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Lockdown to be re-imposed in Sgr areas from Monday: DC Sgr

Lockdown to be re-imposed in Sgr areas from Monday: DC Sgr

All departments put on high alert, all Lockdown to be re-imposed in Sgr areas from Monday: DC Sgr cancelled, no entry, exit without movement pass from red zones, massive fine, legal action to be initiated against violators, CMO asked to direct all BMOs, ZMOs to depute medical staff by order for respective red zones Srinagar, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

COVID-19: Kashmir records four more deaths, J-K toll reaches 175

COVID-19: Kashmir records four more deaths, J-K toll reaches 175

A 55-year-old woman, who had tested positive for COVID-19, from Ganderbal district died at a hospital in Srinagar on Sunday, taking the fatality count due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 175. Earlier in the day, three more people died due to the coronavirus at Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Srinagar. “The […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Sopore gunfight: One militant killed, operation on

Sopore gunfight: One militant killed, operation on

One militant was killed in an ongoing gunfight that raged between the government forces and militants in Gulshan Abad Reban village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). Unnamed official sources told that a gunfight broke out between militants and government forces after contingents of Army’s […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Gunfight starts in north Kashmir’s Sopore

Gunfight starts in north Kashmir’s Sopore

Srinagar: A gunfight breaks out between militants and government forces in Reban area of north Kashmir’s Sopore on Sunday. According to the reports reaching GNS, a joint team of Police, Army’s 22 RR and CRPF launched a cordon-and-search-operation in Reban. As the joint team encircled the suspected spot, the hiding militants fired upon them. The […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Amid media protests, govt says open to views

Amid media protests, govt says open to views

Srinagar: Breaking the silence against the new media policy 2020 of the government, journalists in Srinagar held protests on the streets recently, asking for its rollback. The UT administration has officially remained silent on the issue even after the protest on Monday by Kashmir-based journalists and local editors who described the current policy as crippling journalism […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)

Bulletin on Novel CoronaVirus (COVID-19)

JK reports 268 new positive cases, 5895 recovered so far JAMMU, JULY 11: The Government on Friday informed that 268 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 87 from Jammu division and 181 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 10156. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Advisor Bhatnagar chairs COVID-19 review meet

Advisor Bhatnagar chairs COVID-19 review meet

Asks for aggressive testing of co-morbid persons, pregnant ladies, red zone areas SRINAGAR, JULY 11:  Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, today emphasized the need of aggressive testing of co-morbid persons, red zone areas besides strict enforcement of restrictions in containment zones to contain the spread of COVID-19 virus in Jammu and Kashmir. Advisor, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Covid-19: 20 discharged, after recovery from SKIMS Bemina

Covid-19: 20 discharged, after recovery from SKIMS Bemina

SRINAGAR, JULY 11: 20 COVID-19 patients were today discharged from SKIMS Bemina (JVC) after successful completion of treatment and testing negative before discharge. With this the number of COVID-19 recovered patient’s moves to 608 out of total COVID positive admitted patients numbering 718 till date. The recovery rate at present is more than 84 percent, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Hakeem Yaseen concerned over uncontrolled spike in coronavirus in Kashmir valley

Hakeem Yaseen concerned over uncontrolled spike in coronavirus in Kashmir valley

Hakeem Chairman Peoples Democratic Front PDF Hakeem Yaseen has expressed serious concern over the ever increasing spike in Covid- 19 infections and deaths in kashmir valley especially in district Srinagar and has urged the administration to take health experts on board while easing out the lockdown. He said Coronavirus infection was still spreading at an […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Pak failed to instigate Kashmiri’s post-August 2019: GOC 19 Div

Pak failed to instigate Kashmiri’s post-August 2019: GOC 19 Div

General Officer Commanding (GOC) 19 Division Major General Virendra Vats Saturday said that Pakistan has failed to instigate people of Kashmir after August 5, 2019 and added that intelligence inputs indicate that 250-300 militants are currently present at several launching pads across LoC in Pak Occupied Kashmir (POK) to infiltrate into this part of Kashmir. […]