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DEHRADUN/KULLU/SRINAGAR: For decades, forest fires in the Himalayas followed a predictable calendar. They started simmering in late spring and early summer, when rising temperatures, dry winds and accumulated leaf litter turned forests combustible. Winter, by contrast, was the season of snow, moisture and relative calm. That rhythm has been breaking for the past few years.This…
As protests driven by economic distress and political fatigue spread across Iranian cities, New Delhi is watching events unfold with quiet unease. For India, the question is not whether Iran’s clerical leadership can weather the unrest, but what a weakened or collapsing Iranian state would mean for India’s already constrained strategic environment.India’s engagement with Iran…
TANGMARG: At the frozen waterfall at Drung, tourists from different parts of the country are crowding around it, taking photographs and recording videos as the site emerges as a major winter attraction.Drung, part of the Gulmarg tourist circuit, was among several destinations closed after the Pahalgam terror attack last year. It reopened in Nov and…
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Winter in Kashmir is not a mild seasonal shift, it’s a full transformation. You might feel the biting cold, but the scenes surrounding you will mesmerise you in such a way that you will thank your stars for deciding to visit this place during winter. It is that time of the year, when valleys disappear…
“Gar firdaus bar-rue zamin ast, hami asto, hamin asto, hamin ast” — the timeless line, attributed by many to Amir Khusrau and famously used by Mughal Emperor Jahangir, resurfaces each winter as Kashmir enters its harshest yet most enchanting period — Chillai Kalan. And as the Valley embraces this 40-day stretch of biting cold, this…
SRINAGAR: J&K Police have initiated action against more than 100 people, including teenagers, for violating prohibitory orders on the use of Virtual Private Network (VPN) services.Cops Friday conducted a district-wide verification drive in south Kashmir’s Shopian, during which 15 people were identified using VPN services. According to police, detailed technical scrutiny and background verification did…
A dramatic video shows rocks falling on the highway stretch while motorists running for cover. SRINAGAR: A massive landslide on Friday morning disrupted traffic on the Srinagar–Baramulla–Uri highway, officials said.The landslide occurred on the Baramulla stretch of NH-1. A video shared by news agency PTI showed huge rocks and mounds of soil crashing down the…
Stone sculpture recovered from Jhelum river handed over to archaeology dept (Picture credit: IANS) SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday handed over a stone sculpture of goddess Durga, recovered by a fisherman from the Jhelum river in Baramulla district, to the department of archives, archaeology and museums.Police said, fisherman Nazir Ahmad Latoo informed Sheeri…
Injured CRPF personnel being provided medical assistance after a leopard entered the premises and attacked during breakfast hours, in Kapran area, Anantnag (Picture credit: PTI) SRINAGAR: A CRPF head constable was injured after a leopard sneaked into a paramilitary camp in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district and attacked him while personnel were having breakfast in the…
