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JKAP welcomes amendment to domicile order; pledges to continue its struggle Extends gratitude to people, NSA, HM

JKAP welcomes amendment to domicile order; pledges to continue its struggle Extends gratitude to people, NSA, HM

Srinagar, April 4 (KNS): Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) President Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Saturday welcomed the government of India’s move for amending the new domicile order and reserving all Groups of jobs both in non-Gazetted and Gazetted services for the residents of J&K. He, however, pledged to continue JKAP efforts to get this law […]

 Crescent Kashmir

COVID-19: 3 MORE TESTS POSITIVE JK TALLY REACHES 78

COVID-19: 3 MORE TESTS POSITIVE JK TALLY REACHES 78

The government spokesman, Rohit Kansal, tweeted that three more positive cases were reported today from Narsoo, Udhampur. “All contacts of a positive patient from Udhampur with travel history abroad,” he added. This takes the total tally of positive cases to 78.

 Crescent Kashmir

COVID19: Hope flickers as six more COVID19 patients recover at CD hospital

COVID19: Hope flickers as six more COVID19 patients recover at CD hospital

Srinagar, Apr 4: Doctors’ efforts in Kashmir are bearing fruit as six more COVID-19 positive patients have tested negative and are on way to recovery. Sharing the good news, Dr Naveed Nazir Shah, HoD Chest Diseases hospital Srinagar, said all the six will be discharged after one more sample of theirs is tested to ensure […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Fresh firing started at D.H Pora Encounter site,4 militants killed so far.

Fresh firing started at D.H Pora Encounter site,4 militants killed so far.

Four militants have been killed so far at Damhal Hanjipora in Kulgam District of South Kashmir, while as 3 bodies of killed militants have been rrcovered from the site. Operation is underway as apprehensions of more militants are believed to be trapped. More details to follow.

 Crescent Kashmir

Centre Overturns J&K Job Rules In 2 Days After Fierce Backlash

Centre Overturns J&K Job Rules In 2 Days After Fierce Backlash

New Delhi:  After a unified backlash from all political parties in Jammu and Kashmir including the BJP’s local unit, the centre has changed rules involving government jobs in the union territory. All jobs will now be reserved for domiciles who have lived in the union territory for 15 years, the amendment said late Friday in […]

 Crescent Kashmir

3 militants killed in Kulgam gunfight, operation on

3 militants killed in Kulgam gunfight, operation on

Srinagar: One more militant has been killed taking toll to 3 in an ongoing encounter between militants and government forces in Hardmanguri area of Khur Batpora of South Kashmir’s Kulgam District on Saturday. As per the official sources to GNS, one more militant has been killed taking toll to 3, however their identification is yet […]

 Crescent Kashmir

4G ban to continue, low internet speed doesn’t affect fight against COVID-19, says admin

4G ban to continue, low internet speed doesn’t affect fight against COVID-19, says admin

Srinagar : The Jammu and Kashmir government on Friday decided to continue with the curbs on high speed internet in the Union Territory till 15 April. In an order issued by the administration, it is said that the some people inimical to law and order situation were using internet to incite and spread fake news […]

 Crescent Kashmir

This man is cycling 2,100 km from Mumbai to Jammu and Kashmir to see his ailing father

This man is cycling 2,100 km from Mumbai to Jammu and Kashmir to see his ailing father

Srinagar: For 36-year-old Mohammad Arif the nationwide lockdown to curb the coronavirus pandemic has led to a 2,100 km long journey on cycle from Mumbai to Jammu and Kashmir. It was a normal Thursday morning for Arif, who works as a watchman in a private housing society in Mumbai, when he received a call from his […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Lt Governor asks IRCS to scale up its activities to compliment the efforts of administration

Lt Governor asks IRCS to scale up its activities to compliment the efforts of administration

Calls for identifying all mentally unsound homeless & destitute and providing them with means of sustenance on priority JAMMU, APRIL 03: Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today asked the Indian Red Cross Society (IRCS), Jammu Region to collaborate with the local Municipalities and identify mentally unsound, homeless destitute in their jurisdiction on priority and take […]

 Crescent Kashmir

5 new cases of Covid 19 reported in J&K

5 new cases of Covid 19 reported in J&K

975 contacts traced: Kansal COVID 19 Awareness and Monitoring Committees shall be set up at Panchayat and Block levels Masks, immune building materials also to be part of new strategy JAMMU, APRIL 03: Principal Secretary Planning, Information and Government Spokesperson, Rohit Kansal informed that with the addition of 5 new cases today the number of […]