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 Crescent Kashmir

Commissioner SMC tour Srinagar City

SRINAGAR, FEBRUARY 19:Commissioner  SMC, Gazanfer Ali today toured various areas of the city. Hevisited Alsafa Market to take stock of sanitation works and directed the concerned for making lavatory block near Iqra Masjid functional.He also directed for restoringwater supply andproviding electricity to the lavatory block. Joint Commissioner Works, Chief Sanitation Officer and other concerned were […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Sports can be a best career option: DDC Pulwama

Sports can be a best career option: DDC Pulwama

PULWAMA, FEBRUARY 19: The District Development Commissioner, Pulwama Dr Raghav Langer today inaugurated District Panchayat Level Cricket Tournament organized by Department of Youth Services and Sports and J&K Sports Council at Sports Stadium Pulwama. The tournament will continue till 24 February in which 12 teams from different Panchayat Halqas   are participating and the inaugural match was played […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Trout fish on sale at Sheikhpura, Budgam

Trout fish on sale at Sheikhpura, Budgam

BUDGAM, FEBRUARY 19: On the eve of Mahashivratri, a special trout sale was organised by Assistant Director Fisheries, Budgam at Sheikhpora colony for Pandit community. The sale of trout fish will also continue on 20 February at the same place. The trout fish were sold in live condition. The Pandit community residing in Sheikhpora colony […]

 Crescent Kashmir

How Trump Visit Could Leverage CAA And Kashmir Against PM Modi

How Trump Visit Could Leverage CAA And Kashmir Against PM Modi

As India rolls out the red carpet to receive US President Donald Trump next week, rough spots that have arisen in the wake of the Modi government’s decisions on Kashmir and the subsequent passing of the Citizenship Amendment Act will need diplomatic resolution. The Modi government’s sudden dilution of the provisions of Article 370 in […]

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Chance of a deal with Taliban, says Trump

Chance of a deal with Taliban, says Trump

The US has been negotiating with the Taliban and Trump earlier, too, suggested there had been progress between the two sides to reduce violence in the war-torn country and end America’s longest war, for 19 years. Ahead of his visit to India next week, US President Donald Trump has reiterated that he sees “a chance” […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Man Booked For Fraudulently Obtaining PRC In Jammu

Man Booked For Fraudulently Obtaining PRC In Jammu

JAMMU – The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir police on Tuesday booked a man for fraudulently obtaining permanent resident certificate (PRC) in connivance with revenue department staffs, officials said. The Crime Branch registered a criminal case against the accused, identified as Mohinder Pal Singh of R S Pura (Jammu), for fraudulently obtaining PRC in connivance […]

 Crescent Kashmir

BCCI President Ganguly reacts to world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad

BCCI President Ganguly reacts to world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad

The Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, Ahmedabad is well on its way to become the largest cricket stadium in the world as it will 110,000 spectators, more than doubling its previous capacity of 54,000. US President Donald Trump is expected to inaugurate the stadium and the pictures of the venue has already created a lot […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Coronavirus in China to make drugs expensive in India

Coronavirus in China to make drugs expensive in India

New Delhi: The prices of generic drugs in India are likely to go up due to the country”s excessive dependence on the imports of active ingredients from China, which has been hit by the novel coronavirus epidemic. While noting that Indian imports are highly dependent on China, the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in its […]

 Crescent Kashmir

J&K readying for investments to spur growth: Advisor Sharma

J&K readying for investments to spur growth: Advisor Sharma

Bengaluru, Feb 19: Jammu and Kashmir is no longer what it was for decades, and is changing and readying itself for investments to spur growth and development, a top official said. “The overall situation in J&K has changed after August 5, 2019. Things are getting better. As a new Union Territory (UT), we are rolling […]

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HC quashes PSA detention of shopkeeper

HC quashes PSA detention of shopkeeper

Srinagar The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has quashed the detention of a shopkeeper from Ganderbal district, who was booked under the Public Safety Act, holding that the detainee was not supplied the material evidence relied upon by the magistrate concerned while considering the grounds of his detention, reported The Tribune. According to report published by The […]