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 Crescent Kashmir

Advisor Baseer Khan conducts Intensive review of various projects coming up under IPDS and PMDP in Jammu Division

Advisor Baseer Khan conducts Intensive review of various projects coming up under IPDS and PMDP in Jammu Division

Inspects ongoing works on substations of 33/11 KV at Jammu Directs to intensify drive against illegal connections and bring down AT&D losses JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 14: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Baseer Ahmad Khan, along with senior functionaries of Power Development Department and its allied wings today reviewed the ongoing construction works on 33/11 KV substations at […]

 Crescent Kashmir

DC Kulgam chairs preparatory meeting, ahead of Union Ministers tour

DC Kulgam chairs preparatory meeting, ahead of Union Ministers tour

KULGAM, SEPTEMBER 14: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Dr. Bilal Mohi-Ud-Din Bhat today convened a  meeting of officers to review and finalize the arrangements, ahead of a tour of union ministers to the district as a public outreach programme. The meeting was attended by ADDC, ADC and other district and sectoral officers. The meeting discussed […]

 Crescent Kashmir

DC B’gam appeals masses to strictly follow CAB, SOPs

DC B’gam appeals masses to strictly follow CAB, SOPs

60% of 18 to 44 years age group vaccinated, urges remaining to get vaccinated BUDGAM, SEPTEMBER 14: In his routine briefing about Covid-19 status in the district, the Deputy Commissioner (DC) Budgam, Shahbaz Ahmed Mirza today said that new infections were reported from some pockets in district Budgam, however situation is under control. The DC […]

 Crescent Kashmir

 Sajad calls for collective efforts to reject violence in entirety

 Sajad calls for collective efforts to reject violence in entirety

Calling for collective efforts to reject violence in entirety, Peoples Conference (PC) chairman Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday said Kashmir has been in a perpetual state of grief and misery since eruption of violence in early 90s. Former minister Sajad underscored the need for collective efforts to reject violence in entirety so that Kashmir could […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Man falls from walnut tree in Uri, Dies

Man falls from walnut tree in Uri, Dies

Uri: A 55- year- od man died after faling from a walnut tree in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday, officials said.   Reports  said that the man identified as Ghulam Mohammad Khokher son of Ghulam Qadir Khokher of Balkote Uri fell from the walnut tree and was immediately shifted to Sub- district hospital Uri […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Pakistan cricket’s compass needs a reset, says Ramiz Raja after becoming new PCB chairman

Pakistan cricket’s compass needs a reset, says Ramiz Raja after becoming new PCB chairman

Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja on Monday became the new chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after being elected “unanimously and unopposed”, according to a press release issued by the board. A special meeting of the PCB’s Board of Governors was held at the National High Performance Centre in Lahore to elect the cricketing […]

 Crescent Kashmir

North Korea tests new long-range cruise missiles

North Korea tests new long-range cruise missiles

North Korea said on Monday that it successfully tested new long-range cruise missiles over the weekend, the first known testing activity in months. The state-run Korean Central News Agency reported that the missiles showed they can hit targets 1,500km away on Saturday and Sunday. State media published photos of a projectile being fired from a […]

 Crescent Kashmir

India logs over 25,000 fresh Covid cases, 339 casualties in a day

India logs over 25,000 fresh Covid cases, 339 casualties in a day

India logged 25,404 new COVID-19 cases, taking the infection tally in the country to 3,32,89,579, while the count of active cases declined to 3,62,207, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Tuesday. The death toll due to the disease has climbed to 4,43,213, with 339 fresh fatalities being recorded, the data updated at 8 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

3 civilians injured in Pulwama grenade attack

3 civilians injured in Pulwama grenade attack

Pulwama: Three civilians were injured after militants lobbed grenade towards a police vehicle near Rajpora chowk in Pulwama town. An official told the news agency–Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that suspected militants hurled grenade towards a police vehicle near Shaheed park, which exploded on the road. He said that three pedestrians were injured in the attack, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Mega Push

Mega Push

Thirteen parliamentary committees that mean about three hundred MPs in the recent past have visited Jammu and Kashmir. Now the central government has decided to send 70 union ministers to Jammu and Kashmir so as to give a mega push to the development and to the sectors like Agriculture and Horticulture. In this direction recently […]