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DC Kupwara reviews preventive measures in Red zone areas

DC Kupwara reviews preventive measures in Red zone areas

Orders sealing of all entry, exit points KUPWARA, APRIL 13: Deputy Commissioner (DC), Kupwara, Anshul Garg, today convened a meeting of concerned officers to review the status of preventive measures in place in the Red zone areas of the district. The meeting was informed that strict restrictions have been imposed on vehicular and people’s movement […]

 Crescent Kashmir

COVID-19: 13 more test positive in J-K, tally rises to 258

COVID-19: 13 more test positive in J-K, tally rises to 258

Srinagar: 13 more people have been tested positive for coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir. The government’s spokeperson, Rohit Kansal, confirmed that the tally in the Union Territory has risen to Yesterday, twenty-one new cases of the infection were reported in J-K; among them include seven from Kupwara, four from Baramulla, three from Ganderbal, and two from […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Houseboat owner booked for hosting British national in Srinagar

Houseboat owner booked for hosting British national in Srinagar

Srinagar: A British national was sent to a quarantine facility while his host in Srinagar was booked by the police after the foreiner was spotted by a police official. The houseboat owner not only hosted a British citizen but also provided him accommodation since mid-March. During questioning, the Britisher admitted that he reached Kashmir Valley via […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Man dies after slipping from mountain in Boniyar Uri

Man dies after slipping from mountain in Boniyar Uri

Srinagar, Apr 12 (KNS): A fifty-year old resident of Dudran Boniyar died on Sunday after slipped from Boniyar Mountains in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. According to Kashmir News Service (KNS), the deceased went to nearby forests for collection of forest mushrooms and in the meantime his foot slipped and he fell hundred meters down. He […]

 Crescent Kashmir

3 civilians including a woman and child killed in cross border shelling in North Kashmir

3 civilians including a woman and child killed in cross border shelling in North Kashmir

Kupwara, Apr 12, KNT: Three persons including a woman and child were killed in Cross Border shelling between the armies of India and Pakistan in Chowkibal area along Line of Control in Kashmir Valley. Official sources told KNT besides a 36 year old woman identified as Shameema Bano, a child and a man were killed […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

Bulletin on Novel Corona Virus (COVID-19)

21 new positive cases reported today, 51320 persons under observation JAMMU, APRIL 12: The Government Sunday informed that 21 new positive cases of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), 04 from Jammu and 17 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and Kashmir to 245. According to the […]

 Crescent Kashmir

SMC installs decontamination tunnel at Bone & Joint hospital, Barzulla

SMC installs decontamination tunnel at Bone & Joint hospital, Barzulla

SRINAGAR, APRIL 12: Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) installed and made operational a decontamination tunnel at Bone and Joint hospital at Barzulla, here tody. Mayor, Junaid Mattu, Deputy Mayor, Parvaiz Ahmed Qadri, Secretary SMC, Mohammad Akbar Sofi, Joint Commissioner, Administration, SMC, Syed Abul Qasim and other concerned were present on the occasion. The tunnel was installed […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Horticulture Department sets up Helpline for farmers

Horticulture Department sets up Helpline for farmers

SRINAGAR, APRIL 12: Department of Horticulture Kashmir has launched Helpline numbers where senior officers of the Department have been designated to provide guidance pertaining to the horticultural activities during COVID-19 lockdown. The main focus of launching the Helpline is to make sure that every farmer/grower can access credible and accurate information regarding different field crops, […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Implement complete lockdown restrictions in all Red Zones: Chief Secretary to DCs, SSPs

Implement complete lockdown restrictions in all Red Zones: Chief Secretary to DCs, SSPs

Stresses for capacity enhancement by increasing isolation/quarantine facilities Agriculture operations to continue in controlled manner JAMMU, APRIL 12: Chief Secretary, BVR Subrahmanyam, today directed Deputy Commissioners and District Police Heads for strict implementation of restrictions in all 77 Red Zones declared in Jammu and Kashmir. To control the further spread of coronavirus, he also stressed […]

 Crescent Kashmir

Woman killed in cross border shelling in North Kashmir

Woman killed in cross border shelling in North Kashmir

Kupwara, Apr 12, KNT: A woman was killed in Cross Border shelling between the armies of India and Pakistan in Chowkibal area along Line of Control in Kashmir Valley. Official sources told KNT a 36 year old woman identified as Shameema Bano was killed after massive shelling in Tumina Chowkibal area. They said two residential […]