Tourism

As bad TV used abusive lung power to defame Kashmir, it impacted a promising tourist season. With hotels running empty and luxury transport grounded,...

On the last day of 2013, Kashmir woke up to a pleasant surprise. The seasons's first heavy snowfall draped everything white. Bilal Bahadur captures some white...

From troopers to traders, monuments in Kashmir are encroached by one and all. HAROON MIRANI reports on the plight of heritage sites facing rapid...

Highly successful yatra to Vaishno Devi shrine and the controversial trek to Amarnath cave are not the only two ‘faith’ routes in J&K. Many...

The conduct of the Amarnath pilgrimage is a garguntaun task every year. A huge number of government employees from almost all the departments have...

Famous health resort Gulmarg which is known for its vast meadows and wild flower beds is facing existential threat as tonnes of waste generated...

With government ban in force on the making of new houseboats, a gradual decline in manual workforce associated with the craft has been noticed....

After overcoming the parental hurdles, a young man driven by community sense started working to put Leh on tourism map. Fifteen years after, both...

The largest telescope on earth is going to be installed in Ladakh, which will be used to study cosmic gamma ray sources, Tasavur Mushtaq...

As the arrival of more than a million tourists to Kashmir this year created a record of sorts, Kashmir Life examines the major failures...

Tourism is cash and has instant trickledown effect on any economy. While the contribution of hospitality sector to the state’s overall economy is slightly...

Broadcast journalist, Iqra Akhoon who produced a rare and well-received heritage web series focusing on the life and times around the historic bridges of Srinagar, jots...

One of the major glaciers, the Kolhai in the Pahalgam Mountains is fast receding. While the blame goes to climatic change, nobody in the...

Engineering confused him, designs disillusioned him before business completed him. And today, a Bandipora boy is successfully running a fast food hangout in Srinagar....

Once planning and managing the mountain treks for foreigners, Kashmir is now home to a new generation that treks deep into Pir Panchal and...