Kashmir’s Saffron Squeeze
Kashmir's saffron, the world's most expensive spice, faces collapse from climate change, failed government schemes, illegal Iranian imports, land loss, and wildlife, threatening almost...
Hormuz to Hirpora: The War Impact
A distant conflict in the Strait of Hormuz is forcing Kashmir to unlearn a century of energy evolution. The kerosene lamp is coming back....
A Ramzan Too Heavy
Kashmir's Muslims fasted through Ramzan 2026 as a market collapse at home and a chain of distant events left little room for peace of...
Target: Farooq Abdullah
How a 63-year-old man with a 20-year grudge nearly killed Farooq Abdullah at a wedding, and what the security catastrophe revealed about the fault...
Kashmir’s Persian Past
The war in Iran has thrown Kashmiri students studying there into uncertainty, reopening a larger story of Kashmir’s deep historical connections with Persia through...
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...
