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 Crescent Kashmir

Decomposed human skull recovered from Ganderbal

Decomposed human skull recovered from Ganderbal

Locals Tuesday spotted a human skull in Central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. Sources told KNT that a decomposed human skull was seen by locals floating in Nallah Sindh near Arch Ganderbal. Locals informed police that visited the spot and took possession of the human skull. Pertinently three weeks ago a headless decomposed human body was recovered […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Destruction of explosive material sparks protest in Tulail

Destruction of explosive material sparks protest in Tulail

The destruction of some explosive material at Barnoi Tulail area of Gurez Division of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district sparked a protest against Army. The blasts created fear psychosis among local population who hit to road and blocked Tulail- Gurez road near Barnoi village and staged protest against Army. Locals told news agency KNT that 19 […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Court directs police to allow Kashmiri youth languishing in Badharwah jail to appear in Class 12th examination

Court directs police to allow Kashmiri youth languishing in Badharwah jail to appear in Class 12th examination

Court has directed authorities to allow a Sopore detenue to appear in the examination. Advocate Bashir Ahmed Tak had filed an application in the virtual court of Justice Sanjay Dhar seeking a direction for shifting of detenue from District Jail Bhadarwah to District Jail Baramulla or Central Jail Srinagar, so as to enable the detenue […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Another shrine heist in Kashmir: burglars strike at Rehbab Sahab (RA) shrine, decamp with cash

Another shrine heist in Kashmir: burglars strike at Rehbab Sahab (RA) shrine, decamp with cash

Srinagar: Burglars decamped with cash at Kashmir’s revered shrine, Rehbab Sahib in Aali Kadal of Srinagar. This is the second such theft at a shrine in Srinagar in last two weeks. Earlier in the intervening night of September 12-13, burglars decamped with cash from the shrine of Dastgeer sahib in Khanyar area. Official sources told […]

 Crescent Kashmir

NIA conducts fresh raids in Baramulla, Srinagar

NIA conducts fresh raids in Baramulla, Srinagar

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday morning conducted fresh raids in parts of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district and also in Nowgam area of Srinagar, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). Unidentified official sources told the agency that the NIA sleuths, accompanied by paramilitary CRPF and police, raided the house of Ghulam […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Forces recover arms, ammunition along LoC in Jammu

Forces recover arms, ammunition along LoC in Jammu

The government forces in Jammu’s Akhnoor sub-division Tuesday recovered arms and ammunition suspected to have been air-dropped in an area inside the Line of Control in the area, reported local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). Unidentified officials told the agency that joint teams of army and police headed by SDPO Akhnoor Ajay Sharma launched […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Jaish militant killed in Budgam; will track his associates soon: SSP Budgam

Jaish militant killed in Budgam; will track his associates soon: SSP Budgam

Jammu and Kashmir police today said that one unidentified militant of the Jaish-e-Muhammad outfit has been killed in a gunfight at Nowhal area of Chrar-i-Shareef in Central Kashmir’s Budgam district while as his few associates are active in the area and would be tracked soon. According to a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO), […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Official claims

Official claims

Official date does not match with the ground reports of government run hospitals of how they are running the covid designated hospitals and what are the alternate arrangements for the non covid patients in the hospitals especially for the pregnant ladies and children. Most senior bureaucrats have been giving press conferences and also press releases […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Chrar-i-Shareef gunfight: Militant killed on second day; operation on

Chrar-i-Shareef gunfight: Militant killed on second day; operation on

A militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight which erupted on Monday evening in Charar-i-Shareef area of Central Kashmir’s Budgam district, reported a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS). Unidentified official sources told the agency that a militant has been killed in an ongoing gunfight, however, the identity of the killed militant couldn’t […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Smart City: Work on redevelopment of major city roads begins in Srinagar

Smart City: Work on redevelopment of major city roads begins in Srinagar

The work on the ?110-crore roads redevelopment project in Srinagar has started with blacktopping of a dozen major city roads identified under the project approved under the Smart City project. Besides macadamization and blacktopping of roads the project includes several other components including construction or upgrading of footpaths and cross drainage and setting up of […]