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 Crescent Kashmir

Mehbooba get relief

Mehbooba get relief

Former chief minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti recently got an interim stay issued by the Enforcement Directorate asking her to present herself before their office at New Delhi. According to the media reports while the court has given the date for the hearing they have also given a direction to the Enforcement Directorate not […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Bijbehara encounter: Two unidentified militants killed, search operation on

Bijbehara encounter: Two unidentified militants killed, search operation on

Anantnag: Two unidentified militants were killed in an encounter that raged between government forces and militants in Kandipora village of Bijbehara belt in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Thursday. A senior police officer told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two unidentified militants have been killed so far while as search operation is on […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Principal Secretary I&C holds interactions with various Industrial and Hotel Associations

Principal Secretary I&C holds interactions with various Industrial and Hotel Associations

JAMMU, MARCH 10: Principal Secretary, Industries and Commerce (I&C) Department, Ranjan Prakash Thakur today held series of interactions with various Industrial and Hotel Associations at Udyog Bhawan here in order to get an insight into the issues being faced by them. Rahul Sahai, Chairman PHDCCI-J&K, raised the issue of infrastructural bottlenecks like availability of Water […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

JK reports97 new positive cases, 124421 recovered so far JAMMU, MARCH 10: The Government on Wednesday informed that 97 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 16from Jammu division and 81 from Kashmir division, have been reported today, thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 127288.Also 03 COVID-19 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Gunfight breaks out in Anantnag

Gunfight breaks out in Anantnag

Encounter has started between militants and government forces in Kandipora area of Bejbhera in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday. Reports reaching GNS that a joint team of Police, Army’s 3RR and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in Kandipora. As the joint team of forces approached towards the suspected spot, the hiding militants […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Man’s body found buried under snow in south Kashmir

Man’s body found buried under snow in south Kashmir

An unidentified male dead body was recovered beneath snow in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday, officials said. They said that some locals spotted the body near Kapren village of Verinag area of the district and immediately informed the police about it. Soon a police team reached the spot and recovered the “decomposed” body, the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Major tragedy averted in Kashmir by police, says Vijay Kumar

Major tragedy averted in Kashmir by police, says Vijay Kumar

By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar: Kashmir Police chief on Wednesday said a major tragedy was averted in Awantipora where according to police, a Pulwama-type IED attack was planned by the militants. Giving details he said that the group was already under the watch of police and they were arrested on Wednesday. He said that Sahil […]

 Crescent Kashmir

DDC members to defer protests as LG Sinha to meet them on Friday

DDC members to defer protests as LG Sinha to meet them on Friday

By: Muzamil Bhat CK Srinagar After the protests, Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha has decided to meet the angry DDC members on Friday in order to redress their grievances which range from their pay to security. Responding to the meeting of LG Sinha newly-elected District Development Council (DDC) members on Wednesday called off their two-day long […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Killing of Al-Badr Chief a major jolt to militancy: IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar

Killing of Al-Badr Chief a major jolt to militancy: IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar

Srinagar: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar Wednesday said that the killing of Al-Badr chief Gani Khawja has caused a major jolt to militancy in north Kashmir as the slain militant commander was instrumental in recruiting youth into militancy and receiving new groups from across the LoC. The IGP Kashmir also said that […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Delhi High Court stays ED summons to Mehbooba Mufti

Delhi High Court stays ED summons to Mehbooba Mufti

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday gave an interim stay on summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate to former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, her counsel said. The matter came up for hearing before a division bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Hairam Bhambhani. The court asked the ED to not press for […]