Crescent Kashmir

Lt Governor interacts with citizens; addresses their grievances

Lt Governor interacts with citizens; addresses their grievances

Directs for quick action on the complaints in a time bound manner with greater transparency When it comes to handling complaints, grievances and delivering public services, the officers need to act as professional service provider: LG Listening to one another is strongest pillar on which good governance rests: LG Sinha Listen to people, keep them […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Revision of rolls

Revision of rolls

Recently State Election Commission (SEC) has notified the dates for updation of Panchayat Electoral Roll-2024 in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir. According to the revision schedule issued by the Commission, the publication of draft Panchayat Electoral Roll will start from 15th January 2024. Besides, 1st January 2024 has been kept as qualifying date for […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Avalanche Warning Issued In Jammu And Kashmir’s Ganderbal

Avalanche Warning Issued In Jammu And Kashmir’s Ganderbal

SRINAGAR, Jan 30: The authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Tuesday issued an avalanche warning in the wake of snowfall in the higher reaches of the valley, officials said. A low-danger level avalanche warning was issued to the people of the central Kashmir district, they said. “Avalanche with low-danger level is likely to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan, former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Quresh sentenced to 10 years in prison in cipher case

Pakistan ex-PM Imran Khan, former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Quresh sentenced to 10 years in prison in cipher case

Islamabad: Former prime minister Imran Khan and former foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi were on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years each in prison in the cipher case. The decision was announced by special court Judge Abul Hasnat Zulqarnain during the hearing of the case held at the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi. Khan’s party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Union Budget 2024: India likely to register 7% economic growth in FY25

Union Budget 2024: India likely to register 7% economic growth in FY25

New Delhi: India expects its economy to grow around 7% in the next fiscal year despite new geopolitical risks emerging from the Red Sea crisis that could affect global inflation and economic output. In the government’s latest economic review on Monday, Chief Economic Adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran’s team said India’s growth will outpace the global […]

 Crescent Kashmir

3.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Leh, Ladakh

3.4 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Leh, Ladakh

SRINAGAR: An earthquake of magnitude 3.4 on the Richter scale was recorded in Leh, Ladakh, on Tuesday morning, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said.   According to the NCS, tremors were felt at 05:39:56 Indian Standard Time (IST). The depth of the quake was recorded at 5 km. AGENCIES

 Crescent Kashmir

Jordan score twice in injury time to surge into Asian Cup quarters

Jordan score twice in injury time to surge into Asian Cup quarters

DOHA: Jordan will meet Tajikistan in the Asian Cup quarter-finals after two stoppage-time goals secured a 3-2 win over Iraq, who had striker and tournament top scorer Aymen Hussein sent off late on for his goal celebrations on Monday. Jordan had a man advantage after the 77th-minute dismissal of Hussein but looked down and out […]

 Crescent Kashmir

No rest for Gaza dead with swift burials

No rest for Gaza dead with swift burials

GAZA STRIP: Even the dead are not spared by the Israeli invaders in Gaza, with bodies dug up by troops and hurried burials happening in hospitals and even a school. In Gaza City’s Al-Tuffah district, shrouded corpses of Palestinians torn from their graves lay atop muddied earth. Israel’s military had bulldozed the site and exhumed […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Explosives found on Jammu-Pathankot highway, bomb squad called in

Explosives found on Jammu-Pathankot highway, bomb squad called in

Jammu: The security forces on Tuesday found explosives near a bridge on Jammu-Pathankot national highway, while traffic has been diverted on the route as a precautionary measure, officials said. An official said, that the explosives were found near a bridge in Sherpur area on the national highway. He said that police and security forces have […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Night Temp Records Drop But Stays Above Normal In J&K

Night Temp Records Drop But Stays Above Normal In J&K

Srinagar: Night temperature recorded a drop but stayed above normal on Tuesday, marking the start of 20-day-long period ‘Chillai-Khurd’.A meteorological department official said in the last 24 hours till 0830, Gulmarg received 3.5cms of snow while Kupwara received 3.3mm of rain. Regarding temperature, he said, Srinagar recorded a low of o.8°C against 3.6°C on previous […]