Opinion

 Crescent Kashmir

No respite

No respite

The markets of Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir are having a lot of scarcity of essential commodities as the Srinagar-Jammu highway is closed from the past several days now. All the claims of the administration seem hollow as the people have to bear the brunt in the markets as every shopkeeper and wholesaler has […]

 Crescent Kashmir

No air traffic

No air traffic

The flights to Srinagar airport got disrupted due to the heavy snowfall and the process continues because the snowfall is going on. The suspension of operations from Srinagar airport has added to the problems of people living here as the surface link especially the Srinagar-Jammu highway has remained closed. The flight operations to and from […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Arrests continue

Arrests continue

Uncertainty and agony seems to have settled in the lives of common people in Jammu and Kashmir as even after the peaceful DDC elections, arrests of political activists have restarted and the authorities are not giving much reason for such detention. From Prime Minister Narendra Modi to LG Sinha everyone has expressed their gratitude to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Police version

Police version

After the controversy has erupted regarding the three youths who were killed in the Hokersar encounter, police have come out with the response in the media. Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Thursday said that he has no reason to dispute what a senior army official has stated about Lawaypora Srinagar […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Low internet even in coming year

Low internet even in coming year

Since August 5, 2019, people of Jammu and Kashmir are not getting any respite to use high speed internet and this uncertainty is looming over the young generation here. After the DDC elections were held in a most peaceful manner all the political circles in Kashmir and the student community were hopeful that the New […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Democracy wins

Democracy wins

BJP has been changing the statements about the DDC polls and the latest is that after the PAGD registered win, BJP said it is a victory of democracy. PAGD leaders have questioned this logic of BJP and said that if they really mean it then they should restore article 370 as people have through democratic […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Omar asserts

Omar asserts

Former chief minister and PAGD leader Omar Abdullah has said that if winning of three DDC seats in Kashmir is a victory, then PAGD has created Tsunami by his victory. Omar Abdullah has said that despite BJP using all the powers and central agencies against the PAGD leaders, people of Jammu and Kashmir by voting […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Srinagar gets a fractured verdict

Srinagar gets a fractured verdict

All the 14 seats for Srinagar district have been announced by the district authorities but the results are more inclined towards independent. PAGD had only managed to get 3 seats; while JK Apni Party had won 3 seats. The verdict is very surprising, as the PAGD fought these elections together and expected to win the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Mehbooba speaks

Mehbooba speaks

Vice President of PAGD Mehbooba Mufti recently visited many villages of Budgam district and interacted with those families who have been complaining about getting eviction notices from the forest department. While interacting with delegation from many villages Mehbooba expressed sharp concern over what she called repression on the common people. She said that abrogation of […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Chain of vaccination

Chain of vaccination

Government of Jammu and Kashmir has been making all the arrangements for the distribution of covid vaccines to different places so that there is no crisis in the field. Lot of high level meetings have been held in the recent past in order to streamline the process and to keep administration ready for the vaccine […]