News By Zeeshan Ahad

Forty Invitations, Forty Poems in One Night

The enduring legend behind Mir Syed Ali Hamdani’s Chehil-e-Asrar and the spiritual imagination it left in Kashmir

Mohammad Al-Shaibani: The Forgotten Hanafi Jurist

He decoded one of Islam’s greatest legal schools, mentored by a prisoner and admired by an imam — yet history left him in the margins.

He Spoke to Snakes, Raised the Dead—Who Is Aishmuqam’s Zeanshah

How A Memory Shaped A Future

As a child, she helped her family collect pollen, wax, and honey, sparking her love for beekeeping

Mirwaiz To Join Grand Mufti's Committee for Moon Sighting

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Affirms Unity Aim in Committee Membership

How Syed Sharaf-U-Din Became Hazrat BulBul Shah

Syed Sharaf-U-Din (RA), the spiritual and religious Icon reverted Rinchan Shah into Islam, ruler of Kashmir Valley from 1320-23.

Mir Syed Ali Hamdani's Funeral Miracles Resonate Across Kashmir

A king ocean-munificent, to that vale: He gave science, crafts, education, religion, That man created a miniature Iran with rare and heart-ravishing arts: With one glance he unravels a hundred knots’ ~Dr Iqbal’s poetry on Mir Syed Ali Hamadani (RA)

Baba Dawood Khaki's Spiritual Journey as Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom's Disciple

‘He is of the blood of Khidr and his wisdom of actions has already become superior to the comparison of the people of Moses’ ~Dawood Khaki (RA) for his Master Sheikh Makhdoomi (RA)

Kashmir’s Prized Crop Faces ‘Heritage Erosion’ as Imitations Flourish in Northeast

"They take bulbs from here, they also take the Pampore soil to guise saffron as if they are growing it in Kashmir”

No Snowfall In Chillaikalan to Impact Agriculture, Water Resources: Experts

Private Schools Accuse Govt of 'Sinister Design' in 'Tagging' Move

Kashmir's education system, credited to private schools, maintains consistently high academic merit.

Forest Fire Breaks Out In Parts of Kashmir

New Criminal Laws Explained

Dry Chillai Kalan Spurs Morning Fog, Experts Say

"Inadequate wet spells, attributing to freezing temperatures, low humidity, and a lack of western disturbances"

Non-Local Laborers To Get Ration Cards In J&K

WHO Commemorates ‘Universal Health Coverage Day’ at GMC Srinagar

J&K Sees 35% Surge In Child Crimes: Report

NIT Srinagar Orders Early Vacation Amid Blasphemy Storm

‘Students Stressed’: University of Kashmir Alters Syllabus Days Before Exams

After Power Outages, Now Kashmir Grapples With Water Crisis

Action To Be Taken Against Threatening Posts, Cyber Police on Power Row

Bakshi Bridge Remnants Auctioned for 65 Lakhs, Echoing Dewdor’s Resilience

‘Human Intrusion’: Black Bear Encounters Intensify In Kashmir Valley

‘Discrimination In AYUSH’: Homeopathic Doctors Battle Job Crisis In Kashmir

Kashmiri Birdman Giving Wings to His Feathered Passion

"Since my babyhood I keenly use to listen the chirping of migratory birds, their whistles engaged my heart and shaped who I am today"

Industrial Waste Plagues Rambi Ara River

Fading Colours of Kashmir's Dyeing Industry

Amidst the rhythms of tradition and the tides of change, Abdul Majeed Rangrez remains a guardian of heritage, dyeing threads that connect generations past and future.

Back Home From Makka, Kashmiri Hajis Recount A Harrowing Experience

With water torrents leaking and forming a hazardous maze on the uneven floors. The pilgrims gingerly maneuvered through this treacherous terrain, hoping to avoid slipping or injuring.

Resonating Hope: The Narrator Who Empowers the Revival of Kashmiri Language

The boy capturing Kashmiri sentiment is seen as Nund Resh’s mystic relator, Rasul Mir’s elegiac raconteur and Ghulam Rasool Nazki’s anguish reporter.

Offering Legal Literacy

"A free and public legal education is vital if a society wants justice to be served"

Creating New 'Reading Rooms' In Kashmir

Though a private library cannot come even closer to the Reading Room of the 1930s, the white rectangular cabins that divide the space remain occupied with people and the sound of flicking pages overwhelms the sluggish noise of the ceiling fans

‘Nadir Ti Gaadi’: In Photos, Kashmir Observes Ancient-Persian Festival Of Nowroz

‘Climate Change Is Hitting Us Hard’: Kashmiri Farmers Fear Waterless Summer

The concern has been created by the second successive year of sparse snowfall that is likely to cause water shortage in agricultural lands across the valley

Smart Meters Spark Sense of ‘Powerlessness’

“Nobody is denying the importance of this smart drive, but the government should at least consider the crippling conditions through which Kashmiris have passed in recent years. Instead of helping us grow, the government is bent to escalate our survival crisis.”

Life on Razor Edge: Old Shave In Smart City

Srinagar, as per official statements and street alterations, is getting smart. But in the new city-sphere, some characters are still retaining an old charm.