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J&K records 39% rain deficit in last quarter of 2025

Srinagar, Jan. 3 -- Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh have recorded a deficit of over 39% in season precipitation in the last quarter of 2025 despite widespread snowfall in the mountains in December, the met... Read More


JKBOSE launchesfirst-ever textbooks in Shia language for school students

Srinagar, Jan. 2 -- In a historical first, the school education board in Jammu and Kashmir (JKBOSE) has launched first-ever textbooks in Shina language, a Dardic language spoken by a small population ... Read More


From snowflakes to smiles: Snow spell turns Kashmir into tourist magnet

Srinagar, Jan. 1 -- With Kashmir turning into a winter wonderland and calender changing to New Year, tourists are flocking to the Valley to soak in its snowy charm. This pour in of tourists has brough... Read More


Quota row: Mehdi questions Omar, party colleagues; Farooq lashes out

Srinagar, Dec. 29 -- Srinagar Member of Parliament Aga Ruhullah Mehdi on Sunday sought to know from the elected National Conference government led by chief minister Omar Abdullah that on whose directi... Read More


Protests over quota policy foiled; Srinagar MP put under 'house arrest'

Srinagar, Dec. 29 -- The authorities in Kashmir foiled the sit-in protest of open-merit students and job aspirants planned in Srinagar demanding rationalisation of reservation policy after putting Sri... Read More


Health experts sound alert over sharp spike in cat-bite cases in Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec. 25 -- Amid the surge in the trend of keeping cats as pets in Kashmir, the health experts have sounded alert over increasing cat-bite cases in the past four years owing to the vaccinatio... Read More


Snowfall reignites hope of tourism revival in Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec. 23 -- The season's first major snowfall has prompted excitement of tourists to visit Kashmir's tourist places and reignited the hope of tourism revival in the Valley, after major setbac... Read More


First rice-laden freight train reaches Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec. 22 -- For the first time, a Food Corporation of India (FCI) foodgrain freight train reached Kashmir, an important milestone for the Himalayan valley which would often witness closure of... Read More


Chillai Kallan starts with snowfall in Kashmir

Srinagar, Dec. 22 -- In a much sought relief from the long dry spell, there was widespread light snowfall in the mountains of Kashmir while the plains were lashed with rainfall on Sunday coinciding wi... Read More


Niqab row: Iltija files police complaint against Nitish Kumar

Srinagar, Dec. 19 -- The issue of pulling down of niqab of a Muslim woman doctor by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is refusing to die down in Kashmir with Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader Ilti... Read More