Kashmir Life
1905 Floods: A First Hand Account
A British author T R Swinburne along with many of his friends was visiting Kashmir when they were caught in the floods in 1905,...
Floating On Hope
It took courage and creativity to transform plastic bottles, empty water-tanks, wood planks, mattresses etc, to float thousands of marooned people to safety. Safwat...
Getting Back into Seinweir
Decades after late Bakhshi Ghulam Mohammad converted low-lying garden Seinwari into Sonawari for habitation, an overflowing Jhelum found its way in. It took villagers 25...
Salvaging Lives
A youth from Srinagar’s Balgarden locality rescued a pregnant lady, army rescuers, paramilitary personnel; arranged relief material for hundreds inside a Batamaloo relief camp and...
What Made September 7 Floods So Bad?
by Athar Parvaiz
It has been over a month since a massive flood left the central and southern areas of Kashmir devastated killing 281 people...
Flood From My Window
When flood deserted Srinagar’s Press Enclave, a lady stayed back only to witness the devastating drive of Jhelum around. A government official by profession,...
Flood Victim
The recent flood has decimated me completely. What fell on me was indeed God’s wrath, but how demigods of valley failed to rescue me...
A Muck of History
In Kashmir’s checkered history preserving records of the past have always been a priority. But with floods catching officials unaware a part of Kashmir’s...
Qazigund: A Village Lost
With more than 20 kanals of agriculture land per household Qazigund village in Pulwama district was proud to be self-sufficient till floods washed away...
Do Not Blame JHELUM
Governance failure apart, societal corruption, greed and biotic interventions in fragile ecology invited Rs 100,000 crore catastrophe to the City of Kashmir. R S...
Exchange of Fire Starts Again on LoC in Poonch
KL Report
SRINAGAR
The exchange of fire again took place along the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district on Saturday afternoon. The...
Calm on LoC for second Consecutive Day
KL Report
SRINAGAR
It was calm Saturday on the Line of Control (LoC) in Jammu for the second consecutive day. No exchange of fire took place...
J K Govt Seeks Rs 44,000 crores Aid from Centre and Tax Holiday for...
KL Report
SRINAGAR
Jammu and Kashmir government has submitted a proposal to the central government, seeking a special financial package of Rs 44,000 crore for the...
10 Structures Damaged in Fire Incidents
KL Report
SRINAGAR
Ten structures were damaged in separate fire incidents across the valley, police said on Thursday.
As per a statement fire broke out in a...
01 Dies, 05 Injured in Accidents
KL Report
SRINAGAR
One person died while five others were injured in separate road accidents across Kashmir, police said on Thursday.
As per a statement a Load...
