Syed Shadab Ali Gillani
HM Visit: Power Play
The Home Minister’s recent visit to Jammu and Kashmir, seen by the BJP as a routine review of development and security, drew sharp criticism...
Kashmir: Stormy Session?
Budget apart, the 3-week Jammu session of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly is expected to be significant and noisy, reports Syed Shadab Ali...
Kashmir on the Brink of a Drought
Kashmir is grappling with a severe water crisis as climate change and a prolonged dry spell deplete springs, rivers, and snowfall, endangering agriculture, tourism,...
Impressive Footfall Push SKUAST-K to Extend AgriTech Mela by a Day
by Syed Shadab Ali Gillani
SRINAGAR: The Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir (SKUAST-K) has decided to extend its annual AgriTech Mela...
Kashmir’s Female Story Tellers
In Kashmir, a new generation of women writers is reshaping the literary landscape, overcoming societal challenges to make their voices heard and share their...
Kashmir’s Gold Gloom
Kashmir’s gold market is in turmoil as prices surge to record highs, straining affordability for buyers and traders alike. People are now hunting for...
Bypassed Banihal
With railway lines now connecting Srinagar to Katra and beyond, and a new bypass on the National Highway diverting traffic away from Banihal, the...
Kashmir’s Infertility Epidemic
With economic well-being overtaking the basic family institution, Kashmir tops the list of places where late marriages are the new norm. Coupled with tensions...
A Journey Through Time: Revisiting the Rails of Kashmir
by Syed Shadab Ali GillaniÂ
SRINAGAR: A few days ago, I boarded a train to Banihal with my colleague and childhood friend, Umar Dar,...
Kashmir Welcomes Vande Bharat Express
By Syed Shadab Ali Gillani
SRINAGAR: More than a century after the first surveys aimed at connecting Kashmir to India’s rail network, a long-cherished dream...
Rajouri’s Mystery Deaths
Starting from a wedding, 17 members from three families in Budhal were lost in the last 40 days. Scientists have ruled out bacterial, viral,...
A Rising Katra
Decades after connecting to a vast railway network, people getting in or moving out of Kashmir will still have to start from Katra as...
Get Surprised, Kashmir Produces Two Tonnes of Olives in Remote Uri
by Syed Shadab Ali Gillani
SRINAGAR: The Salamabad olive orchard in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, the region’s only olive farm, has been a key centre...
Kashmir: A Development Dispatch
With too many road, housing and institutional projects requiring too much space in a land-scarce Kashmir, the government said it would not permit fertile...
Tensions Flare as Aga Ruhullah and Omar Abdullah Diverge on Statehood Strategy
by Syed Shadab Ali Gillani
SRINAGAR: A fresh exchange between Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and MP Aga Ruhullah Mehdi has highlighted growing differences within the...





















