Ishfaq-ul-Hassan

April 16, 2024

Kashmir’s Titanic tragedy: Numbing grief overtakes Valley

Srinagar: Every eye became moist when a group of women recited a heart-wrenching elegy for a mother and her two sons who were fished out of Jhelum after a boat capsized at…

Kashmir·Lead Stories·Tech-Film

January 6, 2024

`Visionary tale of perception, superiority, evolution’: Hina Khan starrer `Country of Blind’ receives 7.4 rating

Srinagar: Forget `Dunki’ and `Animal’, ` The Country of Blind’, a movie by Kashmir actors and filmmakers, has received 7.4 CAT INDEX rating from a highly respected Cult Critic magazine. “A visionary…

Kashmir·Lead Stories

January 1, 2024

Brand Kashmir: in a first, 21392 handicraft products GI tagged to boost exports

SRINAGAR: For the first time, 21392 handicrafts products were Geographical Indication (GI) tagged in the first three-quarters of FY24. Official figures reveal that 21392 products have been labeled from April to December 31, 2023. In the…

‘Lihaaf, ‘Lines’: Two award-winning movies from Kashmir filmmakers to debut on Voot Select

Srinagar: Cinema can wait but OTT cannot! For the first time, two award-winning movies from Kashmiri filmmakers are making digital debut on Voot Select. ‘Lihaaf’, which is a joint venture of Surankote-born…

July 16, 2021

Kashmir·Latest News·Tech-Film

The facade of online exams

By Ishfaq-ul-Hassan Inside a well-laid-out room, three kids are busy writing their term exams. Though it is supposed to be an online exam, teachers have asked the students to write answers on…

July 14, 2021

Education·Latest News·Opinion

‘Our aim is to bring greater economic benefits’: A swanky J&K clothing label that will give designers a run for money

SRINAGAR: A mannequin draped in a beautifully embroidered saree welcomes customers at the entrance of a swanky showroom of Government Woollen Mills, Bemina. Just a few steps inside, racks of silken and woollen…

July 11, 2021

Business·Kashmir·Latest News·Lead Stories

J&K sets another record; vaccination rate of 18 plus group double than national average

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir has achieved another milestone by vaccinating 18 percent of people in the 18-44 group, which is almost double than national average. “In the country, the average is 7…

July 9, 2021

Kashmir·Latest News·Lead Stories

National Conference: All bluster, no muster

The suspense is over. National Conference has joined the list of political parties which will be meeting the Delimitation Commission. The grand old party has named a five-member delegation led by former…

July 7, 2021

‘It is voluntary’: J&K opens vaccination window for pregnant women

Srinagar: Days after the Centre’s go-ahead, Jammu and Kashmir government has opened a vaccination window for pregnant women in the union territory. “Yes, we are prioritizing it (pregnant women vaccination). We are…

July 5, 2021

Health·Kashmir·Latest News·Lead Stories

Fleecing, harassing parents: JK Board suspends facilities to seven private schools in Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Shedding kid-glove treatment, Jammu and Kashmir government has suspended all facilities including permission-cum-admission to seven top schools for harassing parents and not implementing fixation committee orders. The schools which have been put on…

July 3, 2021

Education·Kashmir·Latest News

J&K police recruitment: Notification issued; SSB to carry out selection, film fitness tests for transparency

Srinagar: Smiles have returned to the faces of aspirants after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha ordered Services Selection Board (SSB) to carry out the selection process of all non-gazetted level posts in police,…

July 2, 2021

Kashmir·Latest News

All-party meeting aftermath: Delimitation Commission to visit J&K next week; to interact with pol parties, officials

SRINAGAR: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for expediting delimitation process, the two-member Commission announced to visit Jammu and Kashmir on July 6 to interact with political parties, public representatives and…

June 30, 2021

Kashmir·Latest News·Lead Stories

(Opinion) The Northern Alliance

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s all-party meet is over. The focus has now shifted to delimitation and assembly elections. Far from the madding crowd, a new combination and permutations are taking a shape.…

June 30, 2021

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