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Lights, Camera, Snow!
“They’re shocked we’re from India,” Zahoor laughs. “They ask, ‘You get snow?’ We show them we don’t just get it—we master it.”
Meet Iqra Bhat: A Tailor’s Daughter Who Secured Rank 2 in JKAS Exams
Srinagar: Iqra Farooq Bhat from Zakura, Srinagar, achieved rank 2 in the Jammu and Kashmir Combined Competitive Examination, becoming the top candidate from the Kashmir Valley. She has been preparing for the exam since 2021. Following the…
Man dies after being attacked by cousin in Hajin, accused arrested
Srinagar: A 36-year-old man was killed after being attacked by his cousin brother following altercation between two families in Hajin area of north Kashmir's Bandipora district, officials said on Monday.
An official told that the man…
Power outage during Fajar prayers becoming new normal in Valley
Srinagar: Locals from different parts of Srinagar and elsewhere in the Valley have expressed anguish over the failure of the Kashmir Power Distribution Corporation Limited (KPDCL) to supply power during ‘Fajar’ (pre-dawn) prayers.…
In absence of any breather, fatty power bills break the back of Kashmir locals
Srinagar: From the naming and shaming the hapless and economically backward consumers, the Kashmir Power Distribution Company Limited (KPDCL) has left no stone unturned in squeezing the blood of middle and lower class people in Kashmir…
Rajya Sabha clears bill granting reservation to OBCs in J&K local bodies
Srinagar: The Rajya Sabha on Friday cleared the Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to grant reservation to Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in Panchayats and Municipalities, apart from empowering the State Election…
Kashmiri artist leading Team India in international Snow-Sculpting Competition in Breckenridge USA
SRINAGAR: For the 4th consecutive time , a Kashmiri artist Zahoor Din Lone alias Zahoor Kashmiri was selected along with other Indian artists for the International Snow Sculpture Championship held in the US on January 22.
An official…
Watch : Motivated by pain, housewife from Kashmir turns Mrs. India International-2018
By: Irfan Quraishi
SRINAGAR: “My pain was so deep and cruel. I faced that all alone, hence managed to come out of the ordeal. I decided to leave all my agonies behind to do something for myself”, says Nusrat Parveen.
She took all challenges…
Meet man who give-up schooling to start business for charity, social work
Patriot Correspondent
SRINAGAR: Seeing poverty ridden people in his village Farooq Ahmad Mir develops a zeal for charity, social work since his childhood. Mir, 40 who hails from Hartrath Singhpora village of Pattan town in North…
Kashmir’s international woman artist braves all odds to achieve success
SRINAGAR: Hailing from a far flung area of Daksum, 110 kilometer from Kashmir summer capital Srinagar in Anantnag district of South Kashmir, Ruhani Syed a 27 year old Kashmiri woman has braved all odds to become a successful unique artist…