Crescent Kashmir

Top Afghan TV network stays on-air despite fear of Taliban

Top Afghan TV network stays on-air despite fear of Taliban

As Taliban fighters entered Kabul on the evening of August 15, executives at Afghanistan’s biggest independent TV network had a tough decision to make: stay on-air or go dark. Tolo kept broadcasting, but like the rest of the country’s TV and radio stations, it now faces a tough and uncertain future under the Taliban, whose return has sent […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Farmers Continue Protest Outside Karnal Secretariat, Showdown Likely To Continue Until Demands Are Met

Farmers Continue Protest Outside Karnal Secretariat, Showdown Likely To Continue Until Demands Are Met

Farmers demanding legal action against IAS officer Ayush Sinha for giving police an official order for conducting lathicharge on peasants last month refused to back off and continued staging their protest outside the gates of the district headquarters on Wednesday. Following a futile conversation with the local administration, a huge number of farmers who were […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Mission Youth

Mission Youth

Under the Mission youth program the Jammu and Kashmir government is trying to give employment to those village youth who have immediate need to sustain their families. In order to provide new platforms to the youth, Lt Governor launched Mission Youth’s J&K Tourist Village Network. 75 villages known for historical, picturesque beauty and cultural significance […]

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J&K Reports 126 New Covid-19 Cases, No Death

J&K Reports 126 New Covid-19 Cases, No Death

Jammu & Kashmir reported 126 new novel coronavirus cases even as there was no death due to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Tuesday. 34 of the fresh cases were reported from Jammu Division and 92 from Kashmir Valley, taking the overall case tally to 326159. There was no death reported […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Day 2: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health & FW visits Pahalgam hospital

Day 2: Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health & FW visits Pahalgam hospital

Enquire availability of health & medical facilities at the health center; interacts with locals, patients PAHALGAM (ANANTNAG):  On the second day of its three-day study tour to Kashmir, 14-member Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare (FW) today visited Govt Civil Hospital Pahalgam to took stock of health care facilities being provided there for […]

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Power shutdown

Power shutdown

JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 07: Chief Engineer, (Distribution) JPDCL, Jammu has informed that  the power supply to Bishnah, Sarore, kotli, Deoli and adjoining areas shall remain affected on September 08 from 8 am to 12 noon. Similarly, the power supply to Pargwal, Channi Tanna, Rajpura, Bhalwal Bharat, DhalwalMiulu, Hamipurkona, BSF, Batera, Dabbin, Chorpur, Manyal, Dharmkhu, TirthTalab, GREF, […]

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Div Com Kashmir reviews physical progress of PMAY

Div Com Kashmir reviews physical progress of PMAY

SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 07: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today reviewed the physical status and progress made under Pradhan Mantri  Awas Yojana (PMAY) in all the ten districts of Kashmir Division, here. The meeting was attended by all the Deputy Commissioners through virtual mode while MD J&K Housing Board, Director Urban Local […]

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Deputations, individuals call on Advisor Baseer Khan at Civil Secretariat

Deputations, individuals call on Advisor Baseer Khan at Civil Secretariat

  SRINAGAR, SEPTEMBER 07: Several deputations and individuals today called on Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan at Civil Secretariat here and apprised him of their grievances and demands. The delegations raised various issues of public importance of their respective localities and sought the intervention of the Advisor in this regard. A delegation of […]

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Online portal launched for Kashmir Migrants regarding their properties in valley

Online portal launched for Kashmir Migrants regarding their properties in valley

By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar After a lot of complaints by some Kashmiri Pandits to the Raj Bhawan that their immovable properties have been forcibly taken away by the residents of Kashmir while they migrated to Jammu, LG Manoj Sinha has launched an online redressal mechanism for them. The government has said that all those […]

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Stop worrying about team selection and other nonsense: ABD to fans after India’s Oval win

Stop worrying about team selection and other nonsense: ABD to fans after India’s Oval win

Former South Africa captain AB de Villiers has urged spectators to forget about “team selection and other nonsense” and appreciate the game in its purest form after premier India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin was controversially excluded for the fourth consecutive Test against England. As India continued to persist with the four seamers and a specialist spinner […]