Kashmir: Faith and Psychiatry
In Kashmir, healing unfolds not just in clinics but in mosques and shrines, where memory and faith converge with medicine, reports Syed Shadab Ali...
Kashmir’s Digital Trap
In Kashmir, the rapid surge of digital banking has brought both opportunity and danger. As Babra Wani shows, stories range from losing a few...
Kashmir: Flood Fears
Relentless August rains battered Jammu and Kashmir, with cloudbursts, landslides and swelling rivers destroying homes, claiming 110 lives and reviving 2014 flood memories, exposing...
Srinagar’s Transport Dilemma
As officers race for honours under the Smart City Mission, Srinagar’s streets tell a different story: displaced drivers, overcrowded buses, and a fractured commute...
The Padder Cloudburst
A cloudburst in Sapphire-rich Padder has left at least 60 people dead and more than 100 injured, overwhelming rescue teams struggling against rain, landslides,...
Kashmir’s Wire Deaths
In Kashmir, dozens of daily-wage power workers have died or been disabled on duty without safety, insurance, or compensation. Regularisation promises remain stalled, leaving...
Kashmir: From Joblessness to Jugaad
Confronted with shrinking job opportunities and rising unemployment, Kashmir’s youth are embracing entrepreneurship, not out of choice, but compulsion. From online boutiques and home...
Kashmir: Reservation Reckoning
As Jammu and Kashmir grapples with a contentious 67 per cent reservation policy, public outrage is mounting. From courtrooms to classrooms, and hashtags to...
Kashmir: Cats, Dogs, Chaos
Kashmir recorded over 12,800 animal bite cases in a year, with cat exposures rising sharply amid growing pet culture. Experts warn of rabies risk...
Kashmir: A New Bank Is Born
Following the central government's directive to consolidate rural banks within states and union territories into single entities, Jammu and Kashmir now has a new...
Shutdown In The Mountains
A sudden government ban on trekking routes across Jammu and Kashmir has upended the region’s thriving adventure tourism sector, leaving local operators, guides, and...
Kashmir: Escaping Poverty or Masking It?
The latest Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) report suggests Jammu and Kashmir’s Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) has improved from 12.56 to 4.80 per cent in...
Kashmir: The Tech Trouble
Days following Operation Sindoor witnessed the first cyber war. Jammu and Kashmir government, which spent more than Rs 300 crore and emerged as one...
Kashmir Borders: Blood and Ruin
In Jammu and Kashmir’s borderlands, relentless shelling has reduced homes to rubble and lives to grief. Villages lie in ruins, survivors mourn their dead,...
Kashmir’s New Nightmare
As border towns are shelled by Pakistan, Kashmir has an airport closed, and the Jammu-Srinagar highway is interrupted by forces of nature. This has...
