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

Human-wildlife conflict: J&K records 17K cases in 5 yrs

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir has recorded more than 17,000 human-wildlife conflict incidents in the last five years. Asiatic black bears and common leopards account for the maximum number of attacks, human injuries

Oct. 8, 2026

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J&K faces 58% irrigation deficit

Srinagar: Home to streams, rivers and springs, Jammu and Kashmir continues to face an irrigation deficit of 58 percent. According to government data, Jammu and Kashmir’s net irrigated area stood at about 3.10 lakh hectares in 2023-24, accounting for only

Oct. 6, 2026

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MSMEs hit record 3.25 lakh in Valley

Srinagar: Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) have hit a record 3.25 lakh in Kashmir. Primarily

‘Irani Cup’: BCCI promotes Srinagar as cricketing hub

Srinagar: Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has embarked on a mission to promote

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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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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‘Crown of Kashmir’s horticulture’ losing market supremacy to imported varieties

Srinagar, Apr 07: Kashmir’s walnut industry is fast losing its Indian market to imported products, with its rates declining by more than 50 per cent in the last five years. Jammu and

Jul. 2, 2018

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A piece of Kashmir’s ancient history missing since 1989

Srinagar, Apr 03: The state chapter of the Archeological Survey of India is yet to recover nine precious terracotta tiles that had gone missing from the ancient Buddhist site at Harwan here

Jul. 2, 2018

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20 killed on bloody Sunday in three south Kashmir encounters

Srinagar, Apr 01: The first Sunday of April 2018 turned out the bloodiest, witnessing killing of at least 20 people including 12 militants, four civilians and three forces personnel in three separate encounters and

Jul. 2, 2018

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Firdous Hassan

Human-wildlife conflict: J&K records 17K cases in 5 yrs

J&K faces 58% irrigation deficit

MSMEs hit record 3.25 lakh in Valley

‘Irani Cup’: BCCI promotes Srinagar as cricketing hub

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

‘Crown of Kashmir’s horticulture’ losing market supremacy to imported varieties

A piece of Kashmir’s ancient history missing since 1989

20 killed on bloody Sunday in three south Kashmir encounters

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