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Sonia Gandhi appears for third round of questioning at ED

Sonia Gandhi appears for third round of questioning at ED

Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi appeared for the third round of questioning on Wednesday before the Enforcement Directorate office in connection with a money laundering case linked to the National Herald newspaper. Mrs Gandhi reached the ED office accompanied by her daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra. The Congress workers continued to protest at All India Congress […]

 Crescent Kashmir

We are sticking through these tough times: Nicholas Pooran

We are sticking through these tough times: Nicholas Pooran

After losing yet another ODI series to India, West Indies skipper Nicholas Pooran said that the players are ‘hurting’ but he is confident they can turn their fortunes around in the 50-over format. Incidentally, the loss in the second ODI at Port of Spain turned out to be West Indies’ eighth consecutive defeat in the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Thousands of cows buried at landfill after deadly heatwave in US

Thousands of cows buried at landfill after deadly heatwave in US

CHICAGO: Top US cattle feeding companies sent 1,000-pound carcasses to a Kansas landfill, where they were flattened by loader machines and mixed with trash, after a June heatwave killed thousands of cows, documents show. Other cattle were buried in unlined graves, a feeding company said. Neither is a typical method for disposing of bodies. But […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Medical officers

Medical officers

There is a lot of dearth of Medical officers across Jammu and Kashmir while the government is trying to revamp the entire healthcare system. Keeping in need of the health services to be provided to a common man, the government is trying to appoint more Medical officers for this purpose. Recently The Jammu & Kashmir […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Kulgam Encounter: Army soldier injured, militants likely escaped

Kulgam Encounter: Army soldier injured, militants likely escaped

An Army soldier was injured during predawn gunfight with militants in Kulgam district of South Kashmir, officials said on Wednesday. A top police officer told GNS that the encounter ensued after a joint team of Police and army launched a cordon-and-search operation in Baryihard Kathpora area of the district. As the joint team move towards […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Norwegian Ambassador to India calls on Lt Governor

Norwegian Ambassador to India calls on Lt Governor

SRINAGAR, JULY 26: Norwegian ambassador to India HE Mr Hans Jacob Frydenlund today called on the Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan here. During the meeting, the Lt Governor and the Norwegian ambassador held discussion pertaining to healthcare facilities of J&K UT. The meeting also discussed the India-Norway cooperation in Healthcare sector. The Lt […]

 Crescent Kashmir

To cater to growing tourist footfall, admin making availability of rooms through Home‐Stay initiative: Chief Secretary

To cater to growing tourist footfall, admin making availability of rooms through Home‐Stay initiative: Chief Secretary

Inaugurates Home‐Stay Cluster at JharokhaBagh Manasbal; declares open Manasbal Festival‐2022 Flags off several water sports activities, mountain biking expedition, angling competition etc MANASBAL (GANDERBAL), JULY 26:   In order to cater growing footfall of tourists to Kashmir valley, the Administration is committed to make availability of 50,000 rooms for the increasing demand of accommodation through Home‐Stay […]

 Crescent Kashmir

CS reviews progress of district Capex Budget

CS reviews progress of district Capex Budget

Asks DDC’s to achieve saturation in all identified indicators SRINAGAR, JULY 26: Chief Secretary, Dr.Arun Kumar Mehta, today chaired a meeting to review the progress under District Capex Budget 2022-23 in Jammu and Kashmir. The meeting was attended by Administrative Secretaries and all the District Development Commissioners (DDC).  While expressing concern at low level of […]

 Crescent Kashmir

J&K Reports 697 Covid-19 Cases, Up By 82% In 24 Hours

J&K Reports 697 Covid-19 Cases, Up By 82% In 24 Hours

Jammu and Kashmir reported 697 covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, nearly 82% increase from yesterday, even as there was no death due to the virus during the time, officials said on Tuesday. 281 cases were reported from Jammu division and 416 from Kashmir division, taking the overall tally to 461255, they said. 383 […]

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State Health Agency rolls out ambitious door to door campaign to achieve 100% AB-PMJAY SEHAT saturation by August end

State Health Agency rolls out ambitious door to door campaign to achieve 100% AB-PMJAY SEHAT saturation by August end

SRINAGAR, JULY 26:  State Health Agency (SHA) has rolled out an ambitious door-to-door exercise to achieve 100 percent saturation under the Ayushman Bharat PMJAY SEHAT scheme by the end of August month. Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education, M K Diwedi in a high-level meeting directed for launching result-oriented door- to -door campaigns in all […]