Renu Hans resumed study after a haitus of 22 years at the age of 45 and passed her matriculation.Her son taught her

After 22 Years, 45-Year-Old Kashmiri Pandit Woman Clears Class 10 With 82 Per Cent

SRINAGAR: Forty-five-year-old Renu Hans, a Kashmiri Pandit woman who is deaf and non-speaking, has cleared her Class 10 examination with 82 per cent, returning...

New Route, First Summit in Fifty Years: Kashmiri Team Climbs Koh e Noor South-West

SRINAGAR: Four climbers from Srinagar have opened a new route on Koh e Noor South-West, the highest peak of the Kohenoor massif in Kishtwar’s...

Sandeepa Dhar Finds Her Kashmir Home Intact, With Boarding Passes and Uncle’s Suits Still...

SRINAGAR: When actress Sandeepa Dhar finally returned to her ancestral home in Kashmir, she expected to find a house weathered by decades of absence....

Video: Jehangir Chowk Is Being Reworked After Srinagar Smart City Upgrades

SRINAGAR: A stretch of Jehangir Chowk developed under the Srinagar Smart City project is now being dismantled and reworked, with walkway tiles being removed...

Jammu and Kashmir Warmed by Nearly 1°C in 20 Years, Study Finds

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has warmed by nearly 1°C over the past two decades at several high-altitude locations, including Pahalgam and Gulmarg, with the...
US Ambassador Sergio Gor With Omar Abdullah

Sergio Gor’s Kashmir Visit Revives a US Ambassadorial Tradition after Six Years

SRINAGAR: US Ambassador to India and Special Envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs Sergio Gor arrived in Srinagar today and had a meeting...
Kashmir artisans in a meeting to discuss the DD-AIR work systems that skip their roles.

Global Cinema Comes to Kashmir, But Native Artists Face A Shrinking Stage

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir is preparing to welcome the world of cinema for its maiden International Film Festival, with around 1,100 entries from nearly...

Kashmir Youth Embarks on Nine-Month Bicycle Journey to Saudi Arabia for Umrah

SRINAGAR: A 28-year-old youth from Dewar Lolab in Kupwara district has begun a planned nine-month journey to Saudi Arabia by bicycle to perform Umrah. Parvez...

Ghulam Hasan Kangoo, Kashmir’s Foremost Forest Expert, Is No More

SRINAGAR: Ghulam Hassan Kangoo, widely regarded as one of the pioneers of modern forestry and soil and water conservation in Jammu and Kashmir, has...

After Milk, Rice, Cement, First Fuel Freight Train Reaches Kashmir

by Mir Rameez Raja SRINAGAR: Kashmir’s freight connectivity with the rest of the country entered a new phase with the arrival of the first fuel...

Kashmir Keeps Building Shops, But Who Will Buy Them?

by Umaima Reshi SRINAGAR: Kashmir bazaars continue to report a slump despite a good tourist season. But that does not mean shops will not be...

Ladakh DNA Study Traces Tibetan-South Asian Mixing to 2,800 Years Ago

by Mir Rameez Raja SRINAGAR: A ground-breaking ancient DNA study from Ladakh has pushed back the timeline of genetic interaction between Tibetan and South Asian...

Jammu Kashmir Lost Over 31 Per Cent Snow Cover in 24 Years as Rising...

SRINAGAR: A new study published in the journal Climate reveals a drastic decline in snow resources across Jammu and Kashmir over the past five...
Kashmiri mountaineers Yasir Khan, Muzakir Khan and Saqib Shafi at the summit of Bram Sakli Peak after opening the Baghiyar Route on the mountain's eastern face, marking the third documented ascent of the 4,730-metre peak

Kashmiri Climbers Open New Route on Bram Sakli Peak

Three mountaineers become third documented team to summit 4,730-metre peak, establish first route via eastern face

Baramulla Educator’s Research Selected for Presentation at Columbia University

SRINAGAR: A research paper by Rameez Ahmad Sudhan, an educator from Boniyar in Baramulla district, has been selected for presentation at the prestigious Comparative...