Charmed by huge returns, youngsters are buying cryptocurrency and are quickly learning the market ups and downs. SRINAGAR โ With many investors making huge profits from cryptocurrency, a wariness remains with others losing money at the same time. Many in Kashmir are getting attracted to the uncharted digital territory for the lure of fast returns.…
โRelease my son, if he has committed a mistake, I apologize on his behalf,โ says the mother of one of the students. SHAHGUND (BANDIPORA) โ With a wrinkled face, Hafeeza Begum, 44, appears older than age. She is inconsolable and calls for her son repeatedly. She folds her hand in front of everyone visiting her…
Farmers say the weather has become quite erratic and rains are either scanty or distribution is irregular, thus adversely affecting the saffron production at the critical stage. PAMPORE โ As the autumn sets in the free, vast lands of Pampore, hundreds of men, women and children ready themselves to pick small violet flower petals of…
โMy children are now growing up and I sometimes wish for a third baby but due to the scare of C-section, I avoid third pregnancy,โ Aarizoo said in a remorseful tone. One morning, a week before her due date, Aarizooโs labour pain started. She called her doctor, who advised her to get admitted to a…
Police have filed criminal charges under stringent anti-terror laws against medical students for celebrating Pakistanโs victory. SRINAGAR โ The Jammu and Kashmir police on Monday filed a criminal case under stringent anti-terror laws against students of medical college for allegedly celebrating Pakistanโs victory in the recently held cricket match, evoking sharp reactions.ย ย The case was…
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…
Drivers in Kashmir are known for putting out some amusing lines on their cab screens and shields. While the world around them is changing fast, they still carry their pining hearts and painful couplets. In the city of seven bridges swooped by scrutiny swarm, a pensive man is finding it hard to run his survival…
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…
Many non-local labourers were seen boarding trains at Nowgam railway station and contract carriage vehicles in Lalchowk. SRINAGAR โ Thousands of non-local labourers who travel to Kashmir in summers to make a living are fearful for their life. The reason being the fresh spate of attacks that killed at least four of them in the…