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Committed to Decisive Action Against Terrorists,Backers: PM

Srinagar, May 3 -- In fresh punitive measures against Pakistan that came into effect immediately amid heightened Indo-Pak tensions in the wake of the deadly Pahalgam terror attack, India also suspende... Read More


CRPF Fires Jawan For Hiding Marriage To PakistaniWoman

Srinagar, May 3 -- "In a matter of serious concern, CT/GD Munir Ahmed of 41 Battalion of CRPF has been dismissed from service with immediate effect for concealing his marriage to a Pakistani national ... Read More


Kashmir's Quiet Warning: The Dark Side of the Global Green Push

Srinagar, May 3 -- In a sleepy hamlet of Gurez, where apple trees bloom against receding snowlines, Abdul Rehman tends to his orchard with quiet worry. "Snow used to fall in November," he says, pulli... Read More


Is Kashmir Facing a Moral Education Crisis?

Srinagar, May 3 -- Arif was the kind of student teachers liked to mention in staffrooms. Neat notebook margins, good grades, no disciplinary issues. His parents, both government employees, often said ... Read More


The Dark Side of Topping Exams in Kashmir

Srinagar, May 3 -- The exam results in Kashmir are out. Social media is glowing with pictures of mark sheets and shiny percentages. Parents update their bios with their children's scores. Schools send... Read More


In Kashmir's Remote Schools, One Diary Held All the Answers

Srinagar, May 3 -- I stood in a dusty classroom, flipping through a teacher's diary that felt more like a checklist than a tool. As an academic monitor in remote Jammu and Kashmir, I'd seen this befor... Read More


Philosopher's Search For God On Kashmir Campus

Srinagar, May 3 -- The air on campus carried the scent of pine and earth, sharpened by late autumn. From where I stood, the buildings of the Islamic University of Science and Technology rose with clea... Read More


Kashmir's Humanity Shines Through Hostility

Srinagar, May 3 -- In a narrow lane of Srinagar, a boy barely ten years old is asked about the Pahalgam attack by a man holding a camera. The boy hesitates. He says something, unsure of its meaning. T... Read More


In Kashmir, Men Battle Silent Suffering in Matrimonial Disputes

Srinagar, May 3 -- On a grey autumn morning in South Kashmir, Riyaz (name changed), a government schoolteacher, was taken into a local police station after his wife accused him of domestic violence. T... Read More


This Abandoned Home Might Just Save Kashmir's Climate

Srinagar, May 3 -- It was a quiet summer afternoon in 2024 when we reached Vevan, a remote mountain village tucked deep into Kashmir's Bandipora district. We had come as engineers, hoping to learn fro... Read More