Crescent Kashmir

Fake pesticides seized in Pulwama

Fake pesticides seized in Pulwama

  Pulwama, April 8: The enforcement wing of South Kashmir seized fake pesticides including Phorate, 18 drums (900 kgs) , Paushak 300 litres (Duplicate) and Almunium Phosphide 3 cases amounting to approximately Rs 700000.00 seized from the premises of Shaheen Enterprises Pulwama. Law Enforcement officer South Kashmir Wing Amarjeet Singh said “There will be zero […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Reforming the health sector

Reforming the health sector

LG Manoj Sinha has recently said that his administration is going to reform the health sector in Jammu and Kashmir and it is very important so that quality healthcare is given to the common people especially to those who are ailing and have no sources of income. He said that efforts to reform the health […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Gurez school without teachers, basic infra

Gurez school without teachers, basic infra

Students and staff of government boys higher secondary school Dawar in Gurez are complaining about lack of basic facilities and shortage of staff in the school. “The school lacks drinking water, lavatories, infrastructure and boundary wall,” parents of wards admitted in the school told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO). Students said that the school […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Chief Secretary holds meet with STP Pune

Chief Secretary holds meet with STP Pune

Explores ideas towards building an innovation ecosystem in JK SRINAGAR, APRIL 07: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, today chaired a meeting with the officers from Science and Technology Park, Pune, for exploring ideas about building an innovation ecosystem and culture in Jammu and Kashmir. Pertinently, Science and Technology Park, Pune, one of the first […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Kashmir Reports 7 Fresh Covid Cases, None In Jammu

Kashmir Reports 7 Fresh Covid Cases, None In Jammu

Kashmir Valley reported seven fresh Covid-19 cases while no case was reported from Jammu division even there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. They said that the there was no fresh case from Jammu for the second day while all seven were from Kashmir Valley, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Non-Local Man shot at and injured in Pulwama

Non-Local Man shot at and injured in Pulwama

A Non-Local was shot at and injured by suspected militants in Yader area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama on Thrusday. A top police official told GNS that the militants fired upon the man, Immediately he was shifted to nearby hospital for treatment. The injured person has been identified as Sonu Sharma son of Banarsi Dar resident […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Atal Dulloo launches portal for verification of government works

Atal Dulloo launches portal for verification of government works

JAMMU, APRIL 7: Additional Chief Secretary, Finance, Atal Dulloo, today launched Physical Verification Portal (PVP) for physical verification of government works at Civil Secretariat here. The portal has been developed by the Directorate of Economics and Statistics in collaboration with National Informatics Centre for filling of online verification report in a structured and standardized format […]

 Crescent Kashmir

NIA Carries Raid At Several Locations In Kashmir

NIA Carries Raid At Several Locations In Kashmir

National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out raids at multiple locations in Kashmir Valley, officials said on Thursday. Official sources told GNS that NIA sleuths with the assistance of police and CRPF carried in Tangmarg area of Baramulla, parts of Srinagar including at Mustafabad Zainakote, Nowgam and Chanapora. They said that raids were mostly carried in […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Meeting of Farooq Abdullah with PM coincides with questioning of Omar Abdullah

Meeting of Farooq Abdullah with PM coincides with questioning of Omar Abdullah

  By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar Farooq Abdullah after the Parliament’s Budget session was over on Thursday met the Prime Minister and other leaders, but it coincided with the questioning of his son Omar Abdullah in a money laundering case of J&K Bank. Omar Abdullah was summoned by the ED office and his statement was […]

 Crescent Kashmir

2 civilians sustain bullet injuries in leg amid altercation with army in Handwara

2 civilians sustain bullet injuries in leg amid altercation with army in Handwara

Two civilians sustained bullet injuries in leg following an altercation between locals and army while later was making video of afternoon prayers in Handwara area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday. Eyewitnesses told NS that when the people were entering inside Masjid at Jamia Jadeed Main Chowk Handwara, army soldiers were making their video. […]