Opinion

 Crescent Kashmir

Extreme weather condition

Extreme weather condition

After the heavy snowfall, which has paralysed life in Kashmir to great extent now there is a wave of chill with temperatures dipping in minus, turning Kashmir into a virtual deep freezer. Kashmir’s famous Dal Lake froze from the past several days as a severe cold wave in the valley continued with Srinagar recording the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

No surface link

No surface link

Recent inclement weather in Jammu and Kashmir has resulted in closure of Srinagar-Jammu highway, alternate highway Mughal road and important link of Srinagar-Ladakh road. Authorities have been maintaining that they have made a contingency plan to meet any situation arising in severe winters and would ensure that Srinagar-Jammu highway is reopened as soon as possible. […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Ready for all

Ready for all

Keeping a close vigil especially on eastern border of Ladakh, army top brass closely watch the situation and keep the troops ready for any eventuality. Pakistan and China together form a potent threat to national security and their collusive approach towards India cannot be wished away, Army Chief Gen MM Naravane said recently after assessing […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Low speed internet

Low speed internet

There is bad news for both students and traders of Jammu and Kashmir; the government has by its latest order extended the ban on high speed internet till January 22 dashing all hopes that it would be restored very soon.  The government has been maintaining the same apprehensions that high speed internet would be used […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Still an opportunity

Still an opportunity

After the conclusion of recently held DDC elections many Kashmir experts and intelligence people who have handled it have been asking the central Government to grab the opportunity and start the political process which has been snapped on August 05, 2019. The massive clampdown which was started in Jammu and Kashmir along with communication blockade […]

 Crescent Kashmir

War or words

War or words

PAGD leadership has been accusing police, administration and JK Apni Party of trying to get their members out even as they have won the DDC elections on PAGD ticket. Reacting to these allegations JK Apni Party said that they were not forcing any person to join their party but at the same time they cannot […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Bodies of slain youth

Bodies of slain youth

Police has in its recent statement given a fresh twist to the recent gunfight on Srinagar outskirts. Police said that two of the three were OGW’s and inclined to radicalization. Police said that they have no reason not to believe the version of the army about the incident and added that however they will investigate […]

 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 […]

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