Next Tosamaidan?
After winding up its half-a-century-old gory shell-campaign at Tosamaidan in 2014, army is exploring alternative area. Bajpathri, the fascinating meadow between Pulwama, Budgam and...
Tasteless Anchar
Once famous for its fish, Nadru, and vegetable gardens, Anchar Lake struggles to survive encroachment, waste dump, and official neglect. Syed Asma reports
Son of...
Stone Stories
The stone quarry at Athwajan is in debate for both environmental and human costs. Riyaz Bhat reports
In a span of less than three years,...
‘Royal’ Sale
A Mughal era garden in Dal Lake’s lap is latest causality of land mafia. Sold by the Maharaja to a wealthy local, the garden...
Flying Research
Not many knew that a boy who used to chase dragon flies in paddy fields of Ganderbal will one day come up with research...
Carbon Costs
Hunting new tools to fight the winter chill might be a major challenge for Kashmir given the costs its traditional systems extract from its...
Draught in dal
Apart from affecting livelihood of nearly a million families and destroying crops and infrastructure worth billions, the September 2014 floods snatched Kashmir of its...
Flying Visitors
Despite vanishing wetlands Kashmir continues to attract thousands of migratory birds every year. But there is more than one migration. Reports Shakir Mir
Every year...
Aftershocks
Ten years after tremors struck valley devouring 1,400 people in a matter of few minutes, the worst hit Uri in North Kashmir has been...
Food Festival: Now, Medicinal Herbs to Fetch Jobs to Valley Youth!
Shakir Mir
KL NEWS NETWORK
SRINAGAR
This Sunday, food-lovers in Srinagar took an unusual detour from their regular food habits and swarmed to relish some vintage Kashmiri...
A Treasure Within the Treasure
By: Dr Syed Riyaz-Ul-Hassan
Khuda agar dil-e fitrat shinas de tujh ko
Sukoot-e lala’o gul se kalam pyda kar -ALLAMA IQBAL
The diversity of plants...
Angry Nature
Flash floods and cloudbursts are the new entries in Kashmir’s troubled lingo. With 19 occurrences in last 20 days, Kashmir is witnessing a massive...
Reliving Waltengo
Flattened by snow storm a decade ago, Waltengo Nar in South Kashmir’s Qazigund area is completely a different place now. The change has redefined...
Axing Notorious Poplars
By Mir Faizan Anwar
Prettiness of Kashmir is no secret. The verdant and flourishing coniferous forests enveloping the Valley and broadleaved trees in its plains...
Uncertain Times
Are we sitting on a ticking time bomb? Yes, feels experts. Is the disaster management system geared up for a Nepal like situation, asks...
