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Mehbooba lashes out at BJP after house-detention for third time

Mehbooba lashes out at BJP after house-detention for third time

Srinagar :Former Chief Minister of the erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir , Mehbooba Mufti on Wednesday said that she was again “detained”, third time in less than a fortnight. Taking to her Twitter handle, the Peoples Democratic Party president said, “Illegally detained today for the third time in less than a fortnight. Too much democracy indeed,” […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Roshni review

Roshni review

There is a complete scale down from the administration as they have quietly filed a review petition recently in the J&K high court after the orders from the court nullifying Roshni act and calling for retrieving the land from the occupants. The review petition says that there are apprehensions that the High Court verdict may […]

 Crescent Kashmir

4 civilians injured in Pattan grenade attack

4 civilians injured in Pattan grenade attack

  Srinagar: Four civilians were injured after suspected militants hurled a grenade on government forces in Singpora Bazaar area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Wednesday morning. Official sources said that the grenade missed the intended target and exploded on road injuring four civilians. They were removed to hospital for treatment. Meanwhile whole area has […]

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Pulwama encounter: Two militants killed, Civilian injured, operation on

Pulwama encounter: Two militants killed, Civilian injured, operation on

Pulwama: Two militants have been killed in an encounter between government forces and militants in Tiken village of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. A senior police officer told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that two unidentified militant have been killed and a civilian also received injuries while as operation is on in the area. He added […]

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Vehicle Carrying SSB Troopers Crushes Elderly Man To Death

Vehicle Carrying SSB Troopers Crushes Elderly Man To Death

SRINAGAR: A vehicle carrying Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) troopers for election duty crushed an elderly man to death in Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Tuesday evening. Officials told the news agency KNO that a 64-year-old man identified as Mohammad Amin Shah, son of Ghulam Hassan Shah of Malpora Kulgam was hit by a Matador vehicle […]

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COVID-19: Six more patients die; 470 test positive in J&K

COVID-19: Six more patients die; 470 test positive in J&K

Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday recorded six deaths due to COVID-19 taking the death toll to 1,761 in the Union Territory while as 470 positive cases were reported taking the tally of positive cases to 114,038 in J&K. Of the exact number of 114,038 cases, 67,558 are from Kashmir and 46,480 from Jammu division. Officials […]

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Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

JK reports470 new positive cases, 107282recovered so far JAMMU, DECEMBER 08-The Government on Tuesday informed that470 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 277 from Jammu division and 193 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 114038. Also 06 COVID-19 deaths have been […]

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3 SKUAST-K employees injured in ‘Xerox machine’ blast

3 SKUAST-K employees injured in ‘Xerox machine’ blast

Srinagar: Three employees of Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology (SKAUST) at Shalimar Srinagar suffered minor injuries in a blast in Xerox machine on Tuesday, officials said. The trio, working in the Registration Section of the varsity, were given medical aid for the minor injuries, the concerned Station House Officer said: “There was some […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Srinagar youth injured in Pampore mishap

Srinagar youth injured in Pampore mishap

PAMPORE: A youth from Srinagar was on Tuesday seriously injured in a road accident at Pampore in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district. According to a SHO Pampore Manzoor Ahmad, a pedestrian identified as Tauseef Ahmad Nath son of Abdul Samad Nath, resident of Chattabal area of Srinagar, was injured after hit by Dumper vehicle near Kadlabal […]

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Snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir valley

Snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir valley

Srinagar:  The famous ski-resort of Gulmarg and other higher reaches of Kashmir received snowfall for the second day on Tuesday, while the plains were lashed by rains, the MET Office. It said there would be a decrease in precipitation in the union territory from Wednesday. Snowfall continued in many areas in the higher reaches of the […]