Developing stories

 Crescent Kashmir

No DT presently damaged in ED II Sgr: KPDCL

No DT presently damaged in ED II Sgr: KPDCL

MD visits Divisional Workshop, reviews buffer stock SRINAGAR, JANUARY 10: Managing Director, Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL), Mussarat Islam, today inspected Divisional Workshop of Electric Division (ED) II, Srinagar at Huzuribagh and obtained a firsthand appraisal about replacement of damaged transformers. Executive Engineer, ED II, Srinagar, Er. Rauf Bhat, AEE, Er. Dara Singh and […]

 Crescent Kashmir

GST regime

GST regime

  Recently the Administrative Council (AC) decided to provide amnesty to settle tax arrears of pre GST regime in Jammu and Kashmir. This step is going to provide relief to the taxpayers in the form of waiver of interest and penalty besides recovery of the blocked revenue to the Government. Earlier all dealers could not […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Poor And Underprivileged Have First Right On Government Resources: LG Sinha

Poor And Underprivileged Have First Right On Government Resources: LG Sinha

JAMMU, Jan 10: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha participated in Block Diwas, a public outreach programme of J&K UT Administration, at Bhalwal today. Congratulating people for overwhelming response on Block Diwas, the Lt Governor said the Jan-Bhagidari campaign to strengthen participatory governance is empowering citizens, generating awareness about responsibilities and ensuring accountability of officers in administration. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Police, Army Recover 2.5kgs Heroin in Poonch

Police, Army Recover 2.5kgs Heroin in Poonch

Poonch Police and army on Wednesday said to have recovered 2.5 kgs of ‘heroin’ in Poonch district. A police official said that Army alongwith Police launched a joint search operation on “suspicion” in Degwar Terwan area of Poonch district and recovered 2.5 kg heroin. Confirming it, a police official said that a case has been […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Lt Governor reviews preparations for Khelo India Winter Games 2024

Lt Governor reviews preparations for Khelo India Winter Games 2024

JAMMU, JANUARY 09: Lieutenant Governor Shri Manoj Sinha today chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparations for 4th Khelo India Winter Games scheduled to begin on 2nd February at Gulmarg. The Lt Governor was briefed by Sh Sarmad Hafeez, Secretary Youth Services and Sports, on the progress of preparatory works assigned to the concerned […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Journey of VBSY

Journey of VBSY

Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (VBSY) is continuing in many part of Jammu and Kashmir. Now the journey of VBSY is making its visible impact in Pulwama district. The Viksit Bharat Sankalp Yatra (VBSY) is continuing making remarkable progress in District Pulwama, gracefully navigating the urban landscapes. With its primary focus on saturating Government schemes and […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Lander problem threatens US moon mission

Lander problem threatens US moon mission

WASHINGTON: A robotic lander built by a private company suffered a propulsion system issue on its way to the moon on Monday, upending the first US soft lunar landing attempt in over 50 years as mission managers scrambled to fix its position in space. Space robotics firm Astrobotic Technology’s Peregrine lunar lander had launched successfully […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Slight Rise In Night Temp, Srinagar records minus 2.4°C

Slight Rise In Night Temp, Srinagar records minus 2.4°C

Srinagar’ :There was slight rise in night temperature on Tuesday as Srinagar recorded a low of minus 2.4°C. A meteorological department official said that the temperature was 0.5°C below normal for the summer capital of J&K for this time of the year.He said the Srinagar saw minimum temperature of minus 4.3 °C on previous night.Qazigund […]

 Crescent Kashmir

DC Ganderbal reviews saturation of KCC, NSSs

DC Ganderbal reviews saturation of KCC, NSSs

GANDERBAL, JANUARY 08: The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Ganderbal, Shyambir chaired a crucial meeting today to assess the saturation status of Kisan Credit Cards (KCC) and National Security Schemes (NSSs) in the district. The focus of the meeting was to strategize and expedite the saturation of KCC and various NSSs, including Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Progress of projects

Progress of projects

  The J & K administration is closely monitoring progress of many projects including in the health sector. Recently Advisor Bhatnagar visited the construction site of GMC Udhampur. He reviewed progress of ongoing works. Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Saloni Rai; Principal GMC Udhampur, senior officers of Public Works, health  and other allied departments accompanied the Advisor […]