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60 Buses, Hundreds of Prayers: Tulmul Mela Begins Amid Tight Security

Srinagar, June 1 -- This year, though, something felt different. The usual crowd was thinner. Many seats on the buses were empty. The shadow of the Pahalgam attack, in which 26 people-mostly tourists-... Read More


When Cousins Become Strangers: The Emotional Fallout of Kashmiri Family Disputes

Srinagar, June 1 -- A wise Kashmiri elder once said, "Bache chu dilas likhmut har lafz." A child's heart records every word. And yet, too often, during our family feuds, children are absent. Not just ... Read More


From Kashmir With Care: The Village Healer Who Never Left

Srinagar, June 1 -- ByGowher Bhat Wahibugh is the kind of village where everyone knows each other. It sits in South Kashmir's Pulwama district, surrounded by orchards and green fields. Life moves slo... Read More


From Fields to Courts: How Kashmiri Land Turns into Legal Fire

Srinagar, June 1 -- Land means everything in Kashmir. It's family history, livelihood, and legacy wrapped into one. So when someone passes away, the question often is: who gets the land next? That an... Read More


Passenger Caught with 48 Venomous Snakes at Mumbai Airport

Srinagar, June 1 -- Customs officials intercepted the passenger on Saturday night after he got down from a flight from Bangkok, he said. During a search of his baggage, the Customs officials discover... Read More


Kashmir's Stillness Tells a Story

Srinagar, June 1 -- When the recent attack in Pahalgam made the news, everything changed in an instant. Tourists cancelled their trips. Hotels sat empty. Streets that usually buzzed with life fell sil... Read More


J&K's Urban Shift: How Smart Cities Are Reshaping Daily Life

Srinagar, June 1 -- Just before sunset, the Jhelum river in Srinagar looks almost still. Its banks, once strewn with broken tiles and dust, now carry a new calm. The walkway is clean. Lights glow gen... Read More


Why Kashmir Needs a Legal Training Institute to Break the Deadlock

Srinagar, June 1 -- The officials said a court had stayed the work. I asked for the order. They showed it to me. I read it. The stay was on a different piece of land. The road wasn't even mentioned. ... Read More


Summer Snowfall Brings Hardship to Kashmir Highlands

Srinagar, June 1 -- It was the kind of snow people talk about in old stories - sudden, silent, and deeply wrong. In the last week of May, just as shepherds began their annual journey to the upper pas... Read More


In Dr. Rafiq Masoodi's New Collection, Kashmiri Grief Finds Grace

Srinagar, June 1 -- It was a Thursday afternoon in Srinagar, but inside Tagore Hall, time moved at its own rhythm. Outside, the city held its breath under May's tender sun. Inside, verses floated thro... Read More