Crescent Kashmir

Coronavirus | Ganderbal admin cancels sports festival in Sonamarg

Coronavirus | Ganderbal admin cancels sports festival in Sonamarg

Amid the coronavirus scare, the district administration Ganderbal cancelled the winter sports festival in Sonamarg, officials said. Chief Executive Officer Sonamarg Development Authority (SDA) Mushtaq Ahmad said the day-long event being organised by SDA in collaboration with the district administration Ganderbal was scheduled to be held at Sonamarg on Sunday. He said the event has […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Blood bath in D-Street: Sensex hits 15-month low, crashes over 2,400 points on coronavirus fears

Blood bath in D-Street: Sensex hits 15-month low, crashes over 2,400 points on coronavirus fears

Share/Stock Market Today Live Updates: The benchmark equity indices on the BSE and the National Stock Exchange (NSE) edged below 6 per cent in afternoon deals on Monday tracking weakness in the global markets which tumbled due to rising concerns over the economic impact of coronavirus and crashing crude oil prices. The S&P BSE Sensex crashed as much […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Allahabad HC Orders Removal Of Hoardings Displaying Anti-CAA Protesters

Allahabad HC Orders Removal Of Hoardings Displaying Anti-CAA Protesters

The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed Lucknow district magistrate to remove posters of those accused of vandalism during anti-CAA protests. It asked Lucknow district authorities to submit a report by March 16 about the removal of anti-CAA protesters’ posters. The Court had on Sunday reserved its order on a matter related to the state […]

 Crescent Kashmir

North Korea fires three unidentified projectiles off its east coast: Report

North Korea fires three unidentified projectiles off its east coast: Report

North Korea has fired three projectiles, Seoul’s military said Monday, a week after it launched what the South said appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles. Three devices were fired eastwards over the sea from the Sondok area in South Hamgyong province, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. “The military is […]

 Crescent Kashmir

84,000 vacant posts in Kashmir, but no recruitment yet: Report

84,000 vacant posts in Kashmir, but no recruitment yet: Report

Srinagar Almost seven months after Article 370 was revoked in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Home Ministry has informed a parliamentary standing committee that the J&K administration has identified nearly 84,000 vacant government posts in the newly created Union Territory but the recruitment is yet to begin as the details are still being scrutinised,  reported The […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Pakistani youth arrested in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir

Pakistani youth arrested in Poonch in Jammu and Kashmir

A Pakistani youth was arrested by the Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir, officials said on Monday. Faryad Ali (20), a resident of Kotli in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, sneaked into this side from across the LoC and was intercepted by the Army in a forward area in Balakote […]

 Crescent Kashmir

2 Labourers Killed, 2 Injured In Blast Inside Army Camp In Anantnag

2 Labourers Killed, 2 Injured In Blast Inside Army Camp In Anantnag

SRINAGAR – Two labourers were killed and as many were injured in a mysterious blast inside an army camp at Khundroo area of Achabal in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday. Five labourers were working inside the army;s 21 FAD camp when the mysterious blast occurred, reported news agency GNS. In the blast, two labourers sustained […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Two militants killed in encounter in Shopian district

Two militants killed in encounter in Shopian district

Shopian : Two militants were killed in an encounter with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Reban area of the south Kashmir district on Monday morning after receiving specific information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Traffic mess

Traffic mess

Not only Srinagar city but most of the townships in Kashmir valley have been witnessing traffic mess in the past several years and the problems is only compounding. The administration is trying to pass on the responsibility from one wing of the government to another and the traffic police is busy in collecting challans to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Encounter Breaks Out In J&K’s Shopian District

Encounter Breaks Out In J&K’s Shopian District

Srinagar: An encounter broke out on Monday between security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police said. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Reban area of the south Kashmir district on Monday morning after receiving specific information about the presence of militants there, a police official said. He said […]