A Sinking SKIMS?
Within less than 50 years of its operations, SKIMS – the tertiary care teaching hospital and a deemed university that sits over the healthcare...
High Altitude Verdict
In the interesting elections for the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Kargil, allies JKNC and Congress contested against each other and took 22...
Apple In Cold Chain
Kashmir’s cold chain sector is gradually emerging as an impressive growth story. With Rs 2500 crore investment already in the sector and another Rs...
World Cup 2023: A Curtain Raiser
For vast populations inhabiting the subcontinent, cricket is the game. As the World Cup starts in October, cricket is expected to dominate almost everything...
The Apple Crush
Kashmir is India’s main apple cart but it is yet to adopt the best market practices that are in vogue in neighbouring Himachal Pradesh. Masood...
Kashmir’s Apple Girana Market
As politics played a spoilsport in the market intervention scheme (MIS) aimed at managing the C-class apple locally, the market has located and seized...
High Density, High Hopes
For the first time in many years, Kashmir is expected to consume a record number of high-density plants this fall. The driving force is...
The Jammu Widdershins?
As flash floods devastated a 12-year-old bridge on the highway, commuters faced a crippling crisis. Already angry over smart metering, they sought the closure...
Symbolic Battles?
As the Jammu and Kashmir administration is readying for panchayat and ULB polls this fall, the controversy has emerged from the high-altitude Kargil where...
Kashmir’s Copper Girls
By 2024 fall, Kashmir will witness the first batch of 20 young women launching their engraved copper utensils line to the market. Faiqa Masoodi...
August 5: Fourth Anniversary
Days ahead of the fourth anniversary of the undoing of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, various opposition leaders participated in the formal release of...
The Bill Ballgame?
Four new bills introduced in the Lok Sabha change the assembly shareholding and the privileges that SCs, STs and the OBC’s enjoy in Jammu...
The Serial Bride?
A number of Kashmir men not affording the “expensive weddings” back home married a divorcee living on the Pir Panchal foothills. Months after the...
Almost Four Years Later
As the Supreme Court is finally going to hear the bunch of petitions challenging the reading down of Article 370 and Article 35A, Kashmir’s...
Pervasive Harassment
Though a criminal offence with a punishment that can go up to three years of imprisonment, young women in Kashmir silently face harassment on...
