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The most important development in Srinagar this month did not come from a tourist boulevard, a political rally, or a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It came...
By Prof Hamid Naseem Rafiabadi Tehran’s top troupe arrived in New Delhi with a political performance carefully staged for a changing world order....
By Shahid Hakla Poonchi The Jammu and Kashmir administration’s decision to halt Rapido’s bike taxi operations has sparked a debate that reaches...
The latest political storm in Kashmir began outside Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s residence. BJP workers marched in protest as the debate around a...
Swami Vivekananda once described education as the force that builds character, sharpens the mind and allows a person to stand on their own feet....
Artificial intelligence has stopped behaving like a future technology. It now functions as an economic force that rewrites business strategy in real...
Jammu and Kashmir’s startup surge has generated excitement inside government offices, university campuses, and business circles. More than a...
By Dr Tasaduk Hussain Itoo The recent death linked to hantavirus has pushed the little-known disease back into public attention, reviving concerns...
International Fibromyalgia Awareness Day arrives every year on 12 May with statistics, seminars and statements. But patients in Kashmir experience...
By Dr. Ashraf Zainabi Every spring, Kashmir enters the same cycle. Streets fill with drifting fress-famb from female Russian poplars, hospitals see...
By Mohammad Arfat Wani A disturbing design has settled into educational life in Kashmir and far beyond it. Hardly a week passes without reports of...
By Dr. Mushtaq Rather Kashmir once lived by a code called Adab. It guided family life, community relations, respect for teachers, and the behaviour...
A renewed debate over India’s revised seismic zoning rules has brought an uncomfortable Himalayan reality back into focus. Kashmir as part of...
A government letter should feel like a bridge between the state and its people. Many letters in Jammu and Kashmir read like directives handed down...
A crisis grips Kashmir, unfolding inside homes and in long evenings of study, where teenagers absorb a dream before they understand it. One word...
A familiar scene plays out in classrooms, offices, and family gatherings in Kashmir. Someone sits silently, speaks when needed, and listens more than...
Kashmir’s political class speaks constantly about public welfare, democratic restoration, and people’s rights. Press conferences fill television...
By the time Jammu and Kashmir’s ruling party began attacking Iltija Mufti over her protests on Urdu, the real issue had already started fading from...
By Syed Yunis Bukhari Classrooms across Kashmir and India produce millions of students annually armed with marks, certificates, and rankings. ...
India’s reservation system began with a moral purpose that commanded broad respect. Dr. B.R. Ambedkar envisioned it as a constitutional instrument...
By Shabir Ahmad Ganaie At first light in Shopian, a young father steps out of his home before his children wake up. Morning spares him the hardest...
A Supreme Court judgment rarely reads like an indictment of an entire regulatory culture. The court’s ruling in the Shaliganga mining case came...
The drug crisis in Kashmir has moved far beyond police files and political speeches. It lives inside homes now. Parents speak about it in hushed...
Jammu and Kashmir stands before a defining test. The region has spent decades battling discord, disturbance and distress. Another threat now presses...
I woke up to the news that there was an assassination attempt of sorts on you. Intriguingly, the attempt happened at the same hotel where another...
Modern weddings in Kashmir increasingly resemble public exhibitions where families compete through spending, decoration and spectacle. Banquet halls...
Marriage once stood as one of Kashmir’s strongest social institutions. Families built entire lives around it. Parents saved for years, relatives...
By Dr. Aijaz Ahmad Bhat Every autumn, thousands of families in Jammu and Kashmir perform the same painful ritual. Suitcases fill with woolens,...
By Muhammad Arbaaz Niazii Kashmir has always treated water as more than a resource. It lives inside poetry and prayer. Lakes breathe with the...
By Sheikh Khalid Jahangir Pahalgam has long been one of India’s most popular tourist spots. It is surrounded by the beautiful Himalayas, and it is...
Something is hollowed out in the homes of Kashmir. Parents know it before they name it. A son stops coming home for dinner, and a daughter borrows...
As Trump’s idiosyncratic approach to domestic and international politics unravels the US imperium, the Islamic Republic of Iran’s soft power is...
By Tajamul Islam Salroo Almost every entrepreneur today is either talking about CA storage or investing in it. But is this surge driven by real...
Mulberry trees have long stood outside many Kashmiri homes. Families planted them, fed their leaves to silkworms, and sold the cocoons to meet...
The photographs reached my phone on the morning of April 12, 2026. A friend from Mochwa Baghe Mehtab sent images of workers moving along Canal Road...
No matter the ultimate denouement of the war of aggression on Iran, the country has won the war morally, politically, and ethically. Primarily, by...
The snowy peaks of the Himalayas, long revered as symbols of pristine purity and life-giving air, are falling victim to a dangerous, invisible...
By Dr. Ashraf Zainabi Private school fees in Jammu and Kashmir have remained a source of stress for parents and confusion for authorities for...
By Dr. Satyawan Saurabh The world once again appears to be at a crossroads where the voice of humanity is drowned out by displays of power, threats,...
My mother wakes before dawn. She prays, then she cooks. She began this routine in her parents’ home, continued it in her in-laws’ house, and...
The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly passed the Private Universities Bill on April 4, 2026, with the usual fanfare about progress and...
Before a single word was exchanged in Islamabad, Iran had already spoken. It spoke in fabric. In colour. In absence. The photographs tell the story...
One October morning last year, a yellow L&T excavator rolled into Kralwari village in central Kashmir’s Budgam district and started tearing into...
By Adv Azhar ud din Sofi Forty days have passed since the strike landed at dawn, and the Muslim world still feels the aftershock. On February 28,...
In the coming days, India will be immersed in a festive season, with celebrations taking place across the length and breadth of the nation. The...
Srinagar streets display visible prosperity at every turn. Tile-covered mansions line localities, their gates gleaming, cars parked outside like...
India’s food economy is expanding fast, creating opportunities at home and abroad. At the same time, enforcement data points to the need to upgrade...
India’s direct tax system turned a page on April 1, 2026. After sixty-four years of patchwork amendments and accumulated legal sediment, the Income...
By Muskan Shafi Malik At a time when global tensions ripple across the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow maritime corridor through which nearly a fifth of...
Jammu and Kashmir’s future feels unpredictable, influenced by forces that extend well beyond its borders. The region’s terrain, history, and...
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