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 Crescent Kashmir

Who in Congress has said Article 370 will be restored? Shah spreading lies: Kharge

Who in Congress has said Article 370 will be restored? Shah spreading lies: Kharge

PUNE: AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday contested Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s assertion that the Congress intends to reinstate Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir, and pointed out the contentious provision was repealed by Parliament. He accused the BJP of keeping the Article 370 issue alive merely to create divisions in society. Addressing a […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Fresh review

Fresh review

Recently the Commissioner Secretary Tourism chaired a meeting at the Civil Secretariat here, to discuss various issues of the Houseboat Owners Association. He said that the department is aware of the concerns of the houseboat owners and steps are afoot to resolve those on priority. She said that the government is committed to promote the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

PDP Leadership Reshuffle: Mehboob Beg Appointed Chief Spokesperson

PDP Leadership Reshuffle: Mehboob Beg Appointed Chief Spokesperson

SRINAGAR: The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) party on Thursday held a meeting at its headquarters in Srinagar, where Party President  Mehbooba Mufti announced key appointments aimed at strengthening the party’s communications and legislative wing. A statement issued by party reads that  Dr Mehboob Beg was appointed as the Chief Spokesperson of the PDP. “With extensive […]

 Crescent Kashmir

UN nuclear chief in Iran in search of ‘diplomatic solutions’

UN nuclear chief in Iran in search of ‘diplomatic solutions’

TEHRAN: International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi arrived in Iran on Wednesday for discussions on Tehran’s nuclear programme, a week after Donald Trump’s election as the new US president. Grossi, who is the director general of the UN agency, was greeted on Wednesday evening at the airport by Behrouz Kamalvandi, the spokesman for the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

People’s Conference To Approach Supreme Court, Cites Police Verification As “Collective Punishment” In J&K

People’s Conference To Approach Supreme Court, Cites Police Verification As “Collective Punishment” In J&K

SRINAGAR, Nov 14: The Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference (JKPC), led by Sajad Lone, is preparing to file a petition in the Supreme Court, challenging the current police verification system in Jammu and Kashmir The party argues that this system imposes a “collective punishment” on entire families, citing the recent “bulldozer judgment” from the Supreme […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Empanelment of hospitals

Empanelment of hospitals

Recently Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir impressed upon the Health & Medical Education (H&ME) Department to make strenuous efforts to clear all the backlog cases of Ayushman Bharat, providing free health coverage to the population, before the end of December. He took this occasion to emphasise upon the Department to work out an action […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Munaf Patel appointed Delhi Capitals bowling coach

Munaf Patel appointed Delhi Capitals bowling coach

World Cup-winning fast bowler Munaf Patel has joined Delhi Capitals’ new support staff as the bowling coach, the franchise confirmed on Tuesday (November 12). Munaf will join a backroom staff headed by Venugopal Rao, the Director of Cricket, and Hemang Badani, the head coach. Earlier in the year, the franchise parted ways with their long […]

 Crescent Kashmir

11 die in air strike on teashop in Myanmar’s north

11 die in air strike on teashop in Myanmar’s north

BANGKOK: Eleven people were killed when a teashop in Myanmar was hit by a military airstrike in the town of Naungcho in the northern Shan state on Tuesday afternoon, a spokeswoman for a local ethnic armed group said. ADVERTISEMENT The attack, shortly before 3pm, comes as the junta battles widespread armed opposition to its 2021 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Attack On VC Could Not Be Corroborated: J&K Police

Attack On VC Could Not Be Corroborated: J&K Police

A Day after Kashmir University’s Vice Chancellor Nilofar Khan said there was an “attack” on her cavalcade at Zakura on the outskirts of Srinagar,  Jammu and Kashmir Police said on Wednesday that this could not be corroborated. Jammu and Kashmir real estate In a post on X, Srinagar Police said that the alleged attack on VC Nilofar […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Metering works

Metering works

Recently in order to provide 7,000 new DTs under RDSS to boost KPDCL’s commitment on reliable power supply. 15,000 km insulated LT cable to be laid, 1.5 lakh ST poles also to be erected The spokesperson stated that with smart metering works under RDSS to begin soon and installation of new steel tubular poles and […]