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DAK says during the winter months risk of heart attacks in Kashmir multiply

DAK says during the winter months risk of heart attacks in Kashmir multiply

Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Tuesday said the number of heart attack and stroke patients at Kashmir hospitals doubles in winter “There is increase in number of deaths from heart attacks and strokes during winter months,” said DAK President and influenza expert Dr Nisar ul Hassan. “Not only elderly people, but young and healthy individuals […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Farooq Abdullah not a beneficiary of Roshni Act, news attributed to sources spread with malicious intent: NC

Farooq Abdullah not a beneficiary of Roshni Act, news attributed to sources spread with malicious intent: NC

The National Conference on Tuesday said that the party president Farooq Abdullah was not a beneficiary of the Roshni Act and that the news in the media suggesting so was completely false. “The news attributing to sources that Dr Farooq Abdullah is a beneficiary of the Roshni Act is completely false and is being spread […]

 Crescent Kashmir

ACB files chargesheet against Ex-CEO Jammu, 34 beneficiaries

ACB files chargesheet against Ex-CEO Jammu, 34 beneficiaries

Srinagar: Anti-Corruption Bureau on Tuesday said to have filed a charge sheet against a former Chief Education Officer Jammu, several other officials and 34 beneficiaries in connection with the “illegal” selections of Class-IV employees in Education Department in Jammu in 2014. The ACB said that it presented chargesheet in case (FIR No. 30/2014) U/S 5 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

2 killed in Ramban accident

2 killed in Ramban accident

Jammu: A day after a vehicle rolled down into river Chenab in Ramban district, the police on Tuesday said that two persons onboard it have been killed and efforts are ongoing to retrieve their bodies from the vehicle. The vehicle Mahindra Bolero plunged into the fast-flowing water body last night near Mehar area along the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

LEVEL PLAYING FIELD

Despite Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha recently assured all the candidates taking part in the coming local election in Jammu and Kashmir that they will get equal treatment from the government, PAGD has continued to pinpoint how their candidates were not being allowed to meet the people and canvas for the elections while as the BJP […]

 Crescent Kashmir

“Solution of Kashmir issue lies with India, everything else is a lie”: Altaf Bukhari

“Solution of Kashmir issue lies with India, everything else is a lie”: Altaf Bukhari

President of Apni Party, Syed Altaf Bukhari, on Monday said that his party is not against the newly formed People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), but the lies alliance is spreading. While addressing party workers, Bukhari said, “The solution to Kashmir issue lies only with India and its leadership including Prime Minister and Home Minister. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

NC will go to any extent to bring back Article 370: Akbar Lone

NC will go to any extent to bring back Article 370: Akbar Lone

Senior National Conference leader and incumbent Member Parliament (MP) Muhammad Akbar Lone on Monday said that they would go to any extent to bring back Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. Lone, who is also National Conference senior leader and former legislator from Sonawari constituency of Bandipora, said that if they come to power they […]

 Crescent Kashmir

NIA questions PDP leader in Delhi in suspended DySP case

NIA questions PDP leader in Delhi in suspended DySP case

National Investigation Agency (NIA) Monday questioned the PDP’s youth leader Waheed ur Rehman Para in connection with the Deputy Superintendent of Police, Davinder Singh, and Hizbul Mujahideen commander Naveed Babu’s arrest case, in New Delhi. Para will be questioned for the second consecutive day tomorrow as well. A top NIA official told a local news […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Abdullahs’ household staffer tests COVID-19 positive; Omar, Farooq to self isolate for another week

Abdullahs’ household staffer tests COVID-19 positive; Omar, Farooq to self isolate for another week

Srinagar: A staffer at the Srinagar residence of National Conference Vice President, Omar Abdullah has tested postive for COVID-19, six days after Omar isolated self along with father Farooq Abdullah upon coming in contact with a suspected disease carrier. The Abdullahs have extended their period of self isolation by another week and will get themselves […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Infiltration Bid Foiled In Samba, One Killed

Infiltration Bid Foiled In Samba, One Killed

SRINAGAR: Border Security Forces on Monday shot dead a person who was allegedly trying to infiltrate the border along with Samba sector of Jammu region. SSP Samba Rajesh Sharma told news agency GNS 48 battalion of BSF foiled the infiltration bid along with the Samba sector. “Whether he is militant or a civilian was not immediately known. […]