Masood Hussain
Associated with the Srinagar dateline since 1987, Masood Hussain has served a number of media organisations in the last more than three decades. He served Kashmir Times for around a decade and joined The Economic Times which he left in 2015 after 17 years. He is currently the Editor of Kashmir Life.
Kashmir: A Mandate Marginalised
Despite a landslide mandate, Omar Abdullah leads a government stripped of autonomy, with key powers resting in the Raj Bhawan, revealing the deep imbalance...
A Kashmir Apple Consignment worth Rs 20 Lakh Lost Rs 40 Lakh in Marketing...
by Masood Hussain
SOPORE: When a Sopore trader sent a truckload of American Trail apples, an export-grade variety popular in Bangladesh, he thought he was...
Kashmir: Stamp Duty Divide
Stamp duty in Jammu and Kashmir is generating steady revenue, primarily from the cities of Jammu and Srinagar. But, the registrations are falling, apparently...
Kashmir’s Growing Rabies Crisis: As Dogs Dominate, Cats Quietly Catch Up
by Masood Hussain
SRINAGAR: On September 28, World Rabies Day, Jammu and Kashmir’s health authorities find themselves staring at an uncomfortable truth: in the 21st...
Kashmir: Highway Hits Harvest
Kashmir’s apple economy is facing historic losses due to the August rains, highway blockages, and disrupted supply chains. High-density orchards, cold storage, and MIS...
Jammu Kashmir’s GST Stress
With restructured GST set to roll out, Jammu and Kashmir, already grappling with weak consumption and post-Pahalgam economic strain, anticipates further decline in collections...
With 23 Tons a Day, Railways Would Require 190 Years to Take 2025 Kashmir...
by Masood Hussain
SHOPIAN: In the apple capital of Kashmir, the mood has soured. For the second consecutive day, as the traders at Shopian’s main...
Kashmir: The Deluge Debate
The Jhelum surged past its danger marks again in September 2025, reviving memories of 2014. Frequent floods, unchecked mining, weak infrastructure, and climate extremes...
Kashmiri: Mind on Edge
Kashmir faces a deepening psychological crisis where conflict trauma, drug addiction, stigma, screen overexposure, joblessness and anger intertwine. Psychiatry battles neglect, faith, and silence,...
Skilling Kashmir’s Future
The Comprehensive Skill Plan for Jammu and Kashmir is ambitious and progressive, but hampered by vague industry participation, uncertain employment linkages, equity gaps, and...
In Virtual Kashmir, Debate Rekindled Over Sheikh Abdullah’s Lost Papers and Letters
by Masood Hussain
SRINAGAR: Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah, Kashmir’s tallest political figure and the first native ruler of the Valley in nearly a millennium, remains the...
Top Psychiatrists Sound Alarm over Rising Suicides and Youth Mental Health Crisis in Kashmir
SRINAGAR: Experts at a landmark medical education event in Srinagar on Saturday warned that Jammu and Kashmir is in the grip of an alarming...
Kashmir’s Nomination Row
With the MHA asserting that nominating five members to Jammu and Kashmir’s assembly is the sole prerogative of the Lt Governor, a new ‘disempowerment’...
Jammu Kashmir’s Power Finances Show Rising Receipts, Falling Losses, Heavy Deficit Persists
by Masood Hussain
SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir’s power sector has reported notable improvements in receipts, billing efficiency, and reduction in overall losses over the last...
The Nedous Legacy
Once a colonial-era jewel and linked to Kashmir’s first political family, the iconic Nedous Hotel in Gulmarg now stands shut, caught in a fierce...
