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Anantnag Court Convicts Man in Rs.31.63 Lakh Cheque Bounce Case

Srinagar, July 29 -- Srinagar- The Court of District Mobile Magistrate (T) Anantnag has convicted a local man in a long-pending cheque bounce case involving Rs 31.63 lakh. Pronouncing the judgment on... Read More


IFFJK Gets Global Response, Receives 875 Film Entries

Srinagar, July 29 -- Srinagar- The 1st International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir (IFFJK) 2026 has evoked an enthusiastic response from filmmakers across the globe, with 875 film submissions rec... Read More


Pedestrian Killed in Motorcycle Accident in Samba

Srinagar, July 29 -- Srinagar- A pedestrian was killed after being hit by a motorcycle in the SIDCO Phase-I industrial area of Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, officials said. An off... Read More


Srinagar's Solar Spark

Srinagar, July 29 -- It was Kashmir's own version of Elon Musk who grabbed everyone's attention this week, and this time the buzz wasn't about cars. Bilal Ahmed Mir, a math teacher from Srinagar, bui... Read More


Kashmir Is Burying Its Most Famous Crop Under Garbage

Srinagar, July 29 -- Two years ago, local friends in Pampore asked me to see something for myself. I travelled with a cameraperson to a stretch of land beside the saffron fields and found devastation... Read More


The Fire Rings That Lit a Generation in Kashmir

Srinagar, July 29 -- By Mohammad Ilyas Bhat I still remember the sting of that laughter. Years ago, in a small Kashmiri town, my friends and I sat down early in the front row of an open-air stage, w... Read More


Has the Debate on Kashmir and Orientalism Lost Its Way?

Srinagar, July 29 -- By Moin S. Hakak Reading Wajahat Qazi's article on Orientalism in Kashmir Observer led me to a simple but consequential question: Should postcolonial critique become a substitute... Read More


The Durrani Coins That Belonged to Kashmiri Saints

Srinagar, July 29 -- By Iqbal Ahmad In 1808, Kashmir stood within an empire edging toward disintegration. The Durrani dynasty, which had swallowed the valley in 1753 under Ahmad Shah Abdali, ruled f... Read More


Stray Dog Menace on Rise, SMC's ABC Programme Goes off Track

Srinagar, July 29 -- Srinagar- With stray dog attacks and bite incidents triggering concern across Srinagar, the Srinagar Municipal Corporation's (SMC) Animal Birth Control (ABC) programme has gone of... Read More


CUK Pushes Back Against RTI-Based Report

Srinagar, July 29 -- By Syed Sammar Mehdi Srinagar- Days after a report brought its administration under scrutiny, the Central University of Kashmir on Wednesday issued a point-by-point rebuttal defe... Read More