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…

150 ventilators arrive, Remdesivir shortage to end in 48 hours

SRINAGAR: Sufficient stocks of Remdesivir shots are arriving in the next two days to treat critical COVID 19 patients in Jammu and Kashmir. Sources said there is relentless pressure from Raj Bhawan…

July 20, 2020

Kashmir·Latest News

Unable to buy food for terminally ill son, jobless driver seeks alms on Kashmir streets – gets Rs 4 lakh in 24 hours

SRINAGAR: Under the blistering sun, fifty-year-old Nazir Ahmad Sheikh carrying his semi-conscious son was sobbing quietly outside the Eidgah grounds on Friday afternoon. When passersby enquired from the bearded man, he could…

July 18, 2020

Latest News·Kashmir·Lead Stories·Videos

Govt orders probe into ‘immoral activities’ at J&K Khadi Village Board

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered an inquiry into the complaints of irregularities, corrupt and “immoral activities” in the J&K Khadi Village and Industries Board (KVIB). Syed Shabir Shafi, Director, Planning…

July 16, 2020

Worried about growing COVID cases back home, British Kashmiri doctors release video appeal to save lives

SRINAGAR: Seemingly pained by growing COVID cases back home, top British Kashmiri doctors have issued a public appeal urging people not to venture out unnecessary and take all precautions to keep the…

July 14, 2020

News·Kashmir·Lead Stories

How Kashmir almost defeated COVID, then brought it back to haunt us all

SRINAGAR: Yellow bamboo fences along with new plastic barriers are again `adorning’ the Srinagar city. Wafts of fear are in the air. Conspiracy theories galore, pedestrian arguments overlap reasoning, and quackery is…

July 13, 2020

Lead Stories·Kashmir·Latest News

Noori, world's first cloned Pashmina goat turns 8 (KM/Special Arrangement)

EXCLUSIVE – Kashmir’s Noori and her little lambs: World’s first Pashmina clone turns 8

‘Noori has given birth to 4 lambs, all healthy. Funding killed what was a rare scientific breakthrough in Kashmir’ Srinagar: Scientists across the world working on clones and animal genetics have a…

July 10, 2020

Kashmir·Latest News·Lead Stories

Kashmir baffled as mysterious disappearances stage comeback

Srinagar: On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, 22-year-old footballer Amir Siraj left his orchard to play soccer but `disappeared’ in thin air. For the last 15 days, the family has been going from…

July 7, 2020

Of Geelani’s exit, Hurriyat’s activities and one year of Article 370 abrogation

Srinagar: Marginalized Hurriyat Conference is trying to find its feet again in the new political climate post abrogation of Article 370. For the last one year, both factions of Hurriyat Conference have chosen…

July 4, 2020

Latest News·Kashmir·Lead Stories·Politics

What is ‘Tungu’ in Chinese? And why are Ladakhis worried about it?

Srinagar: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s morale booster visit to Leh notwithstanding, Ladakhis believe the situation on the Line of Actual Control (LAC) is very tense, and the Chinese army has entered eight-kilometre into…

July 3, 2020

Lead Stories·Latest News·News

How Michael Jackson’s iconic song,’they don’t really care about us’, stands true for Kashmir children

Skin head, dead headEverybody gone badSituation, aggravationEverybody allegationIn the suite, on the newsEverybody dog foodBang bang, shot deadEverybody’s gone mad All I want to say is thatThey don’t really care about usAll…

July 1, 2020

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