A Girl’s Ultimate Betrayal
The rape, impregnation and death of a minor Gujjar girl, along with her stillborn child, in Chatroo is emerging as a pitiless story of...
Kashmir’s Willow Wails
Kashmir's Rs 700-crore willow-bat industry, feeding nearly 400 units and 1.5 lakh livelihoods, is bleeding raw material to smugglers even as manufacturers themselves stay...
Kashmir’s Pellet Memories
Ten years after pellet guns blinded protesters in Kashmir, a Bollywood trailer, Delhi protests and a local political row have reopened old wounds, reviving...
Kashmir’s Roadside Breakfast
For generations, Masaal Tchot has been one of Kashmir's most cherished roadside breakfasts. Today, it is much more than a morning snack. Sold from...
Kashmir: Deadly Monsoons
Cloudbursts and flash floods tore through Jammu and Kashmir over three days, killing more than 28 people, sweeping away homes and vehicles, and forcing...
Kashmir: Constrained Curriculum
A government-mandated textbook monopoly has lowered costs but triggered concerns over academic quality, editorial standards and learning outcomes, forcing many families to rely on...
Kashmir’s New Tourists
Kashmir's tourism has shifted from elite, culture-seeking foreign travellers toward value-conscious domestic crowds, prompting debate over whether European-era infrastructure still suits today's changed visitor...
Kashmir: Waste Promises
Jammu and Kashmir’s circular economy policy sets ambitious targets for 2035, but the gap between vision and ground reality reveals a region still drowning...
Kashmir: Mauled Twice
As wild animal attacks surge across Jammu and Kashmir, 278 deaths and thousands of injuries over two decades, survivors face not just trauma but...
‘World History is Buried in Kashmir’
Prominent geologist Prof GM Bhat tells Masood Hussain that Kashmir's rocks hold the world's most complete record of Earth's greatest extinction, that humans walked...
Kashmir: The First Count
As the families across the Jammu and Kashmir area await an enumerator’s doorbell to get counted for the Census 2027, Masood Hussain narrates the...
Inside Kashmir’s Rehabs
Inside Kashmir's rehabilitation centres, former patients describe abuse, isolation and humiliation, raising urgent questions about whether these facilities heal addiction or deepen the trauma,...
The Hajj That Was
From medieval sultans to wandering mystics, Kashmir's long relationship with the Hajj made it both a way-station for Makkah-bound Central Asian pilgrims and a...
VMS: Dignity in Motion
The Voluntary Medicare Society has evolved into Kashmir’s premier rehabilitation centre for persons with severe disabilities, built on the vision and commitment of a...
JK Bank: Peak Profits
In fiscal 2025-26, JK Bank rewrote its own record books with a historic high profit of Rs 2363 crore and won back investor confidence...
