Kashmir Reader

SRINAGAR- Celebrations and speeches marked the awards ceremony followed by a gala dinner highlighting Global Tourism Excellence. World Tourism Day 2026 witnessed the recognition of outstanding achievers with the Prime Business Voice Awards. Distinguished leaders and innovators were honored for their contributions to tourism and cultural promotion. The ceremony featured inspiring speeches that emphasized the []

ANANTNAG: Anantnag Police has registered 408 cases under various provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and arrested 476 people for alleged drug trafficking and related activities during the first nine months of 2026. The police said more than 542 kilograms of contraband and 27,52,976 in cash were seized during the period. []

348 inspections conducted, 180 food samples lifted, 31 complaint cases initiated SRINAGAR: Continuing its food safety surveillance and enforcement activities, FDA, J&K conducted inspections in the last couple of days across the Union Territory to ensure compliance with the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 and the regulations framed thereunder. During the enforcement drive, Food []

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar were collectively destroying democracy through the special intensive revision (SIR) exercise and accused them of committing treason. Gandhi reiterated his demand that Kumar resign and become an approver, and called for []

To surrender your words is, in a sense, to surrender your voice. Every person carries an unwritten story within; to bury that story is to become a graveyard of untold elegies and melancholy. To write it is to leave a mark. Fida Hussain Sodagar Aristotle proposed three ways to avoid criticism. Say nothing. Do nothing. []

Modern society has created an unusual pressure to have an opinion about everything one observes. Sheikh-ul-Alams (RA) wisdom offers another way: not every statement deserves an answer, not every accusation requires a defence, and not every disagreement requires confrontation. Sometimes silence protects dignity better than an explanation. Muneer Bhat Hazrat Sheikh Noor-ud-din Noorani (RA), popularly []

A strange thing happens in many English classrooms. A student may study English for ten or twelve years, write pages of answers in an examination, and still hesitate when asked a very simple question in English. He may know the grammar rule for using a tense, but he may not be able to use that []

900 public charging sites, 140 fast-charging hubs; 20% EV-ready parking mandated Clean, affordable, weather-resilient: CM Omar Abdullah Srinagar, Oct 01: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has notified the J&K Electric Vehicle Policy-2026, following its approval by the Council of Ministers chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, setting a six-year roadmap for expanding clean, affordable and []

Srinagar, Oct 01: The J&K Transport Department has directed field offices to seize commercial vehicles that have attained the age of 25 years and lodge FIRs if they are found plying on roads. Transport Commissioner Vishesh Mahajan, in a post on X, urged owners of such vehicles to scrap them, citing commuter safety as a []

Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Government has notified the J&K Electric Vehicle Policy-2026, following its approval by the Council of Ministers chaired by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, setting a six-year roadmap for expanding clean, affordable and weather-resilient electric mobility across Jammu and Kashmir. Chief Minister congratulated Transport Minister Satish Sharma and the Transport Department for []