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 Crescent Kashmir

DC Jammu conducts extensive tour of Arnia

DC Jammu conducts extensive tour of Arnia

  Inaugurates dry waste management shed at Kathar Inspects development works taken up under different schemes JAMMU, JANUARY 04: Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Avny Lavasa today conducted an extensive tour of Panchayat Allah and Kathar of border Block Arnia. Tehsildar, Punica Sharma, BDO, Rajni Bala besides PRI members and other staff members were present on the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

CS reviews implementation of deliverables by SWD

CS reviews implementation of deliverables by SWD

Urged the Dept to reach out to all the Specially-abled to assist them JAMMU, JANUARY 4: Chief Secretary, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta held a meeting with the Commissioner Secretary, Social Welfare Department (SWD), Sheetal Nanda to review the progress in implementation of deliverables set for the Department. On the occasion the Chief Secretary urged the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Mercury Plunges Again In Kashmir; Pahalgam Shivers At Minus 9.4°C, Srinagar At Minus 5.2°C

Mercury Plunges Again In Kashmir; Pahalgam Shivers At Minus 9.4°C, Srinagar At Minus 5.2°C

SRINAGAR, Jan 4: Intense cold conditions continued unabated in Kashmir Valley as minimum temperature dropped to minus 9.4°C in Pahalgam on Wednesday. A meteorological department official here said that Srinagar recorded a low of minus 5.2°C against last night’s minus 4.4°C. Today’s minimum temperature was 3.1°C below normal for the summer capital, the official said. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Teacher, appointed 13 years ago, managed entry into Edu Deptt through fake order: Probe Panel

Teacher, appointed 13 years ago, managed entry into Edu Deptt through fake order: Probe Panel

The probe, ordered into the appointment of a teacher, has found that the teacher in question has managed his entry in the department after producing fake appointment order. An official told the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) the probe has revealed that the teacher has managed entry in the education department through fake appointment KNO […]

 Crescent Kashmir

New education policy

New education policy

  With the implementation of NEP-2020 Jammu and Kashmir Board of School Education (JKBOSE) has been given sole responsibility for the Secondary stage, which includes classes 9th through 12th, and will be administered in accordance with NEP-2020 criteria. For the formative assessment, co-curricular component, and summative assessment, respectively, the weighting of the marks shall be […]

 Crescent Kashmir

J&K Has Become Tourist Hotspot, No Longer Terrorist Hotspot: Union Home Ministry

J&K Has Become Tourist Hotspot, No Longer Terrorist Hotspot: Union Home Ministry

NEW DELHI, Jan 3: Jammu and Kashmir, which used to be a ”terrorist hotspot”, has become a ”tourist hotspot” as 22 lakh tourists visited the Union Territory in 2022, nearly four time more than the previous highest, the Union Home Ministry said on Tuesday. According to the ‘Year End Review 2022’ of the Home Ministry, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Atal Dulloo clears several proposals to be taken up under NBHM in J&K

Atal Dulloo clears several proposals to be taken up under NBHM in J&K

Chairs UT Level Screening Committee for implementation of National Bee-Keeping and Honey Mission across UT JAMMU, JANUARY 03:  Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Agriculture Production Department (APD), Atal Dulloo today chaired a meeting of the Union Territory Level Screening Committee for the implementation of National Bee-Keeping and Honey Mission (NBHM) across Jammu and Kashmir here at […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Conway ‘enjoying the ride’ with NZ

Conway ‘enjoying the ride’ with NZ

KARACHI: It was five years ago, at the age of 26, that South Africa-born Devon Conway moved to New Zealand to pursue his cricketing career. It took him three years before he eventually broke into the New Zealand side. On Monday, in just his 12th Test for his adopted country, Conway raised his fourth ton […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Israel kills two Palestinians in West Bank

Israel kills two Palestinians in West Bank

NABLUS: The Israeli army killed two Palestinians in a West Bank raid on Monday and demolished the homes of two Palestinians accused of killing an Israeli soldier. The Palestinian health ministry announced the deaths of “Mohammad Samer Hoshieh, 22, after being shot in the chest, and Fuad Mohammad Abed, 25, after being shot in the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

MHA sets up high-powered panel for land, employment safeguards for Ladakh UT

MHA sets up high-powered panel for land, employment safeguards for Ladakh UT

Panel to discuss measures for protection of region’s unique culture and language To be headed by MoS Home; LG, CECs, MP, LAB and KDA to be part of panel Srinagar : The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has constituted a high-powered committee to discuss safeguards for Union Territory of Ladakh. According to an order, the […]