Maleeha Sofi
Kashmir: Amarnath Yatra 2025
The 2025 Amarnath Yatra, planned for 38 days but cut short to 28 due to heavy rains, saw over four lakh pilgrims undertake the...
Kashmir: A School Report
Jammu and Kashmir’s education overhaul reveals mixed results. While funding has increased and infrastructure has improved, learning outcomes remain uneven. Key schemes lag, and...
Jammu Kashmir Accelerates Deregulation Drive, Targets Investment Climate with Reforms
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has significantly advanced its Compliance Reduction and Deregulation initiative. Under the direct leadership of Chief Secretary...
Jammu and Kashmir Farmers Urged to Embrace Crop Insurance amidst Severe Drought Conditions
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: With the spectre of severe drought looming large over Jammu and Kashmir, threatening to devastate paddy cultivation and inflict significant financial...
Kashmiri British Super Surgeon Awarded MBE in King’s Birthday Honours
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: In a proud moment for the global medical fraternity and the Kashmiri diaspora, Professor Noor Ul Owase Jeelani, one of the...
Record-Breaking 18,477 Applications for SKUAST-K Entrance Test in 2025 as University Soars in National...
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Kashmir (SKUAST-K) has achieved a new milestone, receiving an all-time high of 18,477 applications...
Indus Water Treaty: India Plans Major Expansion of Ranbir Canal to Divert More Water...
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: India is considering a major expansion of the historic Ranbir Canal on the Chenab River in Jammu, potentially tripling its water-carrying...
Extending House Timing by 30 Minutes, Jammu Kashmir Assembly Consumed 20 Minutes in Discussion
by Maleeha Sofi
JAMMU: With every word and every move being contested, the Jammu and Kashmir assembly took more than 20 minutes discussing if the...
FactCheck: Amit Shah Says Kashmir May Have Been Named After Kashyap, Not That It...
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: Speculations are being made that Kashmir may be renamed Kashyap after Home Minister Amit Shah’s speech at the Book Launch of Jammu...
Government Stalls Industrial Estate in North Kashmir, Investors Await Resolution
By Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: Industrial plot allotments in Sopore Seer, Jagir, and Tulibal in Baramulla district, covering a substantial 428 kanals of land, have been...
24 Years After Its Discovery, Pampore Elephant Fossils Tell Kashmir’s 3-Lakh Year-Old Story
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: Nearly 24 years after its discovery in 2000, an ancient elephant fossil discovered in Saffron town of Pampore (Kashmir) near Galender...
Kashmir On Track
With the engineering marvel of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla track about to permit the chugging of trains into Kashmir, the land-locked valley will witness a series...
Virtual Challenges
Amid the technology shift, the evolving virtual world is coming with its lingo in symbols and texts. A work in progress, and it will...
Mythical Akanundun Deconstructed On Stage
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: The National Bhaand Theatre (Himalaya Folk Theatre) showcased the folk narrative 'Akanundun' at Tagore Hall Srinagar on Saturday, receiving an enthusiastic response...
A Perpetual Pain
Suicide leaves behind a legacy of suffering, burdening the ones who remain with a loss. Maleeha Sofi reports the costs of suicides that survivors...
