In Srinagarโs media and academic circles, Meha Dixit is no random researcher. The erudite and eloquent lady with Indic features is an old fixture in the city of seven bridges where she first arrived as a rookie on the heels of the 2010 upheaval. A decade later, Dixit has come of age, with her Piece…
What worries the farmers is the damage to apple trees that are yet to be pruned. SRINAGAR โ Early snowfall in the upper reaches of south Kashmirโs Shopian district is proving devastating for the apple farmers with the โuntimelyโ snowfall, damaging the apple trees. The higher reaches of Kashmir valley Saturday received a low to…
SRINAGAR โ E-commerce, Food and Grocery Delivery services in Kashmirโs capital city Srinagar are suspended as the Jammu and Kashmir police and paramilitary CRPF have launched a massive crackdown on two-wheelers, ahead of the Union Home Minister Amit Shahโs visit, seizing hundreds of motorcycles. About 4,000 youngsters are employed by over three dozen courier companies…
Officials claim the prisons in J&K are overcrowded but so is the Agra jail where they have been shifted to. SRINAGAR โ The family of Yasir Majeed Mir was awaiting his release from Kathua jail when they heard that their son has been shifted to a high-security jail in Agra. Mir, 22, was arrested in…
J&K medical colleges were reserved for local students but it changed as J&K admin gives nod to 15 per cent All India Quota. SRINAGAR โ Medical seats in Jammu & Kashmir colleges, which were restricted to local students till recently, have been opened to applicants from mainland India via the National Eligibility and Entrance Test…
JCCI calls for shutdown on September 22, says government disrupting local trade. SRINAGAR โ More than thirty years ago, when the then National Conference government proposed an end to the annual Darbar move between Jammu and Srinagar, the winter capital shut for 23 days before the decision was reversed. The Bharatiya Janata Party supported the…
Shopkeepers urge people to shop locally to help keep Kashmir businesses afloat. Srinagar โ As the business establishments in Kashmir valley struggle to stay afloat due to three years of the crisis caused by political upheaval and pandemic, the traders in the region are grappling with evolution in spending habits of people, something they find…