Crescent Kashmir

Canines Strike Terror in Bandipora’s Ajas, Leave 23 Wounded in 4 Days

Canines Strike Terror in Bandipora’s Ajas, Leave 23 Wounded in 4 Days

Administrative Apathy Towards Dumping Of Garbage In Nallahs Main Cause of Menace, Allege Residents Stray dogs have unleashed a reign of terror in Ajas village of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district, leaving at least two dozen individuals wounded in a span of just four days. Local sources told GNS that CHC Hajin and Health Centre Sumbal […]

 Crescent Kashmir

CBI court releases Lalu Prasad’s passport

CBI court releases Lalu Prasad’s passport

A CBI court in Patna on Tuesday released RJD national President Lalu Prasad Yadav’s passport which was seized by the central probe agency due to cases related to fodder scam. The court released the passport after hearing a plea filed by the 75-year-old veteran socialist on June 6. Sources have said that Lalu Prasad will […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Russian employee of n-plant in B’desh dies

Russian employee of n-plant in B’desh dies

A Russian national who worked in the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) of Bangladesh has died, an official said on Monday, adding that a total of eight foreign employees connected to the project have passed away in the past six months. Ivanov Anton, 33, was a former employee of Rosem Company, a Russian contractor working […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Australia vs Sri Lanka ODIs: Why ICC rules are preventing Starc from bowling with a taped finger

Australia vs Sri Lanka ODIs: Why ICC rules are preventing Starc from bowling with a taped finger

Mitchell Starc, Australia’s pace spearhead, attended a training session at Pallekele Stadium ahead of the five-match One-day International series against Sri Lanka, but he is unlikely to be included in the playing XI for the opener later on Tuesday, despite the hosts’ dearth of quick bowlers. The injured index finger of his bowling arm is […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Road to progress

Road to progress

The J & K government has completed many infrastructure projects in the recent past including Sidhra-Surinsar road executed by J&K ERA. The road will give a fillip to the tourism sector by connecting well known pilgrimage, tourist locations such as Purmandal, Mansar, Devak, Sudhmahadev and Mata Vaishno Devi. The vital road project completed at a […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Two LeT militants killed in swift encounter in Srinagar, one cop injured: Police

Two LeT militants killed in swift encounter in Srinagar, one cop injured: Police

Two militants of LeT militant outfit killed whileas cop injured in swift encounter in Bemina area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Monday evening.    Police while informing on its official Twitter handle said that in a swift encounter by Srinagar Police, two LeT militants were killed whileas one cop sustained injury in Bemina area […]

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Kupwara admin starts e-permission for ‘Border Tourism’

Kupwara admin starts e-permission for ‘Border Tourism’

To make it easier for non-resident tourists to visit border areas, authorities in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district Monday inaugurated an online portal for e-permission. Deputy Commissioner Kupwara Khalid Jahangir told a local news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that the launching of e-permission service portals is an innovative step of administration to boost the tourism activities […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Hajj Committee of India invites applications for Civil Service exams coaching for year 2022-23

Hajj Committee of India invites applications for Civil Service exams coaching for year 2022-23

HCoI Member Er Aijaz urges J&K students to avail benefit, apply for admission; last date for submission of forms is June 30, applications available online Hajj Committee of India (HCoI) has invited applications from students studying in its Residential Coaching Institute who are supposed to appear in civil services exams for year 2022-23 for which […]

 Crescent Kashmir

AC accords administrative approval to various developmental works

AC accords administrative approval to various developmental works

SRINAGAR, JUNE 13: The Administrative Council (AC) which met here under the chairmanship of the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, today accorded administrative approval to various developmental works in different districts of Jammu and Kashmir. Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor, Dr. Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, J&K and Nitishwar Kumar, Principal Secretary to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

J&K reports 7 new covid-19 cases, no death

J&K reports 7 new covid-19 cases, no death

Jammu and Kashmir reported seven new covid-19 cases while there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Monday. They said that four cases were reported from Srinagar and three from Jammu districts, taking the overall tally to 454355—166548 in Jammu division and 287807 in Kashmir. There was […]