Crescent Kashmir

Covid-19 situation in Khansaheb under control, asserts SDM

Covid-19 situation in Khansaheb under control, asserts SDM

Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM) Khansahab Syed Ahmad on Tuesday asserted that district administration has fully over powered Covid-19 in the area and the situation is “under control”. Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), he said those tested Covid-19 positive have been kept into hospitals for treatment while their immediate contacts have been put under quarantine and […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Awantipora Police fines 52 violators for defying Govt orders

Awantipora Police fines 52 violators for defying Govt orders

Acting tough against the violators of Govt prohibitory orders, Police have fined 52 violators for defying govt orders in Awantipora and collected fine of an amount of ?26,000 from them. Police have once again requested the general public to follow the directions issued by the Government in order to prevent the spread of Covid-19. Also, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Two held with charas in Sopore : Police

Two held with charas in Sopore : Police

Sopore police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two drug peddlers and have recovered charas from their possession. Police have indentified the duo as Ghulam Mohiudin Lone resident of Balhama Panzla and Mohammad Lateef Tantry resident Darshanpora Handwara and recovered approximately 240 grams of Charas and pulsar bike without registration number was also seized While […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Annual Amarnnath Yatra cancelled

Annual Amarnnath Yatra cancelled

Shri Amarnnath shrine board of Jammu and Kashmir UT on Tuesday cancelled the annual Amarnnath yatra 2020 citing surge in Covid-19 cases. Highly placed Sources said, that the decision was taken during a meeting of Shrine Board in which Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor GC Murmu and other officers took participation which was held on […]

 Crescent Kashmir

G H Mir condoles demise of Mother of advisor Khan

G H Mir condoles demise of Mother of advisor Khan

Senior JKAP leader and former agriculture minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Tuesday condoled the Demise of Advisor Farooq Khan’s Mother. In a statement issued to KNS, Mir has expressed grief over the sad demise mother of Farooq khan, the advisor to LG of Jk UT. In his condolence message ,Mir prayed for the eternal peace […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Ballon d’Or cancelled this year amid coronavirus disruption

Ballon d’Or cancelled this year amid coronavirus disruption

PARIS: The prestigious Ballon dOr will not be awarded this year because the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the football season. Awarded by France Football magazine, the Ballon d’Or has been given out every year since Stanley Matthews won the first one in 1956. Lionel Messi has won it a record six times one more than longtime rival […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Assault on doctors at SMHS Hospital: MFA demands adequate security at Covid hospitals

Assault on doctors at SMHS Hospital: MFA demands adequate security at Covid hospitals

Srinagar: The Medical Faculty Association (MFA) at the Government Medical and Dental Colleges Srinagar has urged the college principals to ensure adequate security to medicos at hospitals housing COVID-19 patients. In a letter shot to Principal GMC Srinagar on Monday, President MFA, Prof Sajad Majid Qazi has requested the administration to ensure “adequate security in […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Two army personnel injured in landmine blast in J-K

Two army personnel injured in landmine blast in J-K

On Tuesday, two army personnel were injured in a landmine blast in Noweshra area in Rajouri district, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). Unnamed officials told that at 8 am, a 55-year-old Sepoy SK Minjur Rehman of Engineering Regiment, and Sepoy Updhay Parshad Rajindera, of 24 MLI sustained blast injuries while on […]

 Crescent Kashmir

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

UT administration has been stressing on the public participation for the overall development in Jammu and Kashmir. In the present circumstances especially when the government has re-imposed lockdown in many parts of Srinagar city and other parts of Kashmir valley, to appeal people to participate seems farfetched. However, the government in these difficult times is […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Lightning kills three in Poonch

Lightning kills three in Poonch

On Tuesday, a lightning strike killed three persons, including a young couple, in a remote village in Poonch district of Jammu, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). Unnamed officials told GNS that last night, at around 11:30 pm, lightning struck Gumsar Dhoke in Surankote area of the Poonch district, killing three persons […]