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 Crescent Kashmir

Sports facilities

Sports facilities

Recently the government reviewed the arrangements put in place by the Tourism Department for winter season tourism and sports at various destinations across Kashmir Valley. Government has directed that all sports facilities and equipment at the winter destinations be kept in a state of readiness in view of the onset of the winter season. Officers […]

 Crescent Kashmir

‘PM has accepted his crime, time for people to punish him’, Congress ups the ante

‘PM has accepted his crime, time for people to punish him’, Congress ups the ante

Moments after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the government decision to repeal the farm laws the opposition upped the ante on the issue with the Congress saying the PM had accepted his crime and it was now time for people to pronounce punishment. The party said people had realised that “the nation’s victory lay in […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Hyderpora Encounter’: Tarigami urges government to return body of third civilian

Hyderpora Encounter’: Tarigami urges government to return body of third civilian

Srinagar, Nov 19  CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami Friday urged the government to return body of Amir Ahmad Magray, a resident of Gool in Ramban, the third civilian killed in Hyderpora, ‘without any further delay’. “It has been proven beyond any doubt that Magray is a civilian. His father Abdul Latief Magray is a […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Hyderpora Encounter: Bodies of building owner Altaf, Dr Mudasir exhumed; handed over to families

Hyderpora Encounter: Bodies of building owner Altaf, Dr Mudasir exhumed; handed over to families

Srinagar: Amid mounting pressure from various quarters, the bodies of building owner Altaf Ahmed Bhat of Barzulla and Dr Mudasir Gul of Rawalpora area of Srinagar were exhumed after two days from a graveyard in Handwara area of northern district of Kupwara for handing them over to their families for last rites on Thursday late […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Hyderpora ‘Encounter’: Bodies Of 2 Srinagar Residents Exhumed In Handwara

Hyderpora ‘Encounter’: Bodies Of 2 Srinagar Residents Exhumed In Handwara

Amid outcry, authorities on Thursday exhumed bodies of two residents—Mohammad Altaf Bhat and Dr Mudassir Gul—from a graveyard at Wadder Zachaldara Handwara where they were buried along with two other persons who were killed in the ‘encounter’ at Hyderpora here on Monday. Official sources told GNS bodies were exhumed under the supervision of Tehsildar Handwara […]

 Crescent Kashmir

10 shot dead in crackdown on Sudan’s anti-coup protests

10 shot dead in crackdown on Sudan’s anti-coup protests

KHARTOUM: Sudanese security forces shot dead at least 10 anti-coup protesters and wounded dozens more on Wednesday, medics said, in the bloodiest day since the military’s October 25 takeover. The fatalities — all in Khartoum, especially its northern districts — raised to 34 the death toll from unrest since the military seized power, a pro-democracy […]

 Crescent Kashmir

ICC forms working group to determine Afghanistan cricket’s future

ICC forms working group to determine Afghanistan cricket’s future

DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has set up a working group to determine the future of the game in Afghanistan under the Taliban government, the world governing body said on Wednesday. Afghanistan’s rise in cricket in recent years has been a fairytale story but the strife-torn nation risks international isolation following the country’s Taliban […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Mayor JMC, former Legislators, DDC member, public delegations call on Lt Governor

Mayor JMC, former Legislators, DDC member, public delegations call on Lt Governor

JAMMU, NOVEMBER 18: Mayor JMC, former Legislators, DDC member, delegations of OBC Mahasabha and J&K Thalassemia Welfare Society today called on Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at Raj Bhavan. Sh. Chander Mohan Gupta, Mayor JMC met the Lt Governor and briefed him about the arrangements underway to host 56th Junior National Artistic and 25th Rhythmic Gymnastics […]

 Crescent Kashmir

J&K Reports 223 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, 2 Deaths

J&K Reports 223 Fresh Covid-19 Cases, 2 Deaths

Jammu and Kashmir reported 223 fresh covid-19 cases while two persons succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday. Among the fresh cases, 32 were reported from Jammu Division and 191 from Kashmir, taking the overall tally to 334823. There were two deaths, one each from the Jammu and Kashmir […]

 Crescent Kashmir

8 Lakh Functional Household Tap Water connections to be installed in one month

8 Lakh Functional Household Tap Water connections to be installed in one month

Campaign an unflinching endeavor of UT govt. to ensure Safe Drinking Water to Every Household: LG JAMMU, NOVEMBER 18:  ‘Har Ghar Nal Se Jal’, the ambitious campaign by the J&K government lays out a target of installing Functional Household Tap Water connections in 8 Lakh houses within a period of one month by converging the […]