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60-year-old woman killed, another injured in cross LoC firing in J-K’s Poonch

60-year-old woman killed, another injured in cross LoC firing in J-K’s Poonch

A 60-year-old woman was killed and another injured as Pakistan rained mortars on Indian posts and forward villages along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday. Poonch district police chief SSP Ramesh Kumar Angral said, “there was ceasefire violation by Pakistan and at […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Elderly Shopian woman dies of covid-19, J&K toll 145

Elderly Shopian woman dies of covid-19, J&K toll 145

A 70-year-old woman from Shopian died at a hospital in Srinagar two days after she was admitted here, officials said on Wednesday. Her death has taken the fatality count due to novel coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir to 145. The septuagenarian with Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) died last evening at SMHS hospital, Medical Superintendent Dr […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Poonch Villager Receive 10 Crore Plus Electricity Bill By PDD

Poonch Villager Receive 10 Crore Plus Electricity Bill By PDD

In a shocking incident first of its kind, Power Development Department (PDD) has sent Rs10 crore bill to a villager in Mendhar area of Poonch district. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), the villager namely Mohammad Hanief son of Feroz Din from Gugran village of Poonch was sent a bill from the office of AEE, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Those circulating fake letter of Geelani, will be taken to task: Police

Those circulating fake letter of Geelani, will be taken to task: Police

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday said those circulating fake letter of Syed Ali Shah Geelani will be taken to task and clarified that same has been published from Pakistan. Taking on to the micro blogging twitter, Police said that “As per the family sources of SAS Geelani the letter is fake and not issued […]

 Crescent Kashmir

256 New Cases Take J&K Covid-19 Tally To 8931

256 New Cases Take J&K Covid-19 Tally To 8931

The Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday reported 256 covid-19 infections, taking the number of cases to 8931 in J&K. The new cases— 74 from Jammu division and 182 from Kashmir Valley—include at least 29 paramilitary CRPF and SSB men besides eight men from Beacon (109 RCC Kupwara) and minor who tests returned positive at SKIMS […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Div Com reviews prevailing Covid-19 situation, management in Kashmir

Div Com reviews prevailing Covid-19 situation, management in Kashmir

Calls for adopting effective mechanism to fight Covid-19 SRINAGAR JUNE 30: Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole today chaired 4th consecutive weekly meeting here to discuss the prevailing Covid-19 situation and its management in Kashmir division. While reviewing the steps taken to check the spread of virus, the Div Com stressed all the Deputy Commissioners […]

 Crescent Kashmir

COVID-19: Srinagar woman passes away, J-K tally mounts to 142

COVID-19: Srinagar woman passes away, J-K tally mounts to 142

Srinagar: A 65-year-old woman from Noorbagh area of Srinagar died at a hospital here on Tuesday, taking the fatality count due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 142. Confirming it, Medical Superintendent Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital Dr Nazir Choudhary told a local news gathering agency Global News Service (GNS) that the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

All parks, gardens to reopen in J-K from tomorrow: Advisor Khan

All parks, gardens to reopen in J-K from tomorrow: Advisor Khan

Srinagar: Authorities on Tuesday announced reopening of all parks and gardens in Jammu and Kashmir from Wednesday. “All parks and gardens in Jammu and Kashmir reopen from tomorrow,” Advisor to Lieutenant Governor Baseer Ahmad Khan told a local news gathering agency Global News Service (GNS) . He said every visitor is required to wear mask, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Implement Home Isolation guidelines to reduce burden on hospitals: JKAP

Implement Home Isolation guidelines to reduce burden on hospitals: JKAP

Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Monday urged the J&K government to follow the revised COVID-19 guidelines which allow home isolation of mild or asymptomatic coronavirus infection cases. In a statement issued to KNS, Mir observed that in the background of the rising number of COVID […]

 Crescent Kashmir

MEDIA PROTESTS

MEDIA PROTESTS

After a lot of delay and discussions, finally journalists of Kashmir came on the streets to protest against the media policy drafted by the UT administration recently and said that it was not acceptable to them. Journalists under the banner of J&K Media Guild” staged a protest against Media policy and demanded its immediate rollback. […]