Opinion

 Crescent Kashmir

Road shows

Road shows

Tourism players from Kashmir have been participating in the promotional campaigns launched by the government in the past few years but with little results. Recently the government has decided to go to the all major cities of the country with their road shows and other promotional campaigns to get back tourists. In this connection the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

ED summons

ED summons

When Enforcement Directorate summoned former chief minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on March 15 to their Delhi office in connection with an alleged money laundering case, she called it as political vendetta as in the summons, it was not written or mentioned whether she is an accused or witness in that case Mehbooba Mufti […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Mehbooba get relief

Mehbooba get relief

Former chief minister and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti recently got an interim stay issued by the Enforcement Directorate asking her to present herself before their office at New Delhi. According to the media reports while the court has given the date for the hearing they have also given a direction to the Enforcement Directorate not […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Boycott of DDC members

Boycott of DDC members

DDC members’ recently boycotted the programme in support of their demand for better status and monthly honorarium. The protest came a day after the Jammu and Kashmir administration amended its warrant of precedence, placing the DDC chairpersons’ equivalent to administrative secretaries, vice chairpersons to vice-chancellors of universities and the DDC members to district magistrates. The […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Restoration of statehood

Restoration of statehood

While the Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the floor of the house has not given any timeline for the restoration of statehood most of the political parties in Jammu and Kashmir instead have been demanding restoration of article 370. However JK Apni Party which is being blamed by its political opponents to be close […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Summons to Mehbooba

Summons to Mehbooba

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate to New Delhi, in an alleged money laundering case. According to the news agencies from New Delhi a case has been registered against her under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. Mehbooba Mufti has been very vocal against the decisions […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Delimitation to continue

Delimitation to continue

The central government has extended the term of delimitation commission by another year for only Jammu and Kashmir excluding North-East. BJP leaders from Jammu have tried to play down the extension to the delimitation commission and have told the media that the Commission would complete the process within a few months and elections might be […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Sustainable tourism

Sustainable tourism

The Government of India is very keen to see the tourism industry growing in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir especially in the current scenario. Recently Union Tourism Secretary said sustainable tourism is the only way of expanding the sector and bringing expected change in the industry in Jammu and Kashmir so that thousands […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Will Congress revive?

Will Congress revive?

The Congress party is facing a crisis and recently the pressure of all those senior leaders who came to Jammu, expressed their sentiments that the party needs to come out from the present conditions in order to fight back against BJP on the ground. After the lavish praises by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Sudden heart attacks

Sudden heart attacks

There is a disturbing trend in Kashmir valley that young people are becoming the victims of sudden heart attacks and most of them lost their lives. One of the latest victims has been a doctor and he suffered a massive heart attack and died on spot. Recently health experts and doctors have warned people of […]