Crescent Kashmir

 Gigantic fossil site discovered in Aharbal area

 Gigantic fossil site discovered in Aharbal area

By: Wani Parvaiz CK Srinagar Near the Aharbal waterfall, a gigantic fossil site has been discovered by two lecturers according to their claim in the media. They have said that they were scouting for fossil samples near world famous Aharbal waterfall in South Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Aharbal area has the signs of ancient civilization as […]

 Crescent Kashmir

NC appoints office bearers, Munazir Yaseen appointed District Secretary Youth Wing

NC appoints office bearers, Munazir Yaseen appointed District Secretary Youth Wing

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah approved the appointments of several office-bearers for Youth National Conference (YNC) and made Muntazir Yaseen District Secretary Srinagar. Muntazir Yaseen is the resident of Abi Guzar Srinagar. A National Conference leader said that competent authority of the party unanimously appoint office bearers with the approval of Farooq Abdullah for key […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Ladakh on the path of confrontation, central government offer talks

Ladakh on the path of confrontation, central government offer talks

By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar Central government is trying to hammer out a mutually acceptable formula to both Leh and Kargil for the future course of action as the two apex bodies in Leh and Kargil had given a bandh for Saturday. These two bodies in Leh and Kargil have been waiting for the central […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Guns fall silent for now in Panjshir as talks with Taliban begin

Guns fall silent for now in Panjshir as talks with Taliban begin

For the last 24 hours guns are silent in the famed Panjshir valley as negotiations between the Northern Alliance, the flagbearer of armed resistance, and the Taliban, the new rulers of Afghanistan, begin. According to news emerging from Panjshir, both the groups had their first direct talks on Wednesday and Thursday, which, so far, have […]

 Crescent Kashmir

2 UK nationals among dead in Kabul airport attack: Foreign Secy

2 UK nationals among dead in Kabul airport attack: Foreign Secy

Two Britons and a child of another UK national were killed in the twin bombings at the Kabul airport, Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said. “I was deeply saddened to learn that two British nationals and the child of another British national were killed by yesterday’s terror attack, with two more injured,” Raab said in a […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Three persons including two women injured in bear attack

Three persons including two women injured in bear attack

Three persons including two women were injured after a bear attacked them Ananwan Kralgund village of North Kashmir’s Handwara town. Eyewitnesses told news agency Kashmir News Trust that three family members were busy working in their kitchen garden when a bear suddenly emerged and attacked them. The bear fled away after locals pelted stones and […]

 Crescent Kashmir

BoG meeting to elect PCB chairman on Sept 13

BoG meeting to elect PCB chairman on Sept 13

LAHORE: Election commissioner of the Pakistan Cricket Board retired Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed on Friday called a special meeting of the Board of Governors on Sept 13 here to elect the 36th PCB chairman, most likely to be Ramiz Raja. The election commissioner made the decision in his first meeting at the Gaddafi Stadium during […]

 Crescent Kashmir

100 kidnapped Nigerian children reunited with parents

100 kidnapped Nigerian children reunited with parents

MINNA: Nearly 100 Nigerian schoolchildren kidnapped from an Islamic seminary three months ago were reunited with their parents on Friday after their gunmen captors freed them from forest hideouts. The May 30 Tegina seminary abduction in northwest Niger State was one of the longest-running mass kidnappings at a Nigerian school since December when criminal gangs […]

 Crescent Kashmir

COVID-19 Vaccination, Ration Distribution To Continue In Schools Alongside Classes: Kejriwal

COVID-19 Vaccination, Ration Distribution To Continue In Schools Alongside Classes: Kejriwal

The Delhi government on Saturday said schools would be continuing as ration distribution and COVID-19 vaccination centres, despite reopening of the schools for classes 9 to 12 from September 1. “There are plenty of classrooms and no dearth of space. Vaccination and ration distribution will continue in schools where it is underway,” said Delhi Chief […]

 Crescent Kashmir

DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS

DEVELOPMENT DYNAMICS

The focus of the government in Jammu and Kashmir is to have all round development in every sector and the government is keen to complete the infrastructure development projects within the timelines set by the authorities. In a recent International Symposium on “Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh: Development Dynamics and Future Trajectories” Lt.  Governor Manoj Sinha […]