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 Crescent Kashmir

People carry pregnant lady on shoulders, horse through knee-deep snow in Kupwara

People carry pregnant lady on shoulders, horse through knee-deep snow in Kupwara

Kupwara: Villagers in Budnamal area of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district were “forced” to carry a pregnant woman on their shoulders to some distance and then on horse to the hospital in knee-deep snow on Saturday. Reports reaching GNS that several villagers shouldered the woman in a cot due to closure of roads for vehicular traffic […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Rejuvenation of rivers

Rejuvenation of rivers

Central government is very keen to implement the rejuvenation of rivers in Jammu and Kashmir including Chenab, Jhelum and Ravi. The J & K government on the instructions of the centre recently held a meeting on Detailed Project Reports regarding rejuvenation of Chenab, Jhelum and Ravi rivers prepared by Himalayan Forest Research Institute (HFRI). An […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Jammu-Srinagar highway closed amid snowfall, landslides

Jammu-Srinagar highway closed amid snowfall, landslides

Srinagar: Jammu-Srinagar highway, the only surface link connecting Kashmir Valley with the rest of the world, was closed amid continuous snowfall at number of places on along the 270-km stretch, officials said on Saturday. They said that around 3-feet of fresh snow has accumulated on either side of Jawahar Tunnel since yesterday evening. An official […]

 Crescent Kashmir

JKSSB successfully culminates Shorthand test of Kashmir based candidates

JKSSB successfully culminates Shorthand test of Kashmir based candidates

SRINAGAR, JANUARY 07: The Jammu and Kashmir Services Selection Board (JKSSB) today successfully culminated the Shorthand Test (Dictation & Transcription) of Kashmir based candidates for the posts of Jr. Scale Stenographer, Personal Assistant and Steno Typist who had recently qualified the type test/skill test. The Shorthand Test was conducted in multiple batches at NIELIT Campus, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19

JK reports 542 new positive cases, 336284 recovered, 1,91,79,263Covid doses administered so far SRINAGAR,JANUARY 07: The  Government today informed that 542 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 288 from Jammu division and 254 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

DC Kupwara chairs DRA meeting

DC Kupwara chairs DRA meeting

Stresses for safeguarding interest of all stakeholders KUPWARA, JANUARY 07: The District Registration Authority (DRA) for Registration of Clinical Establishments met here under the chairmanship of Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara, Imam Din to review the progress of registration of clinical establishments in the district. Addressing the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner said that the health sector is […]

 Crescent Kashmir

10 militants killed in four gunfights in first week of January in Kashmir

10 militants killed in four gunfights in first week of January in Kashmir

Three Jaish-e-Muhammad militants were killed in an overnight gunfight that had raged in Central Kashmir’s Budgam village on late Thursday night. The militants were trapped in Zolwa Chadoora village of Budgam district. The operation had been suspended for the night. Police said that three militants were neutralized on Friday morning while incriminating material and AK-56 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Kashmiris as a single ethnic group should resist all central laws says Mehbooba

Kashmiris as a single ethnic group should resist all central laws says Mehbooba

By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar Former Chief Minister and PDP President Mehbooba Mufti on Friday said that people of Jammu and Kashmir is a single unit and should resist all the central laws being thrust on them in the recent past which includes giving the fresh sanction to army to use the land at Gulmarg […]

 Crescent Kashmir

03 JeM militants killed in Overnight Chadoora Gunfight

03 JeM militants killed in Overnight Chadoora Gunfight

Waseem resident of Srinagar among slain militants, only one active Srinagar city resident militant left, 03 AK 56 rifles recovered: IGP Kashmir Srinagar, January 07: Inspector General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar on Friday said that after killing of Waseem a resident of Srinagar city in Chadoora Gunfight, there is only one Srinagar city resident […]

 Crescent Kashmir

BREAKING: Central Kashmir: Encounter breaks out in Chadoora Budgam

BREAKING: Central Kashmir: Encounter breaks out in Chadoora Budgam

A Gunfight has started between militants and government forces in Zaloowa area of Chadoora in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday. Reports reaching GNS that a joint team of Police and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Chadoora. As the joint team of forces encircled the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon […]