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A thematic of Tawi Riverfront Development Project in Jammu City.

Rage of the Rivers and Riverfront Projects: Floods in Tawi River in Jammu Raise Some Serious Questions

26 Aug 2025

6 min read

Under phase-1 of the Tawi Riverfront project, 2.70 kms of embankment has been built with promenades for which 23 hectares of land was reclaimed. Environmentalists are up against it.

Heightened view of Muzaffarabad city, capital of Pakistan administered Jammu & Kashmir, on both river banks after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake.

News

Muzaffarabad Diary: Quota or Merit? A Divisive Ruling

Danish Irshad

25 Aug 2025

4 min read

Some of the deaths occurred in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, although most of the victims were in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in north-west Pakistan.

News

Monsoon Rains Cause 22 Deaths and Widespread Damage in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir

Nosheen Khawaja

22 Aug 2025

3 min read

Union Home Minister Amit Shah arriving in the Parliament House in New Delhi.

News

New Political Reality: Arrest Equals Automatic Exit for India's Top Leaders

KT NEWS SERVICE

20 Aug 2025

4 min read

J&K Map as claimed by the erstwhile ruler of J&K in 1947

News

J&K Re-Organisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025: Explained in Short

KT NEWS SERVICE

20 Aug 2025

1 min read

Early morning queue at SMHS Hospital, Srinagar, IMHANS - Substance users wait patiently in line for their medicine.

In Focus

Endless Loop of Drug Addiction: Freed of Heroin, Prescribed Pills a Source of High

KT NEWS SERVICE

17 Aug 2025

7 min read

Tukiye's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet in capital Ankara, Turkey, November 16, 2015.

News

Indian envoy calls for reset in ties with Turkiye, recalls century-old bonds

KT NEWS SERVICE

15 Aug 2025

2 min read

Stop Fueling War Demonstration at the Finnish Parliament House.

Comment Articles

Notes on Art of War, War (making) and Peace in the 21st century

Great Power Politics Resurfaces: The Philosophical Underpinnings of 21st Century Warfare.

Wajahat Qazi

3 hours ago

4 min read

Hindutva Agenda on electoral politics in India. Image is representational.

Comment Articles

The Hindutva agenda: The Electoral rolls gambit

Instead of hollowing out Universal Adult Franchise which enriches democracy, can be undermined by mass disfranchisement of those entitled to vote.

Ravi Nair

4 hours ago

10 min read

Rescue workers from Army, NDRF and SDRF looking for survivors after cloudburst at village Chashoti of Kishtwar district in Jammu and Kashmir on August 16, 2025.

Comment Articles

Cooperate or Collapse: Case for Joint Climate Roadmap for Kashmir-II

Floods of 2025 demonstrated that divided responses to shared rivers multiply human suffering and call for a coordinated strategy across the LoC.

Naila Altaf Kayani

27 Aug 2025

5 min read

Multimedia

Forgotten by Progress: Life in Fakir Gujri is far away from progress made in urban centres of Kashmir

Ubaid Mukhtar

21 Jul 2025

1 min read

News

On Razor’s Edge: Living with Haemophilia in rural Kashmir

Haseeb Ibn Hameed

19 Jun 2025

10 min read

Video

'Pad-Woman of Kashmir': Irfana Zargar - A Passionate Social Worker from Kashmir

Ubaid Mukhtar

24 May 2025

1 min read

Video

Fear, Panic on Line of Control: No Bunkers For Survival

Haseeb Ibn Hameed

07 May 2025

1 min read

Paramilitary troops being briefed at Srinagar's Lal Chowk area on the morning of August 5, the day the Parliament of India abrogated Article 370. Thousands of troops were sent in anticipation of protests from the Kashmiris against the decision. The disputed region was turned into a fortress with armed troops manning every nook and corner.

Comment Articles

Flashback: Silence Amid Echoes of Fear in August 2019

Anuradha Bhasin

04 Aug 2025

6 min read

Barbed wire erected to block a road in Kashmir.

