Crescent Kashmir

Preserving water bodies

Preserving water bodies

The Government of Jammu and Kashmir is trying to conserve the wetlands and water bodies with the latest tools of science. Recently on the world GIS day, LG Manoj Sinha asked his administration to retrieve the water bodies from the encouragements. The latest census of 2815 water bodies in J&K by the Remote Sensing department […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Lt Governor inaugurates Annual Youth Festival ‘Sonzal-2022’ at University of Kashmir

Lt Governor inaugurates Annual Youth Festival ‘Sonzal-2022’ at University of Kashmir

It is a great opportunity for young artists’ to showcase their talents and ‘Sonzal’ provides them much-needed platform to achieve the dream of ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’, says the LG Sonzal means rainbow, which is a symbol of hope, inspiration & good fortune. For students, rainbow finally arrives when they have space for individual growth, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

CS chairs meeting of EC, approves 8.35 Cr action plan of Rehabilitation Council

CS chairs meeting of EC, approves 8.35 Cr action plan of Rehabilitation Council

Plan to benefit 6800 beneficiaries; saturate provision of tricycles among SAP JAMMU, NOVEMBER 23: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta today chaired the Executive Council Meeting of the Council for Rehabilitation of Widows, Orphans, Handicapped & Old Persons (Victims of Militancy) established by Social Welfare Department (SWD), J&K. The meeting was attended by Additional Chief […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Poland’s Lewandowski misses penalty in Mexico draw

Poland’s Lewandowski misses penalty in Mexico draw

DOHA: Poland skipper Robert Lewandowski failed to break his World Cup duck when he saw a second-half penalty saved in a goalless but entertaining draw with Mexico in their opening Group C game at Stadium 974 on Tuesday. Lewandowski earned the penalty after a VAR check 11 minutes into the second half when Hector Moreno […]

 Crescent Kashmir

At minus 0.8 degree Celsius, Srinagar records first sub-zero temperature of season

At minus 0.8 degree Celsius, Srinagar records first sub-zero temperature of season

Srinagar, Nov 23: For the first time this season, the minimum temperature dropped below the freezing point in Srinagar on Wednesday, as per the Meteorological (MeT) department. According to the weatherman, the coming days would witness a further drop in minimum temperatures across Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh. “Minimum temperature dropped below the freezing point […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Jammu city

Jammu city

While the Jammu city is being developed under the smart city project, the officers are also trying to protect the biodiversity of the Jammu city while going for different developmental projects. For this purpose recently J&K biodiversity council had a consultative session and got feedback about the conservation efforts while going for the development in […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Miscreants set Chinar Tree on fire in Sopore

Miscreants set Chinar Tree on fire in Sopore

Sopore : The miscreants on Tuesday evening set an 80-year-old Chinar tree on fire in Sopore village of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Official sources told that miscreants this evening at Drapora Bomai village of Sopore set an 80-year-old tree on fire. They said soon after the incident, the Fire & Emergency department put their men […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Animal Husbandry Department enforcing vaccination, surveillance of animals: Atal Dulloo

Animal Husbandry Department enforcing vaccination, surveillance of animals: Atal Dulloo

JAMMU, NOVEMBER 22: Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Agriculture Department, Atal Dulloo, chaired a meeting held to review status of Lumpy Skin Disease in the Union Territory besides assessing mitigation measures being implemented to contain the malady at civil secretariat. It was apprised in the meeting that more than 96 percent eligible cattle has been vaccinated […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Libraries Deptt to establish Reading-cum-Career Development Centres in educational institutions

Libraries Deptt to establish Reading-cum-Career Development Centres in educational institutions

UTLLACPC presses for urgent infrastructure upgradation, digitization of JK’s Public Libraries SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 22: The Department of Libraries & Research, J&K and the School Education Department are jointly going to establish Reading-cum-Career Development Centres in various educational institutions to facilitate coaching and mentoring of students for various competitive examinations. This was announced at the conclusion […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Netherlands strike late to beat Senegal

Netherlands strike late to beat Senegal

DOHA: Late goals by Cody Gakpo and Davy Klaassen gave the Netherlands a 2-0 victory over African champions Senegal on Monday on their return to the World Cup stage. With Senegal missing injured star man Sadio Mane and the Dutch without their main attacking threat Memphis Depay at kick-off, the Group ‘A’ encounter in Doha […]