Opinion

 Crescent Kashmir

WAITING FOR VERDICT

WAITING FOR VERDICT

The petitioners for the restoration of 4G services have now in a fresh writ petition asked the Supreme Court to go for contempt against the senior officers of Union Government for not making the committee functional which would finally decide about the high speed internet in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The petitioner through […]

 Crescent Kashmir

ANOTHER PETITION

ANOTHER PETITION

Fresh petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking initiation of contempt proceedings against Union Home Secretary, Ajay Kumar Bhalla, and Chief Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir, B. V. R. Subrahmanyam, for their alleged “wilful disobedience” in complying with the supreme court’s order for setting up a “special committee” to consider restoration of 4G […]

 Crescent Kashmir

HIT BY STORM

HIT BY STORM

Government has not intervened to help the families connected with fruit business and farmers. The sector was hit first by the clampdown of the central government after the abrogation of article 370, as many varieties of fresh fruits including peach and grapes could not be transported out because of the clampdown.  It was followed by […]

 Crescent Kashmir

RESTRICTIONS IN SRINAGAR

RESTRICTIONS IN SRINAGAR

Srinagar administration was forced to re-impose restrictions on public movement and non-essential activities as ordered on May 31 will continue to remain enforced till further orders. Such drastic measures were taken after a high level meeting as in a single day over 600 people were tested positive due to corona virus. Administration has asked the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

LAKE OF CONFLICT

LAKE OF CONFLICT

It was Amir Khan Movie of Three Idiots, which gave fame to Pangong Lake and it became one of the famous tourist spots of Ladakh region. Every year thousands of people would come to this blue lake as a reminder of their romance with this lake after the Amir Khan movie. This time the lake […]

 Crescent Kashmir

KARGIL IN FOCUS

KARGIL IN FOCUS

Kargil villages all along the LAC touching Pakistan have been living in tension as army troops have been moving during night hours to many hilly posts in the villages. Villagers have been quoted by media as saying that they are feeling the heat of the situation while as Covid-19 pandemic has already made their lives […]

 Crescent Kashmir

MEDIA IN FOCUS

MEDIA IN FOCUS

Recently a UT administration has drafted a new media policy aimed at creating a better coordination between journalists and government. In this direction it pointed out that “finally the policy attempts to thwart misinformation, fake news and develop a mechanism that will raise alarm against any attempt to use media to vitiate public peace, sovereignty […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Questions surface

Questions surface

After the recent bod decision by National Conference not to be the part of delimitation commission of Jammu and Kashmir, there are fresh questions coming to surface about the future leadership of National Conference and their new policy to remain politically relevant in Kashmir. After the ten months long silence, National Conference finally decided to […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Educational Inertia

Educational Inertia

Education has been suffering in Jammu and Kashmir due to turmoil in past three decades in general. In particular since August 5, last year student community in Jammu and Kashmir has been at the receiving end of the situation as the clampdown of the central government resulted in closure of all educational institutions followed by […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Cherries without market

Cherries without market

Cherry growers of Kashmir valley have appealing to the authorities for the past two months to arrange special air cargo flights to lift fresh cherry from Kashmir to Mumbai. According to these growers they were having tie up with business houses in Mumbai to supply fresh cherries of this season. However, officials have maintained as […]