The Dying Cash Crop

Jaleel says that Saffron, Kashmir’s “heritage cash crop” is dying a slow death. He should know. (Mr.Sheikh Jaleel is Managing Director of Jaybee Agro Industries Pvt. Ltd. in the Saffron town of Pampore, Kashmir) SAFFRON: It’s Withering! Kashmiri...

Diminishing Agricultural (Fertile) Land

Kashmir may go ‘landless’ as unplanned (and mostly illegal) urbanization witnesses surge Agriculture Land Turns Into Residential Aliya Bashir (Kashmir Monitor) Srinagar: With government failing to stop the construction on agricultural land, Kashmir’s land is fast...

Bloodbath in the Nigeen Lake

While conspiracy theories make rounds, the bitter truth is that Kashmir’s lakes are dying both literally and figuratively Nigeen Lake Fish Bloodbath: Govt blames oxygen depletion Srinagar: With lakhs of dead fish floating on the surface of Nigeen Lake,...

Why is the New SPS Museum Still in a Limbo?

Construction delays in completing the Sri Pratap Singh (SPS) Museum have been exasperated by a total lack of civil society support Official Neglect Mars Heritage Preservation Bismah Malik (Tribune News Service) Srinagar: The preservation of rich cultural heritage of...

Stealing Mother’s Gold

It is pathetic when those paid to protect State assets themselves become looters Forest Official is Smuggling Timber Sameer Showkin Lone (Kashmir Monitor) Srinagar: While government claims to have achieved success in tightening noose on timber smugglers, now it...

Kashmir’s Newspapers Lack Objectivity

The CM publicly admits what everyone knew all along The Newspapers Fail to Differentiate Between News and Views (Kashmir Times) Srinagar: Indicting newspapers for paid news and presenting views as news, the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said newspapers were...