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 Crescent Kashmir

2 notorious drug peddlers arrested in Kupwara, contraband recovered

2 notorious drug peddlers arrested in Kupwara, contraband recovered

Police on Sunday claimed to have arrested two notorious drug peddlers and recovered contraband from them in north Kashmir district of Kupwara.   A police spokesperson said that a checkpoint was established at Vilgam, Handwara in Kupwara. “Police intercepted a vehicle at the checkpoint and during checking recovered 80 grams of charas,” he said.   […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Low intensity earthquake hits J&K

Low intensity earthquake hits J&K

A low intensity earthquake measuring 2.5 on Richter scale hit parts of Jammu and Kashmir in the wee hours on Sunday. An official said that the earthquake measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale occurred in J&K at around 0621 hours on Sunday. “Light tremors of the earthquake were felt in parts of south Kashmir, Reasi […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Lady injured in Awantipora road accident

Lady injured in Awantipora road accident

Srinagar: A lady was injured after she was hit by an unknown vehicle on National highway in Awantipora area of Pulwama district.   An official said that a lady namely Rashida Banoo of Wandakpora Pulwama was hit by an unknown vehicle on highway near Awantipora, leaving her severely injured.   He said the lady was […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Health Care workers move farm-places to vaccinate people at Pulwama

Health Care workers move farm-places to vaccinate people at Pulwama

PULWAMA, JUNE 5: In a significant move, health workers in Pulwama today visited various farm places to vaccinate the farmers working in fields, especially paddy fields in the district. The Deputy Commissioner Pulwama, Baseer ul Haq Chowdary in his tweet has hailed the efforts of the health department who mobilized their teams to reach people […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Director FCS&CA Jammu inspects Food stores, availability of food grains in Doda district

Director FCS&CA Jammu inspects Food stores, availability of food grains in Doda district

Seeks detailed project report for repair and renovation of food stores DODA, JUNE 05: Director, Department of Food Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Jammu, Dr. Naseem Javaid Chowdhary today toured Doda district and inspected the stock of food grains in  and inspected the stores. He visited food stores at Khellani, Ghat and Doda. While inspecting […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Adopt Shopian/ Ganderbal model to attain 100% vaccination: Div Com Kashmir to DCs

Adopt Shopian/ Ganderbal model to attain 100% vaccination: Div Com Kashmir to DCs

Appreciates district administration Shopian, Ganderbal for best performances  SRINAGAR, JUNE 5: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired a meeting regarding the   Covid-19 vaccination drive in Kashmir division at Divisional Covid-19 Control Room Kashmir. The meeting was also attended by Incharge and various senior level officers of Divisional Covid-19 Control Room Kashmir. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

“Maintaining healthy lifestyle, positive mindset can help cope with stress, anxiety issues’

“Maintaining healthy lifestyle, positive mindset can help cope with stress, anxiety issues’

DODA, JUNE 05: Handling mental stress and anxiety has thrown up another challenge in covid-19 times, which is generally attributed to less social/physical interactions among all age groups due to fear of infection and restrictions imposed to control its spread. Dr Zia Shoukat Mughal, Incharge Psychiatry Department, GMC Doda speaks about the problem and suggests […]

 Crescent Kashmir

JK reports 1448 fresh covid-19 cases

JK reports 1448 fresh covid-19 cases

Jammu and Kashmir reported 1448 fresh covid-19 cases, the lowest single day tally in almost 50 days, even as 25 more people succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Saturday. They said while 453 cases were reported in Jammu Division, 995 were from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 292360. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Administrative focus

Administrative focus

In the past few days the entire administrative focus has been how to achieve maximum vaccination within the timeline set by the government in Jammu and Kashmir. In this direction the new chief secretary of Jammu and Kashmir while presiding over different high level meetings has not only reviewed the stock position of vaccine but […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Power shutdown

Power shutdown

JAMMU, JUNE 04: In order to carry out various upgradation/repair works, the power supply to Janipur, Lakarmandi, Indra Nagar, Krishna Vihar and their adjoining areas shall remain affected on June 05, 07 and 09 from 07 am to 11 am. Similarly, the power supply to Surya Vihar, Anand Nagar and their adjoining areas shall remain […]