s wristy knock adds new chapter to his Bengaluru story

As many as 453 runs were scored on the third day’s play in Bengaluru but before the batting took over, India’s bowlers had made the first session their own, picking four wickets for 40 runs and leaving New Zealand in a spot of bother. Barring that, however, it was the turn of the bowlers from both sides […]

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Putin says Brics, not West, will drive global economic growth

Putin says Brics, not West, will drive global economic growth

MOSCOW: The Brics group will generate most of the global economic growth in the coming years thanks to its size and relatively fast growth compared with that of developed Western nations, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday. Putin hopes to build up Brics — which has expanded to include Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran and the […]

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J&K | Mild Earthquake Felt in Doda Town, Adjoining Areas

J&K | Mild Earthquake Felt in Doda Town, Adjoining Areas

JAMMU, Oct 19: A mild earthquake was felt in Doda town and adjoining areas which lasted for a few seconds. As per the news agency, six days after a 4.3 magnitude earthquake hit the area, a mild earthquake was felt around 10.18 am today. There was no loss of life or property reported in the […]

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Cooperative Societies

Cooperative Societies

Aiming to strengthen cooperative societies in Jammu district, a Joint Working Committee was convened recently at the DC Office Complex. The meeting, chaired by Additional District Development Commissioner, Sher Singh, saw participation from senior officials across departments, with the primary focus on expanding cooperative initiatives in uncovered Gram Panchayats. The session, organised by Deputy Registrar […]

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Jammu hosts Mission YUVA workshop to boost youth entrepreneurship

Jammu hosts Mission YUVA workshop to boost youth entrepreneurship

JAMMU, OCTOBER 18: A one-day capacity building program under the ambitious Mission YUVA (Yuva Udyami Vikas Abhiyan) was organised today in the Conference Hall of the DC Office Jammu. The event, held under the supervision of the District Development Commissioner, Sachin Kumar Vaishya focussed on equipping young people with the skills and entrepreneurial spirit needed […]

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LG appoints Mubarik Gul as Speaker Protem

LG appoints Mubarik Gul as Speaker Protem

SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 18: The Lieutenant Governor, in pursuance to Section 24 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019, has appointed Mubarik Gul, Member Legislative Assembly, as Speaker Protem who shall administer the oath/affirmation to all members of the J&K Legislative Assembly for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in terms of Section 24 […]

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Chief Minister reviews development activities in various departments

Chief Minister reviews development activities in various departments

Asks his cabinet colleagues to actively monitor and review departments assigned to them SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 18: Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah chaired a general but significant review meeting of several departments today here at Civil Secretariat. During the meeting, the Chief Minister assessed developmental scenario of Jammu and Kashmir while also assessing the performance and progress […]