Literature

Story telling in unsettled times

Freny Manecksha

01 Aug 2025

6 min read

The author Peggy Mohan with her book, "Father Tongue, motherland" at a book store.

Literature

Of Languages, Intersections and Evolution: The Bare Bones of it

Muhammad Awan

01 Aug 2025

4 min read

A view of the Bhal Padri grazing pasture in Bhaderwah area of Doda district in Chenab Valley region.

Features

New Secret of the Himalayas Unraveled: Bhal Padri a Stunning Meadow in the Lap of Chenab Valley

Sadaket Malik

20 Jul 2025

3 min read

Main entrance to 'Golden Village Open Air Museum' of village Altinkoy near Ankara in Turkiye.

Features

Journey Back in Time: Village Life Thrives in Heart of Turkish Metropolis

Iftikhar Gilani

13 Jul 2025

3 min read

Villagers from across Anantnag district in South Kashmir gather knee-deep in the spring waters of Panzath Nag during the annual Gaade Maar festival, using wicker baskets to catch fish and clean the sacred water bodies as part of a centuries-old community tradition.

News

'Gaade Maar': The Kashmiri Festival Where Fishing Means Reviving 500 Springs

Alisa Yousuf

26 Jun 2025

7 min read

Graves of Rasul Mir and Mehmood Gami in Dooru Shahbad, Anantnag district of Kashmir.

Features

Rasul Mir and Mehmood Gami: Kashmir’s Twin Voices of Love and Faith

Sheikh Mustafa

21 Jun 2025

6 min read

Kashmir Times

News

Rage of the Rivers and Riverfront Projects: Floods in Tawi River in Jammu Raise Some Serious Questions

Muzaffarabad Diary: Quota or Merit? A Divisive Ruling

Monsoon Rains Cause 22 Deaths and Widespread Damage in Pakistan-Administered Kashmir

New Political Reality: Arrest Equals Automatic Exit for India's Top Leaders

J&K Re-Organisation (Amendment) Bill, 2025: Explained in Short

Endless Loop of Drug Addiction: Freed of Heroin, Prescribed Pills a Source of High

Indian envoy calls for reset in ties with Turkiye, recalls century-old bonds

Opinion

Notes on Art of War, War (making) and Peace in the 21st century

The Hindutva agenda: The Electoral rolls gambit

Cooperate or Collapse: Case for Joint Climate Roadmap for Kashmir-II

Video (Multimedia)

Forgotten by Progress: Life in Fakir Gujri is far away from progress made in urban centres of Kashmir

On Razor’s Edge: Living with Haemophilia in rural Kashmir

'Pad-Woman of Kashmir': Irfana Zargar - A Passionate Social Worker from Kashmir

Fear, Panic on Line of Control: No Bunkers For Survival

Culture

Flashback: Silence Amid Echoes of Fear in August 2019

Story telling in unsettled times

Of Languages, Intersections and Evolution: The Bare Bones of it

In Focus

Endless Loop of Drug Addiction: Freed of Heroin, Prescribed Pills a Source of High

No fans, stinking bathrooms, serpentine OPD queues and overstressed doctors

In the Dark: How Kashmir's Pellet Gun Victims Navigate a World That Forgot Them

In blasting ‘militant’ houses, scores of other families in the neighbourhood lost their homes

“Ruthless Suspensions” Versus “Legal Oversight”: The Gap Between Shah’s claims and Civil Service Purges in J&K

Features

New Secret of the Himalayas Unraveled: Bhal Padri a Stunning Meadow in the Lap of Chenab Valley

Journey Back in Time: Village Life Thrives in Heart of Turkish Metropolis

'Gaade Maar': The Kashmiri Festival Where Fishing Means Reviving 500 Springs

Rasul Mir and Mehmood Gami: Kashmir’s Twin Voices of Love and Faith