Kashmir Times

News

State Cancer Institute (SCI) Of Sher-i-kashmir, SKIMS, Soura in Srinagar.

How Ayushman Bharat Scheme is Failing Basic Healthcare Needs in Kashmir

10 Feb 2026

7 min read

Families struggle to access basic healthcare services through the Golden Card scheme, underscoring the limitations of the scheme and its poor implementation

Tunnel construction for four-lane Ring Road is ongoing, with heavy machinery cutting through the hills covered with evergreen forest trees in village Kheri near Jammu, winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir.

News

Jammu Ring Road Tunnels in Eco-Fragile Zone Push Villages to the Brink

Basharat Amin

05 Feb 2026

7 min read

Meat eating is part of the food culture in Kashmir where the demand is met by imports from northern and western states of India.

News

Jammu & Kashmir’s Mutton Crisis: The Way Forward-III

Rao Farman Ali

05 Feb 2026

6 min read

Kashmir's mutton demand is a drain on the local economy and pushing prices upward every year.

News

Ecological and Health Fallout of Jammu & Kashmir’s Mutton Crisis-II

Rao Farman Ali

04 Feb 2026

4 min read

Kashmir's mutton crisis is due to less production than consumption annually.

News

Jammu & Kashmir’s Mutton Crisis: Gap Between Demand and Supply-I

Rao Farman Ali

03 Feb 2026

3 min read

The timeless reach of Sanderkoot's sang-taraash (Stone carvers) artisans: Devar stone from their hands built the majestic walls, towering minarets, of the historic Jamia Masjid at Gundpora, Bandipora – shrine of the revered saint Mehboob-ul-Alam (popularly know as Mukhdoom Sahib) – proving their craftsmanship graced sacred and spiritual landmarks across distant parts of Kashmir.

News

How a Mining Ban has Brought Lives of Stone Carvers to a Standstill

Zaid Malik

01 Feb 2026

10 min read

Newborns lie swaddled in hazardous nylon thermal wraps in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at GMC Anantnag, Jammu & Kashmir, receiving care with safety at the hospital's neonatal unit.

Comment Articles

How Infants Are Being Poisoned by the Clothes They Wear

Rao Farman Ali

23 Jan 2026

9 min read

Front cover of the book, "Khwaban Khayalan Manz" in Kashmiri.

Comment Articles

Dreams and Belonging in 'Khwaban Khayalan Manz'

Asif Tariq Bhat's novel explores self-realisation and humanity's quest for compassion beyond prejudice and misplaced stereo-types

Ayaan Saroori

6 hours ago

3 min read

Indian Union Budget 2026. Image is representational.

Comment Articles

For the Common Indian, Budget 2026 Postpones the Future

High on promises and targeted schemes, it follows the decade-long pattern of leaving ordinary masses with no protection or immediate relief

Syed Aqib Hussain

8 hours ago

3 min read

Fully grown apples on a tree in an orchard with new varieties of high-density apple trees in Baramulla district of Kashmir.

Comment Articles

Trade Deal That Could Undercut Kashmir’s Orchards

India–US tariff shifts risk turning a fragile apple economy of Kashmir into collateral damage

Mehr un Nisa Rehman

11 Feb 2026

4 min read

Video

Young Journalists Grapple With Shrinking Job Market In Kashmir

Asma Bhat

02 Nov 2025

1 min read

News

PaJK Crisis: JKJAAC Movement and Breaking Down The Agreement With Pakistan Government

Anuradha Bhasin

06 Oct 2025

1 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

Comment Articles

Dreams and Belonging in 'Khwaban Khayalan Manz'

Ayaan Saroori

6 hours ago

3 min read

Facsimile of front and back cover of the book, "Horror Saga-A Lyrical Ballad Written From Jail" by Ehtesham Siddiqui.

Comment Articles

A Prison Diary in Lyrics

Mushtaq Ul Haq Ahmad Sikander

03 Feb 2026

9 min read

BJP’s Shah Nawaz Hussain adjusting Atal Behari Vajpayee’s Karakuli cap at an Iftar Party.

Comment Articles

Vajpayee: The ‘Moderator’ or Facilitator of Extremism’

Shahruk Ahmed Mazumdar

26 Jan 2026

3 min read

A molecule of acetic acid (vinegar) the author designed.

Comment Articles

Building Blocks of Science

Muhammad Awan

07 Feb 2026

5 min read

Apple laden trees in Hakura Budasgam, Anantnag in Kashmir valley during harvest season in October.

Features

Endangered Apple Empire: A Saga of Invisible Pests and Chemical Warfare

Rao Farman Ali

02 Jan 2026

10 min read

The future of agriculture in Jammu & Kashmir is diverse, digital, and driven by passionate leaders. Honored to be cultivating change from the ground up, women entrepreneurs are part of this field.

Features

The Travelling Bees: From the Hives in the Hills to the Blossoms in the Plains

Rao Farman Ali

17 Dec 2025

7 min read

Weight of parenting and preparing a thinking and inquisitive generation in Kashmir. Image is representational.

Features

The Weight of Parenting: From Silence to Preparing a Thinking, Inquisitive Generation

Rao Farman Ali

05 Dec 2025

8 min read

Kashmir Times

News

How Ayushman Bharat Scheme is Failing Basic Healthcare Needs in Kashmir

Jammu Ring Road Tunnels in Eco-Fragile Zone Push Villages to the Brink

Jammu & Kashmir’s Mutton Crisis: The Way Forward-III

Ecological and Health Fallout of Jammu & Kashmir’s Mutton Crisis-II

Jammu & Kashmir’s Mutton Crisis: Gap Between Demand and Supply-I

How a Mining Ban has Brought Lives of Stone Carvers to a Standstill

How Infants Are Being Poisoned by the Clothes They Wear

Opinion

Dreams and Belonging in 'Khwaban Khayalan Manz'

For the Common Indian, Budget 2026 Postpones the Future

Trade Deal That Could Undercut Kashmir’s Orchards

Video (Multimedia)

Young Journalists Grapple With Shrinking Job Market In Kashmir

PaJK Crisis: JKJAAC Movement and Breaking Down The Agreement With Pakistan Government

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

Culture

Dreams and Belonging in 'Khwaban Khayalan Manz'

A Prison Diary in Lyrics

Vajpayee: The ‘Moderator’ or Facilitator of Extremism’

In Focus

Virtual Autism: J&K Needs More Rehabilitation Therapists

Frequent Floods Weaken Jhelum’s Embankments: No Dredging Threatens Lives, Livelihoods in Riverside Villages

PSA detentions: A saga of copy, cut, paste of police orders, ‘vague allegations’, old cases coming to haunt

Aggressive Sandmining in Rambiara Devouring Apple Farms, Farmers’ Livelihoods

Twin Unrests: Ladakh And PaJK Signal Deeper Crisis

Features

Building Blocks of Science

Endangered Apple Empire: A Saga of Invisible Pests and Chemical Warfare

The Travelling Bees: From the Hives in the Hills to the Blossoms in the Plains

The Weight of Parenting: From Silence to Preparing a Thinking, Inquisitive Generation