Crescent Kashmir

Union MoS for W&CD and AYUSH visits Baramulla, Interacts with PRI’s

Union MoS for W&CD and AYUSH visits Baramulla, Interacts with PRI’s

BARAMULLA, OCTOBER 21: As part of the Union Government’s public outreach programme, Union Minister of State, Ministry of Women and Child Development and Ayush, Dr. Munjpara Mahendrabhai visited Baramulla district today. The Minister presided over a Seminar on Regimental Therapies in Modern Perspective which was organised by Health and Medical Education Department, Directorate of Ayush, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Dir. Agri. Kmr inaugurates sale of Vegetable seedlings at Kitchen Garden, Lal Mandi

Dir. Agri. Kmr inaugurates sale of Vegetable seedlings at Kitchen Garden, Lal Mandi

SRINAGAR, OCTOBER 21: The Director Agriculture Kashmir, Chowdhary Mohammad Iqbal today inaugurated the distribution of Onion Vegetable seedlings at Kitchen Garden Lal Mandi. While interacting with the vegetable growers and kitchen garden lovers, the Director said the Department is committed to provide quality seedling material to the vegetable growers so that they could use the land […]

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IGP Kashmir clears about internet snapping and seizing of bikes

IGP Kashmir clears about internet snapping and seizing of bikes

By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar While even the political parties have reacted to the seizing of two wheelers across Kashmir valley in the past two days, the IGP Kashmir has responded and said that due to the militancy related incidents some internet towers were snapped and the seizing of bikes has nothing to do with […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Won’t allow disruption of peace; damage to communal fabric of J&K at any cost: DGP Dilbagh Singh

Won’t allow disruption of peace; damage to communal fabric of J&K at any cost: DGP Dilbagh Singh

Srinagar: Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Thursday said that killing of civilians and minority community members in J&K was a move to disrupt peace and to trigger a communal fissure in UT ‘but police and security forces will foil all such plans and won’t allow militants to succeed.” Addressing the police commemoration day […]

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Won’t rest till militancy is rooted out from J-K: LG Sinha

Won’t rest till militancy is rooted out from J-K: LG Sinha

Jammu and Kashmir’s Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that those involved in the killing of innocent civilians and members of minority community will have to pay the heavy price for their “inhuman acts” and that the govermment forces along with the administration won’t rest till militancy is eradicated from J-K soil. In a veiled […]

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Jammu and Kashmir adopts Kalij Pheasant as UT bird

Jammu and Kashmir adopts Kalij Pheasant as UT bird

The administration of Jammu and Kashmir has adopted Kalij Pheasant as UT bird. Talking to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), commissioner secretary, Forests, Environment and Ecology, Sanjeev Verma confirmed that Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos) has been adopted as UT bird. “J-K had to adopt new bird as UT bird because black-necked cranes are only found in […]

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Barring Srinagar And Gulmarg, Night Temp Dip In Kashmir

Barring Srinagar And Gulmarg, Night Temp Dip In Kashmir

Srinagar: Night temperature fell slightly across Kashmir Valley except for Srinagar and Gulmarg, officials said on Thursday.   Srinagar recorded minimum temperature of 7.2°C against 6.3°C on previous night, an official of the local MeT office said .   Qazigund, the gateway town of Kashmir, recorded a low of 6.4°C against previous night’s 6.8°C, the […]

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Petrol, diesel prices hit all-time high after fresh hike today

Petrol, diesel prices hit all-time high after fresh hike today

Prices of petrol and diesel were hiked again on Thursday. While petrol and diesel prices were raised by 35 paise and will be sold at Rs 106.54 per litre and Rs 95.27 per litre, respectively, in Delhi today, retailers will have to shell out Rs 112.44 for a litre of petrol and Rs 103.26 for a […]

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Morgan ready to drop himself in bid for T20 glory

Morgan ready to drop himself in bid for T20 glory

DUBAI: England captain Eoin Morgan has said he would be prepared to drop himself at the T20 World Cup if he cannot turn around his poor form. The 35-year-old left-hander has scored a mere 82 runs in seven Twenty20 International innings for England this year. And he only managed 133 runs at an average of […]

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South Korea test-launches 1st domestically made space rocket

South Korea test-launches 1st domestically made space rocket

South Korea test launched its first domestically produced space rocket on Thursday in what officials describe as an important step in the country’s pursuit of a satellite launch programme. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the three-stage Nuri rocket succeeded in delivering a dummy payload – a 1.5-ton block of stainless steel and aluminum – into […]