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Mughal Road opens after 3 days closure due to snowfall

Mughal Road opens after 3 days closure due to snowfall

Mughal road was on Tuesday thrown open for load carriers with fresh fruits, three days after the thoroughfare, connecting Shopian with Poonch, was closed after snowfall in the region. AEE Mughal Road Layqat Choudhary confirmed the snow clearance along the thoroughfare. DySP Traffic Rajouri-Poonch Zabir Mirza told GNS that the load carriers were allowed to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

“We aren’t a ‘gang’”: J-K unionists to Amit Shah

“We aren’t a ‘gang’”: J-K unionists to Amit Shah

After Union Home Minister, Amit Shah, lashed out at People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of unionists fighting for the restoration of pre-August 2019 status of Jammu and Kashmir, for wanting “foreign forces to intervene in [J-k]”, the former chief ministers have reacted scathingly. Mehbooba Mufti, who also heads People’s Democratic Party, said […]

 Crescent Kashmir

“No links with militancy”: Families of Kashmiri youth arrested in Delhi reject charges

“No links with militancy”: Families of Kashmiri youth arrested in Delhi reject charges

Srinagar: The family members of two Kashmiri youth arrested in Delhi on Tuesday rejected the charges levelled against the duo stating that their sons have no links with militancy and are innocent. The families of two youth also petitioned Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and DGP J-K Dilbagh Singh besides other officials of police while seeking […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Gupkar Gang is going global, they want foreign forces to intervene in J-K: Amit Shah

Gupkar Gang is going global, they want foreign forces to intervene in J-K: Amit Shah

Srinagar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Tuesday hit out at the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration saying that the alliance is “taking Jammu and Kashmir back to the era of terror and turmoil.” Mr. Shah in a series of tweets attacked the Congress for joining hands with the alliance, “The Gupkar Gang is going global! […]

 Crescent Kashmir

PDP in crisis

PDP in crisis

PDP has faced a lot of crisis after it parted ways with BJP in the government. When BJP pulled the rug, they started doing their best to see Mehbooba Mufti alone in the political arena of Kashmir. After sometime, many PDP leaders and lawmakers left the party and formed a new political party known as […]

 Crescent Kashmir

2 suspected JeM militants from north Kashmir held in New Delhi

2 suspected JeM militants from north Kashmir held in New Delhi

New Delhi: The Delhi Police’s Special Cell has arrested two suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants from Sarai Kale Khan area in southeast Delhi, officials said on Tuesday. Abdul Latif Mir (22), a resident of Doru village in Baramulla district and Mohammad Ashraf Khatana (20), a resident of Hat Mulla village in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

President KCC&I execrates Jal shakti, PDD for water, electricity crisis in Malsahi Bagh

President KCC&I execrates Jal shakti, PDD for water, electricity crisis in Malsahi Bagh

Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry president, Sheikh Ashiq execrated Jal shakti and power development department for water and electricity crisis in Malsahi Bagh locality of summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir. He said that he is among those 2 lac people of Malsahi Bagh area of Srinagar who are not getting water on regular […]

 Crescent Kashmir

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 8,92,296 stranded JK residents; 7,52,004 via Lakhanpur, 1, 40,292 through special trains

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 8,92,296 stranded JK residents; 7,52,004 via Lakhanpur, 1, 40,292 through special trains

JAMMU, NOVEMBER 16: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 8,92,296 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Director SKIMS calls on Lt Governor

Director SKIMS calls on Lt Governor

SRINAGAR, NOVEMBER 16: Director SKIMS, Prof. A. G Ahangar today called on Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha here at Raj Bhavan. The Lt Governor held a detailed discussion with the Director SKIMS and enquired about functioning of the Institution and healthcare facilities being provided to the patients. He also sought update regarding management of Covid-19 at SKIMS. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Avalanche warning issued in Kashmir Valley’s four districts

Avalanche warning issued in Kashmir Valley’s four districts

Authorities in Kashmir issued an avalanche warning in four districts of the valley on Monday as the higher reaches of the Union Territory received moderate to heavy snowfall, while the plains were lashed by rains, reported Press Trust of India. The avalanche warning has been issued in Kupwara, Bandipora, and Baramulla districts of north Kashmir, […]