Crescent Kashmir

434 Covid-19 Cases, One Death Reported In Jammu And Kashmir

434 Covid-19 Cases, One Death Reported In Jammu And Kashmir

Srinagar, July 20: Jammu and Kashmir reported 434 covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike in more than five months, even as there was one death due to the virus during the time, officials said on Wednesday. 248 cases were reported from Jammu division and 186 from Kashmir division, taking the […]

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Yasir ripper evokes memories of Warne’s ‘ball of the century’

Yasir ripper evokes memories of Warne’s ‘ball of the century’

GALLE: A Yasir Shah delivery was drawing comparisons with Shane Warne’s “ball of the century” on Tuesday, the day after the Pakistan leg-spinner ripped out Kusal Mendis. Sri Lanka’s Mendis had reached 76 on the third day in Galle when Yasir pitched one outside leg stump only for it to take huge turn and hit […]

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Noida Supertech Twin Towers to be demolished on August 21

Noida Supertech Twin Towers to be demolished on August 21

Supertech’s twin towers in Noida Sector 93 (A) will be demolished on August 21. On Tuesday, a meeting was held between Noida Authority and Edifice Engineering company in which people from the apartment association were included. Edifice Engineering has submitted a report in which it said the twin towers will be demolished at 2.30 p.m. […]

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Death toll in Pakistan boat tragedy touches 26

Death toll in Pakistan boat tragedy touches 26

The death toll in the boat tragedy near Machhka area of Sadiqabad city in Pakistan’s Punjab province has mounted to 26 with the recovery of three more bodies from the Indus river, According to the reports of Geo News, “As many as 23 bodies were retrieved from Indus river after an overloaded boat carrying 75 […]

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Rain lash south Kashmir, Jammu region

Rain lash south Kashmir, Jammu region

Rains lashed parts of south Kashmir and Jammu region overnight, weatherman said on Wednesday. A meteorological department official here said that Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, received rainfall of 30.4 mm, Kokernag 18.2 mm, Pahalgam 3.4 mm, Jammu 5.8mm, Banihal 2.8 mm, Batote 1.6 mm, Bhaderwah 22.6mm while Katra received highest amount of the […]

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Good Governance

Good Governance

There has been a visible impact in the governance system in the past few years as the government has taken a lot of measures to make the administration responsive and transparent. Recently J&K registered a hike of 3.7 percent in GGI from 2019 to 2021. The Good Governance Index (GGI)-2021 indicated that Jammu and Kashmir […]

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45% increase in disposal of grievances from Oct 2020 to June 2022

45% increase in disposal of grievances from Oct 2020 to June 2022

Within 15 days Integrate JKIGRAMS with CPGRAMS: CS Receives 234009 grievances with disposal rate of 96% SRINAGAR, JULY 19: The disposal of grievances, registered on the JKIGRAMS, by different departments has increased manifold over the past two years and has shown at least 45 percent increase in the disposal rate from October 2020 to June […]

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Lt Governor addresses the valedictory session of multi-stakeholder convention on holistic development of agriculture & allied sectors in J&K UT

Lt Governor addresses the valedictory session of multi-stakeholder convention on holistic development of agriculture & allied sectors in J&K UT

Says such efforts will deepen our understanding on critical gaps and steps required for transforming and rejuvenating main pillar of our economy UT’s Agriculture & allied sector was performing much below its potential in recent years; we took several measures to reverse the declining trend by filling credit gaps, diversification, high-density plantation, building storage capacity, […]

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Jammu and Kashmir reports 333 COVID-19 cases, one fatality

Jammu and Kashmir reports 333 COVID-19 cases, one fatality

JAMMU, July 19: Jammu and Kashmir reported 333 covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike in nearly six months, even as there was one death due to the pathogen during the time, officials said on Tuesday. 187 cases were reported from Jammu division and 146 from Kashmir division, taking the overall […]

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Now Ganderbal Admin Makes Face Masks Mandatory In Public Places

Now Ganderbal Admin Makes Face Masks Mandatory In Public Places

After Bandipora, administration in Ganderbal on Tuesday made use of face masks mandatory in public places in the central Kashmir district with immediate effect. “In the interest of Health and Wellbeing of the general public, I, Farooq Ahmad Baba, JKAS, CEO, District Disaster Management Authority / Additional District Magistrate, Ganderbal, in exercise of powers vested […]