Firdous Hassan

Self-help believer, a gadget lover and nature's admirer.
Presently Senior reporter at The Kashmir Monitor with an experience of nine years in reporting business, crime, defense, politics and environment.Have also contributed to reputed media organizations including First Post, India Spend, Forbes India

Action, drama, thrill : Excitement brews as countdown begins for IFFJK

Srinagar: Excitement is brewing as the countdown begins for the first International Film Festival of Jammu and Kashmir (IFFJK). Scheduled to be held from September 7 to 10, the festival is expected

Sep. 1, 2026

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Bhand Pather:Folk artists struggle to keep art form alive

Palhalan: Drum beats, folk songs and satirical performances that once echoed through this north Kashmir village have fallen silent. Folk artists struggle to keep the centuries-old tradition of Bhand Pather alive. Declining audiences, changing entertainment habits and dwindling livelihood opportunities

Aug. 27, 2026

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Aabha Hanjura, Khan Brothers’ new single breaks internet

Srinagar: The internet has gone gaga over Kashmiri folk singer Aabha Hanjura’s latest single O Ri

‘Mutton crisis’: Valley’s food industry takes a hit

Srinagar: Mutton crisis has hit Kashmir’s food industry, with several restaurants and hotels scaling down non-vegetarian

Staff and people exit Lal Ded Hospital through a disinfecting tunnel set up by Srinagar Municipality (File photo: KM/Umar Ganie)

At Kashmir’s lone maternity hospital, PPE is a bed sheet and a rain coat

Srinagar: Bizarre it may sound, but the paramedical staff in Lal Ded Maternity hospital use raincoats and stitch aprons from bed-sheets to protect themselves from coronavirus. “We have shelled money to buy

Apr. 8, 2020

COVID 19: Hajin man had visited multiple places; massive contact tracing launched in two districts

Srinagar: Massive drive has been launched to trace primary and secondary contacts of the coronavirus positive man who died on Tuesday. A 52-year-old man from Gund Jehangeer village of Hajin area in

Apr. 8, 2020

Stranded in Delhi with ailing son, Pulwama man sent back from JK House

Srinagar: Father of an ailing minor who is stranded in New Delhi has sent SOS to authorities after his son’s health deteriorated in the absence of proper accommodation and medical facilities. Nisar

Apr. 6, 2020

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People flout Covid advisory to withdraw Yojana money, JK Bank CMD says ‘don’t visit banks all at once’

Srinagar: Throwing all social distancing advisories to the wind, huge gatherings of people have approached several J&K Bank branches in Kashmir, most queuing to withdraw the amount credit in to their accounts

Apr. 6, 2020

COVID19 and mental health in Kashmir: Experts talk, are ready to listen to you!

Srinagar: Muneer Ahmad, 30, has been making all efforts to sleep for the last one week. Netflix, books, online games…he tried so many things to doze off but couldn’t. His insomnia has

Apr. 5, 2020

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How did deceased Tangmarg shopkeeper contract virus? Family looks for answers

Srinagar, Apr 4: Mystery shrouds the contact person who infected the deceased patient number 2 in North Kashmir Tangmarg area.Six days have passed since Kashmir witnessed second death due to the coronavirus,

Apr. 4, 2020

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PM Modi clasping Bukhari's hand during their meeting in Delhi last month (Photo sourced from Google)

Domicile law: Bukhari in Delhi, will try meeting PM Modi

Srinagar, Apr 3: Former Minister and president J&K Apni Party Altaf Bukhari is planning to call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressing his ‘unhappiness’ over new J&K domicile law. Sources in the

Apr. 3, 2020

Good News: COVID patients recovering, had chicken biryani for dinner

Srinagar: A whiff of fresh air after gloom and despair. COVID 19 patients admitted to the Chest Diseases hospital and Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) are showing signs of recovery. Eighteen

Apr. 2, 2020

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A bunch of doctors and paramedical staff at a Srinagar hospital - Photo KM/Umar Ganie (File photo)

Substandard PPEs, raincoats: That’s what Kashmir medicos fight coronavirus with

Srinagar, Apr 2: Doctors treating COVID-19 patients in Kashmir have raised concern over the supply of sub-standard Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits, which, they said, can put medicos at higher risk of

Apr. 1, 2020

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Redrawn map showing two UTs of J&K, and Ladakh

NC, PDP slam Centre for new domicile law, call it ‘insult to injury’

Srinagar, Apr 1: Centre’s domicile’s law has failed to cut ice with the major political parties in Jammu and Kashmir. On Wednesday, the Central Government introduced Section 3A of the reorganization Act,

Apr. 1, 2020

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Action, drama, thrill : Excitement brews as countdown begins for IFFJK

Bhand Pather:Folk artists struggle to keep art form alive

Aabha Hanjura, Khan Brothers’ new single breaks internet

‘Mutton crisis’: Valley’s food industry takes a hit

At Kashmir’s lone maternity hospital, PPE is a bed sheet and a rain coat

COVID 19: Hajin man had visited multiple places; massive contact tracing launched in two districts

Stranded in Delhi with ailing son, Pulwama man sent back from JK House

People flout Covid advisory to withdraw Yojana money, JK Bank CMD says ‘don’t visit banks all at once’

COVID19 and mental health in Kashmir: Experts talk, are ready to listen to you!

How did deceased Tangmarg shopkeeper contract virus? Family looks for answers

Domicile law: Bukhari in Delhi, will try meeting PM Modi

Good News: COVID patients recovering, had chicken biryani for dinner

Substandard PPEs, raincoats: That’s what Kashmir medicos fight coronavirus with

NC, PDP slam Centre for new domicile law, call it ‘insult to injury’

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