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Thursday, July 16, 2026
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Cover Story

This is the major copy on most important happening in a week that usually features on page one of the magazine

Ranji Trophy: Jammu Kashmir Creates History

A generational rebuild, structural reform and disciplined execution have propelled Jammu and Kashmir to the brink of their maiden Ranji Trophy title, signalling a...

Kashmir’s Agriculture Show

Despite declining economic share, Kashmir’s agriculture is reinventing itself through technology, startups and high-density orchards, with SKUAST-K’s Gongul 2026 emerging as a catalyst for...

Kashmir: A Teen In Trauma

After repeated visits to a faith healer, a Kashmiri teenager underwent an abortion following alleged sexual assaults. Her family is now seeking justice amid...

Omar’s Second Budget

Omar Abdullah’s second budget emphasised fiscal realism and structural reform, outlining an infrastructure-led, capital-intensive strategy to boost production with a narrow resource base, reports...

Kashmir: The Pheran Fashion

The pheran, Kashmir’s centuries-old cloak of identity and survival, now travels across India as a fashion statement, comfortable, stylish, and admired, while its artisans...

Kashmir’s Precious Births

With Jammu and Kashmir’s fertility rate falling to an all-time low of 1.4, well below replacement level, every birth has become precious. Even as...

Jammu Kashmir’s Medical College Network

NMC recognition rollback for SMVDIME has set a precedent, raising fears that it could derail approvals and expansions at other new medical colleges in...

Kashmir’s Chicken Neck

Kashmir’s Rs 1,500 crore poultry industry, once largely self-reliant, is sliding into crisis as unregulated imports surge and local production nosedives. Policy gaps have...

Kashmir In 2025

2025 in Jammu and Kashmir was a year of ambition and anxiety, where infrastructure advances, political restoration, violence, natural disasters, and governance tensions unfolded...

Kashmir’s River of Knowledge

From Buddhist scholastic prose to Shaiva philosophy, satire, stories, and historiography, Kashmir’s literature evolved as a disciplined, self-aware civilisation. This all started almost two...

Kashmir Cricket: Glory Amid Gridlock

Auqib Nabi’s IPL breakthrough spotlights Kashmir’s cricketing promise, even as deep governance failures, opaque selections, and prolonged administrative turmoil within Jammu Kashmir Cricket Association...

Kashmir: The Vanishing Sarkari Noukri

In Jammu and Kashmir, the state workforce is shrinking fast as recruitment slows and contractual hiring rises. As the salaries decline, pensions soar, unemployment...
Milk,Kashmir scientist

America’s Kashmiri Milk Scientist

From a Kashmiri village, Dr Shakeel-ur-Rehman travelled to Gujarat, Ireland and then to a leading American university. When Texas cattle farmers sought his help...
Ayushman Bharat, Golden Cards

Kashmir: The Golden Card Impact

Across Jammu and Kashmir, families long burdened by medical uncertainty are experiencing a quiet transformation, as health-insurance coverage replaces fear with dignity, timely treatment,...
Nowgam blast

Kashmir: The Nowgam Nightmare

A late-night explosion at Nowgam Police Station, caused during forensic handling of seized chemicals, killed nine, injured dozens, and revived Kashmir’s long history of...