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It Is Not About A Post, But About Country Which Matters Most: Kapil Sibal After CWC Meet

It Is Not About A Post, But About Country Which Matters Most: Kapil Sibal After CWC Meet

Senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal, who is among the 23 party leaders who have written to Sonia Gandhi seeking an organisational overhaul, said on Tuesday that “it is not about a post” but about the country that matters most. A day after a stormy Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting, Sibal made the remarks in a […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Hong Kong Scientists Report First Case Of Man Being Reinfected With Coronavirus For The Second Time

Hong Kong Scientists Report First Case Of Man Being Reinfected With Coronavirus For The Second Time

University of Hong Kong scientists claim to have the first evidence of someone being reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19. Genetic tests revealed that a 33-year-old man returning to Hong Kong from a trip to Spain in mid-August had a different strain of the coronavirus than the one he’d previously been infected with in […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Anderson edges closer to magical mark as Pakistan dig in

Anderson edges closer to magical mark as Pakistan dig in

SOUTHAMPTON: England seamer James Anderson moved one shy of 600 Test wickets as he struck late on a frustrating and mainly forgettable fourth day of the third and final Test against Pakistan on Monday. The 38-year-old, looking to become the first pace bowler to reach that landmark, had opener Abid Ali lbw for a painstaking […]

 Crescent Kashmir

DAL LAKE CONSERVATION

DAL LAKE CONSERVATION

When BJP pulled out its support to the Mehbooba Mufti government in Jammu and Kashmir Dal Lake preservation project was picking pace and the process was going on. When then Governor N.N Vohra started governing from Raj Bhawan he took keen interest in the preservation and cleaning of Dal Lake and held several meetings of […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Woman killed, 2 missing after landslide hit Reasi

Woman killed, 2 missing after landslide hit Reasi

A woman was killed, while her two family members couldn’t be immediately traced after a landslide hit Khour area of Mahore sub-division in Reasi district, reported a local news agency, Kashmir News Observer (KNO). An unnamed official told the agency that three persons were buried under the debris after a landslide hit Khour area on […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Russian envoy in touch with Modi govt to ‘collaborate’ on Covid vaccine Sputnik V

Russian envoy in touch with Modi govt to ‘collaborate’ on Covid vaccine Sputnik V

New Delhi: The Russian government has reached out to the Indian dispensation, seeking a collaboration on the Russian Covid-19 vaccine, Sputnik V, and also expressed its willingness to share data, ThePrint has learnt. This comes even as the Indian embassy in Moscow is engaging with the Gamaleya National Centre of Epidemiology and Microbiology, which has developed the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

25 rescued, over 50 still trapped after building collapses in Maharashtra’s Raigad district

25 rescued, over 50 still trapped after building collapses in Maharashtra’s Raigad district

A five-storey building collapsed in Maharahstra’s Raigad district on Monday with over 50 people feared to be trapped under the debris, officials said. The incident took place in Mahad city of Raigad district, around 170 kilometres from Mumbai. No casualty has been reported so far. The ‘Tariq garden’ building, according to local residents, collapsed at […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Advisor Khan chairs 17th Board Meeting of JKBOCWWB

Advisor Khan chairs 17th Board Meeting of JKBOCWWB

‘To make welfare schemes grand success, creating awareness among the labour force is vital step’ Board disburses Rs 68 crore during current fiscal among BOC workers in COVID-19 crisis SRINAGAR, AUGUST 24: Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, Farooq Khan today chaired 17th Board Meeting of Jammu & Kashmir Building & Other Construction Workers Welfare Board (JKBOCWWB). […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Day 92: Jammu, Srinagar Airports receive 26 domestic flights with 3,578 passengers

Day 92: Jammu, Srinagar Airports receive 26 domestic flights with 3,578 passengers

JAMMU, AUGUST 24: On day 92 of resumption of routine domestic operations in Jammu and Kashmir, 26 domestic flights with 3,578 passengers on board today arrived at Jammu and Srinagar Airports. A total of 1102 passengers aboard 10 regular commercial flights arrived at the Jammu Airport while 16 domestic flights with about 2476 passengers on […]

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JK reports 428 new positive cases, 25205 recovered so far

JK reports 428 new positive cases, 25205 recovered so far

JAMMU, AUGUST 24: The Government on Monday informed that 428 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 154 from Jammu division and 274 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 33075. Also 07 COVID-19 deaths have been reported from Kashmir Division. […]