Crescent Kashmir

Completing targets

Completing targets

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is trying hard to complete the important projects within the timelines. In this direction recently Secretary Planning has asked all departments to achieve completion targets of works under Capex budget as per directions of Chief Secretary. He reviews UT Capex works & CSS with Planning heads of all Administrative […]

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US big businesses support President Biden’s price cuts in rare gesture

US big businesses support President Biden’s price cuts in rare gesture

Corporate America has, in an unusual and rare gesture, cast aside its “profit for business” capitalist outlook and come out in support of President Joe Biden’s campaign against high consumer prices, especially since his powerful pleas to reduce costs in his State of the Union address. Just weeks after Biden used the State of the […]

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West Indies fight back after SA dominate first two sessions

West Indies fight back after SA dominate first two sessions

Quick strikes in the final session helped West Indies stage a fightback after South Africa dominated the opening two sessions on Day 1 of the second Test in Johannesburg on Wednesday (March 8). After a 76-run opening stand with Dean Elgar, Aiden Markram (96) combined with Tony de Zorzi (85) to lay the foundation for […]

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BJP launches fresh attack on Rahul for remarks in UK

BJP launches fresh attack on Rahul for remarks in UK

New Delhi: The BJP on Tuesday mounted a fresh attack on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his reported comments in the UK as to why Europe and the US, the defenders of democracies, were oblivious to how a huge chunk of democracy in India had come undone. The saffron party fielded senior leader Ravi Shankar […]

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Div Com Kashmir chairs meeting on accommodation issues of PM Package Employees

Div Com Kashmir chairs meeting on accommodation issues of PM Package Employees

SRINAGAR, MARCH 08: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri today convened a meeting of officers to address the accommodation issues of PM Package employees. The meeting was attended by Deputy Commissioner Srinagar; Director Estates Department Kashmir; Relief and Rehabilitation Commissioner (Migrants) J&K Srinagar; Chief Engineer, PW (R&B) Department Kashmir and Sr. Superintendent […]

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Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare deptt Ramban organised Awareness cum Training programme

Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare deptt Ramban organised Awareness cum Training programme

  RAMBAN, MARCH 08: As part of the ongoing nationwide Azadi Ka Amri Mahotsav, the Department of Agriculture Production & Farmers Welfare organised an Awareness cum Training Camp for women under Agriculture Technology Mission Agency (ATMA) at Panchayat Ghar in Kenthi village here today. The programme was coordinated by a team of Agriculture Department officers […]

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Several initiatives taken for more transparency, citizen-friendly registration in J&K’

Several initiatives taken for more transparency, citizen-friendly registration in J&K’

Registration Deptt holds Capacity Building Programmes for JK’s Registration staff SRINAGAR, MARCH 8: Inspector General of Registration, J&K has reaffirmed that several have been taken or are in the pipeline for a more transparent and citizen-friendly registration. He was speaking during training and interactive sessions for its staff in collaboration with Software Development Unit (SDU), […]

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Mercury rises in J-K, dry weather ahead: MeT

Mercury rises in J-K, dry weather ahead: MeT

Amid forecast for mainly dry weather, the minimum temperature recorded a rise in Jammu and Kashmir barring Pahalgam, Gulmarg and Kupwara on Wednesday, officials said. An official of the meteorological department said Srinagar recorded a low of 3.5°C against 3.3°C on the previous night and it was 0.2°C above normal for the summer capital. Qazigund, […]

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GST symposium

GST symposium

As the GST collection is showing a healthy trend in Jammu and Kashmir, the government is taking many initiatives for public awareness. Recently the Lt Governor inaugurated the GST symposium & Tax awareness initiative ‘Kar-Tavya’. The GST symposium is being organized by the J & K State Taxes Department in collaboration with The Institute of […]

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Shakib, Tamim continue to embrace onfield camaraderie

Shakib, Tamim continue to embrace onfield camaraderie

Ahead of the third ODI against England that Bangladesh won, captain Tamim Iqbal caught every onlooker’s attention as he called on Shakib Al Hasan to take a look at the pitch, which was in focus in the lead-up to the fixture. Heads turned to the duo because BCB president Nazmul Hasan had revealed in an […]