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…

Remains of an exploded mortar along a street at Kamal Kote village near the Line of Control (LOC) at Uri on Nov 14, 2020 - Photo: KM/Tauseef Mustafa

Line of Conflict: 38 civilian bunkers to be commissioned next month in Uri

Srinagar: Seemingly rattled by civilian fatalities, Jammu and Kashmir government has fast-tracked construction of underground community bunkers to save the civilian population from shelling during ceasefire violations along the Line of Control (LoC)…

November 16, 2020

Kashmir·Latest News

On sale in Kashmir: ‘Galwan’, ‘Doklam’, ‘Pangong’…

Srinagar: For the record, Galwan is a monster winter shoe and Raffel is multicolour sports footwear. Don’t be shocked, this is a hard corporate reality. Cashing in on popular sentiments, a footwear…

November 14, 2020

Business·Kashmir·Latest News·Lead Stories

Line of conflict: Army claims destroying Pakistan bunkers, fuel dumps in precision assault across J&K LoC

Srinagar: Indian army claimed to have destroyed multiple bunkers and fuel dumps of Pakistan in a pin-point fire assault across the Line of Control (LoC). A battle-like situation has emerged on the…

November 13, 2020

India·Kashmir·Latest News·Lead Stories

GMC’s COVID 19 anti-bodies study features in PLOS ONE scientific journal

Virus touched almost 40% of people in Srinagar city SRINAGAR: A cross-sectional study on the Seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 specific IgG antibodies in district Srinagar has been published in PLOS ONE, a peer-reviewed…

November 12, 2020

Latest News·Health·Kashmir·Lead Stories

Making J&K proud! Young Rajouri professor figures in Stanford University’s top world scientists’ list

Srinagar: A 31-year-old scientist from the border district of Rajouri has earned a rare honor by becoming one of the youngest Indians to feature on Stanford University’s list of top 2 percent…

November 9, 2020

Education·Kashmir·Latest News·Lead Stories

Trump as ‘kandur’: Memes of US Prez in Kashmiri avatar leave netizens in splits

SRINAGAR: Imagine Donald Trump in Kashmiri kandur avatar! Welcome to the entertainment-starved Kashmir where US election drama has taken social media by storm. US President Donald Trump is turning out to be a favorite…

November 6, 2020

Early Diwali for WPRs as J&K government grants voting rights after 72 years

Srinagar: Devender Pal, 64, could not hold back his tears when Jammu and Kashmir government announced granting voting rights to West Pakistan Refugees in the Assembly and Panchayat polls. Pal, who was…

November 5, 2020

Kathua rape lawyer Deepika Singh Rajawat faces threats over Twitter post

SRINAGAR: Top human rights defender and counsel for Kathua rape victim’s family Deepika Singh Rajawat is in the crosshairs of rightwing groups after she shared an “objectionable” cartoon on her Twitter handle.…

October 21, 2020

Kashmir·Latest News·News

NEET 2020: Meet Pulwama boy who scored 695 out of 720 marks despite internet gag

SRINAGAR: Phones have not stopped ringing at Khan Household at Lajoora in the Pulwama district since their 18-year-old son Khan Basit Bilal cracked National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) with flying colors. Basit…

October 16, 2020

Lead Stories·Kashmir·Latest News

Jammu Muslims fear polarisation ahead of darbar, want LG Sinha to step in

SRINAGAR: Fear has gripped Jammu Muslims after communal elements went into overdrive to polarize the winter capital following the recent High Court judgment striking down the Roshni Act. A division bench comprising…

October 16, 2020

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