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

Tourist death aftermath:JK to issue advisory to tourists for traveling during violence-hit days

Srinagar, May 09: The state government has decided to issue an advisory for safety of tourists particularly during uncertainty in Kashmir. The move has come apparently in the backdrop of death of

Jul. 2, 2018

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Srinagar: President of Trade and Travel Association Kashmir Ashfaq Sidiq along with other tourism players addressing a press conference regarding the killing of a tourist,who was killed in a stone pelting attack on their bus,in Srinagar on Tuesday. PTI Photo by Umar Ganie

NARBAL INCIDENT: Unnerved tourists start cancelling bookings

Srinagar, May 08: Many aspiring visitors have started cancelling their travel plans to Kashmir in wake of a tourist’s death during a stone pelting incident on Monday. Several travel agents’ associations of

Jul. 2, 2018

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Kathua Rape-murder:Actual culprits should be found, pronounced guilty: DyCM

Srinagar: Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh on Thursday called for a thorough investigation in to the Kathua rape and murder case. He then went on to say that should the actual culprits

Jul. 2, 2018

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JK doesn’t figure among India’s 15 green states

Srinagar, Apr 17: With less 33 per cent forest cover, Jammu and Kashmir does not figure among the top 15 green states in India. As per the latest study by the Forest

Jul. 2, 2018

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Paddy Fields, farmers planting rice, Kashmir, India

Farmers dump govt advisories, choose to grow paddy this year

Srinagar, Apr 17: Despite advisory by the Irrigation and Flood Control Department (I&FC), the farmers across the valley have decided to grow paddy crop for the year and have already began the

Jul. 2, 2018

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BJP distances from Lal Singh’s remarks; Says use of tricolour by Hindu Ekta Manch was wrong

Srinagar, April 15: Bhartiya Janta Party on Sunday distances from the remarks made by its leader and former Minister for Forests Chaudhary Lal Singh, who said that Chief Minister had “followed dictation

Jul. 2, 2018

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Asifa Rape, Murder:Details of horror shock world; voices for justice get stronger

Srinagar: The voice for justice to Asifa, who was gang-raped and murdered in her hometown Kathua, has started to come from across India and abroad. The widespread response to the case has

Jul. 2, 2018

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‘Working animal of Kashmir’, Zanskari horse is nearing extinction

Srinagar, Apr 12: Once known as the ‘working animal of Kashmir’, Zanskari horse, a rare species of native Himalayan equines, is nearing extinction, with this breed no more traceable in rural Kashmir.

Jul. 2, 2018

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Fresh gory details in Asifa’s rape and murder has left her family shattered

Srinagar, Apr 11: The charge-sheet filed by police’s Crime Branch in the Asifa rape-and-murder case has brought to fore the horrendous details of how the 8-year-old girl from Kathua, Jammu, was drugged,

Jul. 2, 2018

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Kathua rape and murder: NC demands shifting of case

Srinagar, Apr 10: A day after Jammu lawyers blocked the Crime Branch officials from filing charge sheet against accused of Kathua rape and murder case at the concerned district court, Opposition National

Jul. 2, 2018

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Firdous Hassan

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

Tourist death aftermath:JK to issue advisory to tourists for traveling during violence-hit days

NARBAL INCIDENT: Unnerved tourists start cancelling bookings

Kathua Rape-murder:Actual culprits should be found, pronounced guilty: DyCM

JK doesn’t figure among India’s 15 green states

Farmers dump govt advisories, choose to grow paddy this year

BJP distances from Lal Singh’s remarks; Says use of tricolour by Hindu Ekta Manch was wrong

Asifa Rape, Murder:Details of horror shock world; voices for justice get stronger

‘Working animal of Kashmir’, Zanskari horse is nearing extinction

Fresh gory details in Asifa’s rape and murder has left her family shattered

Kathua rape and murder: NC demands shifting of case

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