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Relief to Provisionally Registered Industries

Relief to Provisionally Registered Industries

The Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam today chaired the 46th meeting of Apex Projects Clearance Committee (APCC) of J&K State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd (SIDCO). The meeting was convened to discuss extension in validity of time period for Provisional Registration in favour of industrial units registered prior to 01.01.2016. Administrative Secretaries of Housing and […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Div Com reviews status of subjudice sanctioned building permissions in Srinagar

Div Com reviews status of subjudice sanctioned building permissions in Srinagar

SRINAGAR JULY 13: The Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, Pandurang K Pole Monday chaired a meeting of officials to review the status of cases pertaining to violations of sanctioned commercial building permissions in Srinagar city and the court directions thereof. The meeting discussed various matters that are under consideration in court including sanctioned commercial building permissions in […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Army Chief reaches Jammu to review security situation along LoC

Army Chief reaches Jammu to review security situation along LoC

Chief of Army Staff General MM Naravane visited the forward areas of the Rising Star Corps to review the current security situation and operational readiness of the troops deployed on the ground in Jammu-Pathankot region. The Army Chief was received in Jammu by Lt Gen RP Singh, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Command, Lt Gen Upendra […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Rehbar-e-Janglaat Employees Awaits For Modification of Policy, Appeals LG Murmu to Sit Committee

Rehbar-e-Janglaat Employees Awaits For Modification of Policy, Appeals LG Murmu to Sit Committee

Employees working under Rehber-e-Janglaat scheme on Monday appealed LG led administration to make committee functional constituted for modification of policies related to employees. In a statement issued to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Rehber-e-Janglaat employees requested for revision of Rehbar-e-Janglaat Policy at par with other implemented Rehbar policies including Rehbar-e-Ziraat, Taleem, Khel etc in respect of […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Barring Political Parties To Graveyard “Anti’Democratic”, Dissent Doesn’t Mean You’ll Ignore Wishes Of Majority: Ghulam Hassan Mir

Barring Political Parties To Graveyard “Anti’Democratic”, Dissent Doesn’t Mean You’ll Ignore Wishes Of Majority: Ghulam Hassan Mir

Jammu Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) senior leader and former minister Ghulam Hassan Mir on Monday said that barring the visit of mainstream political parties to Martyr’s graveyard on July 13, is “unfortunate” and “anti-democratic” outlook of present dispensation of J&K. Talking exclusively to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Mir said that authorities didn’t permit us to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Lt Governor e-inaugurates 15 infrastructural projects of School Education Department

Lt Governor e-inaugurates 15 infrastructural projects of School Education Department

Lieutenant Governor, Girish Chandra Murmu today e-inaugurated 15 important infrastructural projects of School Education Department. Kewal Kumar Sharma, Advisor to the Lieutenant Governor; Sh. BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief Secretary; Dr. Asgar Hassan Samoon, Principal Secretary to the Government, School Education Department, Directors School Education – Anuradha Gupta and Mohammad Younis Malik, Dr. Arun Kumar Manhas, Project […]

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Chase keeps West Indies on top in first England Test

Chase keeps West Indies on top in first England Test

SOUTHAMPTON: Roston Chase proved a thorn in England’s side once again as West Indies strengthened their grip on the first Test at Southampton on Saturday. England were 168-3 in their second innings at tea on the fourth day at the Ageas Bowl, just 54 runs ahead of West Indies’ first innings 318. Chase had taken […]

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Strict lockdown restrictions re-imposed in parts of Kashmir after spike in COVID-19 cases

Strict lockdown restrictions re-imposed in parts of Kashmir after spike in COVID-19 cases

Strict lockdown restrictions were re-imposed in most parts of Kashmir, including in the city here, on Monday after a sudden surge in COVID-19 cases in the valley over the past week, officials said. They said strict restrictions have been imposed in Srinagar and other parts of the valley and no movement of people, except for […]

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Anantnag gunfight: Second militant killed

Anantnag gunfight: Second militant killed

One more militant has been killed in the gunfight between militants and the government forces in Viddy Srigufwara area of South Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Monday morning, taking the toll of killed militants to two. An unnamed official told a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that two militants have been killed while as […]

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COVID-19: 46-yr-old Sopore man dies; J-K toll 182

COVID-19: 46-yr-old Sopore man dies; J-K toll 182

A 46-year-old man from Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Srinagar, on Monday, taking the fatality count due to the virus in Jammu and Kashmir to 182. The patient was suffering from bilateral community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) besides “multiple myelomas, thrombocytopenia and electrolyte dysfunction,” Dr G N Itoo, Deputy […]