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BJP’s Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is actually a Kapil Mishra, but with Allah on his lips

BJP’s Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is actually a Kapil Mishra, but with Allah on his lips

Seeing National Security Adviser Ajit Doval’s pictures at the Tablighi Jamaat Markaz meeting, a question comes to mind: Can someone tell Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi that it’s his job to represent India’s minorities in the BJP-led government instead of representing the BJP before the minorities? If an award was being given for the most incompetent cabinet minister in the Narendra Modi government, no one would come close to India’s […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Fear keeps refugees in Malaysia at home amid coronavirus lockdown

Fear keeps refugees in Malaysia at home amid coronavirus lockdown

When Malaysia announced everyone should stay at home as part of a nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) on March 18, Mai Mai, who is originally from Myanmar’s Kachin State, did what she was told. Crammed into an apartment she shares with eight other refugees in Kuala Lumpur, with no legal status and suddenly out of […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Covid-19 hospitals across Kashmir perform testing swiftly: Director Health

Covid-19 hospitals across Kashmir perform testing swiftly: Director Health

‘Contact tracing going on scientifically, sample collection being taken to doorsteps’ SRINAGAR, APRIL 05: At a time when the world is grappling with deadly coronavirus pandemic, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has established timely COVID-19 hospitals—which are working round the clock and performing sample testing swiftly. Director, Health Services Kashmir, Dr Samir Mattoo said that […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Cycling home to meet sick dad, Rajouri man may shake admn’s quarantine plans

Cycling home to meet sick dad, Rajouri man may shake admn’s quarantine plans

  The UT administration is in a quandary over the arrival of a Rajouri resident from Mumbai, who is currently pedalling his way home to meet his ailing father. Senior officials believe that coming from Maharashtra makes him a potential case of coronavirus and 14-day quarantine would be essential upon entry. Mohammad Arif, who works […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Man shot dead in Philippines for flouting coronavirus rules

Man shot dead in Philippines for flouting coronavirus rules

A 63-year-old man was shot dead in the Philippines after threatening village officials and police with a scythe at a coronavirus checkpoint, police said on Saturday. The man is believed to have been drunk when he threatened village officials and police manning the checkpoint in the town of Nasipit in the southern province of Agusan del Norte […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Kupwara gunfight: Officer among five army men killed, death toll 10

Kupwara gunfight: Officer among five army men killed, death toll 10

Srinagar: Five militants and as many soldiers including a JCO from army’s elite para force were killed on the fifth day of an ongoing operation in the woods of Kupwara district in north Kashmir on Sunday. Defence ministry spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said that the slain militants were infiltrators and that the operation was still going […]

 Crescent Kashmir

India Lights Millions Of Candles, Lamps To Fight ‘Darkness Of Coronavirus’ On PM Modi’s Request

India Lights Millions Of Candles, Lamps To Fight ‘Darkness Of Coronavirus’ On PM Modi’s Request

Million of people on Sunday night lit candles, lamps and flashed torches to ward off ‘darkness of Coronavirus’, as requested by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This is the second time Modi has sought to rally people amid the ongoing lockdown to combat the pandemic, which has claimed more than 65,600 lives globally and inflicted over 12 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

40 students and Businessman walk home after completing quarantine period in Gulmarg

40 students and Businessman walk home after completing quarantine period in Gulmarg

Gulmarg, April 05 (KNS): At least 40 students and Businessman were on Sunday discharged by Baramulla administration after they completed 14 days of quarantine period. According to Kashmir News Service Correspondent,40 students and Businessman have successfully completed the 14-day- quarantine period and were discharged from the accommodation provided to by administration officials said. SDM Gulmarg, […]

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First Covid19 case reported in Ganderbal

First Covid19 case reported in Ganderbal

Ganderbal, April 05 (KNS): The fourteen cases which were declaration positive today includes first positive case of corona virus from Ganderbal also. An official said the victim belongs to Gazhama Wakura of Ganderbal who was shifted to March 25 SKIMS Soura with Covid19symptoms. The doctors had asked him to stay in the quarantine at home? […]

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‘No One Should Die Of Hunger’: Man Skips Mother’s Funeral To Feed Poor Hit By Lockdown

‘No One Should Die Of Hunger’: Man Skips Mother’s Funeral To Feed Poor Hit By Lockdown

Shakeel-ur-Rahman last saw his ailing mother in December when she came to Delhi from Bihar’s Samastipur district for treatment. It turned out to be their last meeting. “I thought I would meet her once the lockdown is lifted, but not everything goes as per our plans,” the 40-year-old businessman said on Sunday as he readied […]