Crescent Kashmir

One militant killed in Srinagar gunfight, ops on

One militant killed in Srinagar gunfight, ops on

One unidentified militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight that raged between forces and militants in Maloora area of Parimpora on Monday afternoon, police said. According to a local news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), official sources said that an unidentified militant, whose identification is being ascertained, was killed in an ongoing gunfight. They said […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Two sisters slipped from Nallah while taking selfies, one die another critical

Two sisters slipped from Nallah while taking selfies, one die another critical

Two sisters from Uttar Pradesh fell from a height while taking selfies at Doodhpathri picnic spot in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Official sources told news agency Kashmir News Trust that two tourist girls (sisters) from Uttar Pradesh slipped while taking selfies at Nallah Shaliganga in Doodhpathri picnic spot. Both were shifted to Sub-District Hospital Khansahab […]

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Gunfight rages in Parimpora

Gunfight rages in Parimpora

A fierce Gunfight is underway between militants and government forces in Maloora area of Parimpora in Central Kashmir’s Srinagar district on Monday. Reports reaching GNS that a joint team of Police and Army launched a cordon and search operation in Maloora Parimpora . As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the […]

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Twitter website displays distorted map of India; J&K, Ladakh shown as separate country

Twitter website displays distorted map of India; J&K, Ladakh shown as separate country

Amid a stand-off with the Indian government over compliance with new IT rules, the Twitter website is displaying a wrong map of India, showing Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as a separate country. The glaring distortion appears on the career section of Twitter website under the header ”Tweep Life”. This is the second time Twitter […]

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Top gun Djokovic chases another milestone at Wimbledon

Top gun Djokovic chases another milestone at Wimbledon

LONDON: Novak Djokovic targets a record-equalling 20th major and sixth Wimbledon title from Monday which will edge him tantalisingly closer to becoming only the third man in history to complete a calendar Grand Slam. The world number one has already won a ninth Australian Open and second French Open this season. That has put him […]

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Seven killed, 50 injured in Dhaka blast

Seven killed, 50 injured in Dhaka blast

DHAKA: Seven people were killed and more than 50 injured in an explosion in the Bangladeshi capital late on Sunday. The cause of the blast, which occurred on the ground floor of a three-storey building on a busy street in Dhaka’s Moghbazar area, was not immediately known. “We have information so far that seven people […]

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Covid Delta Plus Variant: Be Cautious, But Don’t Panic, Say Doctors

Covid Delta Plus Variant: Be Cautious, But Don’t Panic, Say Doctors

Dr Raman Gangakhedkar, former ICMR chief, has said that the delta-plus variant of coronavirus is highly infectious but there is no need to panic. As per the ICMR data, over 70 per cent of people have managed to develop immunity against Covid-19, however, the country appears to be heading towards herd immunity but the Delta-plus […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Omar speaks

Omar speaks

Post all party meeting held recently at New Delhi most of the Jammu and Kashmir leaders especially the former chief ministers have been speaking to different media channels and newspapers about their feelings. In this direction former chief minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah has been speaking to the press and has said that […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Enforcement teams recover Rs 65,000 fine from violators in Ramban   

Enforcement teams recover Rs 65,000 fine from violators in Ramban   

1181 vaccinated, 777 samples collected    RAMBAN, June 27: Continuing the drive to implement Covid protocol across the district Ramban, the Enforcement teams today fined scores of violators for roaming without wearing face masks and not maintaining physical distance. The enforcement teams, during the inspection in their respective jurisdictions, recovered a fine of Rs  65000 taking […]

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Justice Magrey, Justice Kumar inaugurate Legal Aid Clinic in Gulpur village on last day of 2 day visit to Poonch district

Justice Magrey, Justice Kumar inaugurate Legal Aid Clinic in Gulpur village on last day of 2 day visit to Poonch district

POONCH, JUNE 27:   Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey (Judge High Court of J&K, Executive Chairman J&K Legal Services Authority and Chairperson IT Committee) and Justice Sanjeev Kumar (Administrative Judge for District Poonch) inaugurated a Legal Aid clinic in the border village Gulpur on the last leg of their 2-day visit to this border district. District & […]