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 Crescent Kashmir

Three CRPF men injured in Grenade Attack in Tawheed Chowk Daderhama Ganderbal

Three CRPF men injured in Grenade Attack in Tawheed Chowk Daderhama Ganderbal

At least three Central Reserve Police Force personnel were injured in a grenade attack, hurled by unknown militants at Tawheed Chowk Daderhama in District Ganderbal. Soon after the incident, the area was sealed off and a search operation was launched to nab the attackers. “The grenade was lobbed at CRPF Bunker 115 Bn G-coy deployed […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Srinagar freezes at minus 5.0°C, dry weather to continue till 27 Dec evening

Srinagar freezes at minus 5.0°C, dry weather to continue till 27 Dec evening

After slight improvement in temperatures from past few days, night temperature dropped in many parts of Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmir weather, an independent weather forecaster, said minimum temperature settled at minus 5.0 degrees Celsius in Srinagar — 0.2 degrees up from minus 5.2 degree Celsius the previous night. The ski-resort of Gulmarg in north Kashmir recorded a […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Army chief arrives in Leh, visits forward areas, reviews security situation

Army chief arrives in Leh, visits forward areas, reviews security situation

Amid the long haul of the Indian army in Eastern Ladakh, the Army chief General MM Naravane Wednesday arrived in Leh and visited the forward areas and interacted with the commanders and other ranks of officials. The situation in eastern Ladakh worsened after the armies of India and China entered into the confrontation a couple […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Six arrested on charges of grenade throwing and pasting election boycott posters

Six arrested on charges of grenade throwing and pasting election boycott posters

Srinagar: Six persons have been arrested on charges of throwing grenades and for pasting “threat posters of election boycott” in Tral and Sangam areas in south Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. “Police along with 42RR and 180 BN CRPF busted a (militant) associate network of Jaish-e-Mohammad involved in grenade lobbing incidents in Tral Pulwama and […]

 Crescent Kashmir

DDC poll results’ people’s verdict against decisions taken on August 5, 2019: Mehbooba

DDC poll results’ people’s verdict against decisions taken on August 5, 2019: Mehbooba

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti said despite barring constituents of PAGD from free poll campaigning ahead of DDC polls across J&K by New Delhi and J&K Governments, the verdict made it clear that people of Jammu and Kashmir outrightly rejected the “unconstitutional” decisions taken on August 5, 2019. Mehbooba Mufti who is also […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Subordinate courts in Kashmir, Ladakh, parts of Jammu to observe winter vacations from January 1

Subordinate courts in Kashmir, Ladakh, parts of Jammu to observe winter vacations from January 1

The High Court on Wednesday notified the dates for winter vacations in the subordinate courts of Kashmir division and the courts located in Kishtwar, Batote, Gool, Banihal, Bhaderwah, Ramban, Ukhral and Bani in Jammu Division. According to a notice issued by the High Court, these vacations shall start from 01-January-2021 and will end on 15-January-2021. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Chain of vaccination

Chain of vaccination

Government of Jammu and Kashmir has been making all the arrangements for the distribution of covid vaccines to different places so that there is no crisis in the field. Lot of high level meetings have been held in the recent past in order to streamline the process and to keep administration ready for the vaccine […]

 Crescent Kashmir

NC faced grenades and bullets but kept party flag high, it’s not easy to bury us: Omar

NC faced grenades and bullets but kept party flag high, it’s not easy to bury us: Omar

Srinagar: National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah, on Wednesday, said that the District Development Council (DDC) poll verdict is loud and clear that the 5 August 2019 decision of the Centre about scrapping of Article 370 was not acceptable to people of J-K, and world community can’t be befooled anymore that people of J-K support […]

 Crescent Kashmir

SPO goes missing along with rifle in Kulgam

SPO goes missing along with rifle in Kulgam

Srinagar: A Special Police Officer (SPO) has gone missing in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, officials said on Wednesday. A top police officer while confirming the incident said that the SPO, Zakir Hussain Malik (Belt no.967A) son of Mohammad Skinder Malik of Ahgar Yarpora Kulgam, is missing along with AK-47 rifle from Tuesday (December 22). “We […]

 Crescent Kashmir

DDC Elections J&K

DDC Elections J&K

BJP: 74 (Won 68, lead 06) NC: 71 (Won 55, Lead 16) PDP: 26 (Won 24, Lead 02) Congress: 26 ( Won 20, Lead 06) JKAP: WON 11 PC: 09 ( won 06, Lead 03) CPI(M): Won 5