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LG Sinha announces J&K Health Scheme providing universal Health Insurance to all residents of J&K

LG Sinha announces J&K Health Scheme providing universal Health Insurance to all residents of J&K

First of a kind initiative in the country to provide Universal health benefit to entire population Rs 5 lakh annual health insurance coverage per family on floater basis 15 Lakh Families to be covered, over and above the 5.97 lakh families already covered under Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY All high end treatments of oncology, cardiology and Nephrology […]

 Crescent Kashmir

JK reports 1578 new positive cases, 34689 recovered so far

JK reports 1578 new positive cases, 34689 recovered so far

JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 11: The Government on Friday informed that 1578 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 808 from Jammu division and 770 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 50712. Also 09 COVID-19 deaths have been reported; 06 from Jammu […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Hasnain Masoodi visits Shopian, reviews developmental projects, implementation of schemes

Hasnain Masoodi visits Shopian, reviews developmental projects, implementation of schemes

SHOPIAN, SEPTEMBER 11: The Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Justice (Retd), Hasnain Masoodi today visited district Shopian to take a detailed review of major developmental projects, implementation of flagship schemes in the district. The Member of Parliament convened a meeting here with the district officers of various departments to review the project wise status of […]

 Crescent Kashmir

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 4,26,391 stranded JK residents; 3,00,333 via Lakhanpur, 1,26,058 through special trains

COVID-19: Govt evacuates 4,26,391 stranded JK residents; 3,00,333 via Lakhanpur, 1,26,058 through special trains

JAMMU, SEPTEMBER 11: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has evacuated about 4,26,391 JK residents, stranded in other parts of the country due to COVID lockdown, via Lakhanpur  and through special trains and buses till date amid strict observance of all necessary guidelines and Standard Operating Procedures. As per the official data received in this regard, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Comprehensive overhaul of Grievance Redress & Monitoring Mechanism in J&K

Comprehensive overhaul of Grievance Redress & Monitoring Mechanism in J&K

Lt Governor launches Jammu and Kashmir Integrated Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (JK-IGRAMS) Major reform undertaken to decentralize the Grievance Redress Mechanism by mapping nearly 1500 public offices in 20 districts of the UT J&K to have first online grievance management system / Portal in the country linked with Central government (at the top) and […]

 Crescent Kashmir

England captain hopes for turning tracks in Australia ODIs

England captain hopes for turning tracks in Australia ODIs

MANCHESTER: Eoin Morgan is hoping for spinning pitches during England’s One-day International series against Australia as the world champions plan for the 2023 World Cup in India. The England captain is anticipating a gentle turner at Old Trafford in Manchester, where the fierce rivals will play 50-over fixtures over the next week with the first […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Sushant Singh Rajput death: Mumbai court denies bail to Rhea Chakraborty in drug case

Sushant Singh Rajput death: Mumbai court denies bail to Rhea Chakraborty in drug case

A special court in Mumbai on Friday rejected the bail pleas filed by Bollywood actress Rhea Chakraborty and her brother Showik, who were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in connection with the drugs case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Besides this, the court also rejected the bail pleas of four others accused […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Motorcyclist killed, two others injured in north Kashmir road accident

Motorcyclist killed, two others injured in north Kashmir road accident

Srinagar: A motorcyclist was killed while two others were injured in a road accident near JET college Kanispora in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Friday afternoon. Reports said that a bike bearing registration no JK05B- 3109 was hit by an unknown truck resulting in critical injuries to three persons. They said that one among them […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Army major among two injured in explosion along LoC in J-K

Army major among two injured in explosion along LoC in J-K

Srinagar: Two Army men including a major were injured in an explosion that took place along the Line of Control (LoC) in Nowshera sector area of Rajouri. A local news gathering agency Kashmir News Observer (KNO) reported that the explosion took place on Thursday noon in a forward location of Nowshera sector of Rajouri. “An […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Militant’s body recovered after four days of searches in Budgam

Militant’s body recovered after four days of searches in Budgam

Body of a militant was recovered late last night from Check Kawoosa after four days of searches following a brief gunfight in the Central Kashmir’s Budgam district. A senior police officer told GNS that the body was recovered from a Nala (Waterbody) in which the militant had jumped after suffering bullet injury in his neck […]