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Business

This section contains the most exhaustive reportage on the state, status of business in Jammu and Kashmir.

Facing a washout

Washing shawls is a specialised art, and for centuries, washermen on the banks of Jhelum in Srinagar have been engaged in the profession. Many...

‘Industry should be exempted from curfews and strikes’

Shaqeel Qalander has been head of Federation Chamber of Industries Kashmir (FCIK) from 2005, first as a caretaker chairman then as elected one for...

Getting wings

Girls in Kashmir are venturing into various new professions. ALIYA BASHIR takes a look on their flight in the aviation sector. Many Kashmiri girls are...

Fair share of business pie

In the male dominated entrepreneurship arena in Kashmir few women had made their mark. Aliya Bashir talks to some, who have braved odds and...

Caught in red tape

Three engineering students in Kashmir invented a remote controlled car and were promised financial help to further develop the idea but had to give...

Living on edge

They extract stones from mountains to derive their livelihood, and in many cases, the quarries they work in, end their lives. Saima Riyaz peeps...

Clash of interest

Breaking the tradition the winter vacation of schools has been cancelled evoking criticism from various quarters – the latest from coaching centre owners who...

Inching towards growth

Omar WaniThis month’s National Geographic magazine will give you the picture of a new born baby on one of its pages with a caption:“…...

Picking up the threads

As the valley limps back to normalcy after five month unrest, businesses are returning to their routine and trying to compensate the losses. Aliya...

A silent sell out

A deal giving Centaur hotel to a private company for 30 years was struck when Kashmir was under curfew as a seemingly helpless state...

Parking Losses

Private operators running different car parking lots in Srinagar ran into red due to curfews and strikes in summer. Ikhlaq Qadri reports. In the beginning...

An Upsetting Applecart

Kashmir’s fruit basket is losing weight and many other factors are sending fruit growers into the red. A Kashmir Life report. For decades, apple has...

No curfew in cyber space

While people in Kashmir have remained indoors for the last almost four months, many have jumped on to the information highway as rise in...

Jammed

The almost 12 weeks of curfews and strike are exacting a heavy toll on Kashmir – livelihoods, education, businesses and above all young lives....

Feeling the heat

A pleasant tourist summer has suddenly turned too hot, and it has nothing to do with the weather. For the tourism industry in Kashmir,...