Opinion

 Crescent Kashmir

BREAKING THE CYCLE

BREAKING THE CYCLE

The fight against the growing positive cases of coronavirus in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has entered into a decisive phase. Despite all hardships and problems, common people in Kashmir valley are cooperating with authorities to enforce lockdown. Police and administration should also do the hand holding of people in distress rather than thrashing […]

 Crescent Kashmir

ACUTE SHORTAGE

ACUTE SHORTAGE

Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir is witnessing a phase of acute shortage of essential items particularly in Kashmir valley due to closure of highway. Srinagar-Jammu highway is closed for more than a week now with authorities only claiming that it would be restored soon. Police and other wings of administration are busy in enforcing […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Airlift essential items

Airlift essential items

With authorities of UT of Jammu and Kashmir busy in enforcing lockdown in Srinagar and other parts of Kashmir, there is little focus on the facts like 800 trucks laden with essential items are stranded on highway for the past several days due to the closure of the road. In such circumstances Srinagar city and […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Trying times 

Trying times 

COVID-19 threat is looming large on entire Kashmir valley and more positive cases of infected persons are coming to the fore. These are trying times for all of us and we should collectively try to come out of -this huge challenge. COVID-19 is spreading in Srinagar city due to the negligence of some persons who […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Grim Situation

Grim Situation

Kashmir valley is witnessing a very grim situation due to the growing threat of corona virus and we have already loosed 1% to this deadly virus. 18 persons have been found positive and thousands of people are presently under surveillance due to the growing threat of COVID-19. According to the official figures available, 5763 travelers […]

 Crescent Kashmir

After the virus spread

After the virus spread

Administration in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir has taken number of steps to combat the spread of Covid-19 virus here. Already in different hospitals, many suspects are being investigated by the doctors including the lady who tested positive. According to the doctors she is stable and has told people not to go by the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Fresh Hopes

Fresh Hopes

The latest assurance by the central government that there would be no tempering with the local interests of common people in entire erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, has given fresh hopes to the people to come out shadows of fear. People of Ladakh have also lot of apprehensions that there interests should be safeguarded […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Health advisory

Health advisory

Divisional Administration of Kashmir in the recent past held series of high level meetings in the backdrop of growing coronavirus threat and has asked the entire government machinery to take the steps to put in place the arrangements to fight back the infection. In this backdrop many Deputy Commissioners in Kashmir valley recently issued an […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Sand blocks

Sand blocks

In the recent past rivers of Kashmir have been in news for sand extraction. Recently, protests were ignited in various parts of Kashmir by local sand diggers alleging that the authorities have auctioned sand blocks on internet during the peak of internet shutdown. They have alleged that there is sinister design against them as thousands […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Assistance

Assistance

There are hundreds of students from Jammu and Kashmir presently stranded in some countries where corona virus infection has taken lot of human toll. Most of such students are currently in Iran and recently parents of these students met Foreign Minister Jaishankar who had come to Srinagar. He assured them that the central government will […]