Lost warnings

Could the j&k government have averted snow tragedy?

Heaven's end

Wetlands in Kashmir shrinking due to urbanisation: Study

An analysis of land cover data from 2016 shows that the catchment of Narkara wetland in near Srinagar is now predominantly an urban setting, with …

Floods in 4 states lead to economic loss of Rs 19,000 crore in past one year

Close to 20 million people displaced or affected

Simply Put: Statehood for Ladakh

Weaving votes

Needling shawl makers, and an antelope

Saving saffron

J&K proposes a strategy

Impact of climate change on Kashmir’s mushroom pickers

Unpredictable weather patterns, early springs, and above-average temperatures have left gucchi mushroom hunters in distress, facing another …

Jantar Mantar Protests: Why are Ladakhis demanding statehood?

The people of Leh and Kargil want to protect their homeland’s fragile ecology; they also want constitutional safeguards under the …

Kashmir: a treasure of forest herbs

Many of these herbs have medicinal value and are used in the treatment of both common and serious ailments

Of barren hills and barrel smoke

Militancy has destroyed much more than peace in Kashmir. Kalashnikov-trotting extremists are ravaging the last green frontiers of the 'heaven on …

Science for people

Scientists attending the 101st Science Congress discuss solutions to lift farmers, livestock owners out of poverty

Why are nomads being evicted from Jammu and Kashmir?

Eviction drives come shortly after the J&K High Court declared the Roshni Act, allowed ownership of occupied government land …

Simultaneous quakes rock Kashmir

The first quake happened on February 5 while the second happened the day after

Frightened by change

INDIA

Peppered cure

Lake protection

Weeding out corruption

The Save Dal Lake project is embroiled in a multi-crore scam

Fire on mountain

Forest blaze guts hundreds of trees in Jammu hills

Dam deferred

Panic strikes

Udhampur gets earthquake observatory

New seismological observatory will help further strengthen the region’s earthquake monitoring

Frost bites apple in Kashmir

Freak snowfall in the Kashmir Valley has destroyed around half of the apple economy and exposed an ill-prepared government

Why Jammu-Srinagar national highway is so landslide prone

Most of the hills around Jammu-Srinagar highway were rocky and barren and any disturbance — natural or anthropogenic (man-made) — …