Empty Shikaras, Silent Shores: Dal Lake Boatmen Battle for Survival Amid Tourism Collapse
by Nawshaba Iqbal
SRINAGAR: Once the lifeline of Kashmir’s tourism, Dal Lake’s shikara owners are now facing an unprecedented crisis. Following the April 22...
Cab, Auto Drivers in Kashmir Report Online Payment Scams
by Babra Wani
SRINAGAR: A ride is only complete when the fare is paid. But for three drivers in Srinagar, promises of GPay payments vanished...
Ancient DNA from Burzahom Reveals Kashmir’s Deep Roots and Distant Links
by Umima Reshi
SRINAGAR: In a groundbreaking study published in Nature, scientists have, for the first time, extracted and decoded ancient DNA from human remains...
Kashmir: The ‘Royal Nut’ Harvest
by Shoaib Nazir
SRINAGAR: As October’s autumn settles over the misty slopes of Harwan and Shalimar in Srinagar, the annual chestnut (panjaeb gaer) harvest begins....
A Kashmir Apple Consignment worth Rs 20 Lakh Lost Rs 40 Lakh in Marketing...
by Masood Hussain
SOPORE: When a Sopore trader sent a truckload of American Trail apples, an export-grade variety popular in Bangladesh, he thought he was...
Trains Run Late, Valley Commuters Face Daily Disruption
by Shoaib Nazir
SRINAGAR: For weeks, train services across the Kashmir Valley have been running behind schedule, leaving regular commuters, students, and office goers...
Kashmir: Trader Fined Rs 1.8 Lakh for Selling Misbranded Chicken
SRINAGAR: The Court of the Adjudicating Officer, Srinagar, has imposed a penalty of Rs 1.8 lakh on M/S Arif Enterprises, a meat trading firm,...
Kashmir Teacher Bags Fulbright Scholarship
by Babra Wani
SRINAGAR: A 39-year-old teacher Sajad Akbar Rather from Sopore, Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir has been awarded the Fulbright Teaching...
Kashmiri Climbers Achieve Rare Twin Ascent of Umbrella Peak, Cefn Carnedd
SRINAGAR: A team of seven Kashmiri mountaineers has successfully scaled Umbrella Peak (4,695 metres) and Cefn Carnedd (4,700 metres) in the Thajiwas range, marking...
From Bhaderwah to BCCI: Mithun Manhas at the Helm
by Syed Shadab Ali Gillani
SRINAGAR: Mithun Manhas has been elected president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the most influential...
Kashmir: A Wheel of Hope
by Nawshaba Iqbal
SRINAGAR: Pottery, once an essential part of Kashmiri households, is now fighting for survival. Across districts, potters say demand for earthenware has...
Kashmir’s Growing Rabies Crisis: As Dogs Dominate, Cats Quietly Catch Up
by Masood Hussain
SRINAGAR: On September 28, World Rabies Day, Jammu and Kashmir’s health authorities find themselves staring at an uncomfortable truth: in the 21st...
Kashmir’s Apple Harvest Turns Sour Amid Labour Costs, Market Glut, Highway Crisis
by Maleeha Sofi
SRINAGAR: This autumn, as the orchards of south Kashmir ripen with one of the finest apple crops in recent memory, clean, scabless,...
Ladakh’s Sonam Wangchuk, Who Inspired 3 Idiots, Jailed in Jodhpur Under NSA
by Mir Rameez Raja
SRINAGAR: Ladakh’s internationally acclaimed climate activist and educationist Sonam Wangchuk, who inspired Aamir Khan’s character in the Bollywood blockbuster 3 Idiots,...
Nursing in Jammu Kashmir: Building the Backbone of Healthcare
by Umaima Reshi
SRINAGAR: Nursing has long been described as the heart of healthcare. It is not only a profession but also a calling rooted...
