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IndiGo Told To End Pact With Turkish Airlines

Srinagar, May 30 -- IndiGo currently operates two Boeing 777-300ER aircraft under a damp lease agreement from Turkish Airlines. These planes are used to run direct flights from Delhi and Mumbai to Ist... Read More


HawalScooty Rider Killed In Bemina Road Accident

Srinagar, May 30 -- The deceased has been identified asAli Mohammad Joo, a resident ofNabdipora,Hawal. According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred when Ali Mohammad was riding his Scooty towardsK... Read More


Letters Never Sent: A Kashmiri Love Story Buried in Silence

Srinagar, May 30 -- BySyed Majid Gilani In the old part of the city, where narrow lanes twist like lifelines and stories linger in the air, Yousef and Sophia began their life together. They were firs... Read More


Kashmiri Labourer vs. Rs.47,000 Bill: The Cost of Staying Alive

Srinagar, May 30 -- He walks through the tall hospital gates like many others do in Kashmir: with hope, worry, and very little money in his pocket. A labourer, not by choice but by necessity, he has ... Read More


Big Fat Kashmiri Weddings Are Breaking Families

Srinagar, May 30 -- ByMehvish Nazir I still remember the smell of kahwa and the sound of laughter spilling out from a modest courtyard wedding in my grandmother's village. Neighbours cooked together.... Read More


Everyone's Raising Funds in Kashmir - But Who's Accountable?

Srinagar, May 29 -- Dear Mr. Omar Abdullah, More and more people in Kashmir have started asking for money online. Sometimes it's for a surgery, sometimes after a tragedy, and sometimes in the name of... Read More


How Three Kashmiri Teachers Became Legends in a Government School

Srinagar, May 29 -- I still remember that day at Higher Secondary School Salia in Anantnag. The students stood silently at first. Then one by one, their eyes welled up. Some were trying to hold back t... Read More


Kashmir's Century-Old Community Watchmen Are Fading from Sight

Srinagar, May 29 -- In a busy alley of Anantnag's Lal Chowk, a shopkeeper folded his arms and squinted under the soft flicker of a streetlight. "There is a chowkidar here," he said, "at least on paper... Read More


'Be Selfish': Kashmiri Girls Are Breaking Generations of Silence

Srinagar, May 29 -- Even though Rifat is pregnant with her first child, her mother-in-law doesn't save milk for her. She's made to do most of the housework. Rifat tells me she's too scared to take tw... Read More


Are Grandchildren Losing Their Grandparents' Words In Kashmir?

Srinagar, May 29 -- In a sleepy village tucked deep in the Chenab Valley, 64-year-old Naseem Begum used to sing lullabies in Sarazi to put her grandchildren to sleep. She still hums the tunes, but the... Read More