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Who Cast the Evil Eye on my Kashmir? Inside a Valley Wrestling With Family Crisis, Unemployment and Social Change

September 21, 2026September 21, 2026 Editor

Who Cast the Evil Eye on Kashmir? Inside a Valley Wrestling With Family Crisis, Unemployment and Social Change

Kashmir Social Fabric Under Pressure: Who Cast the Evil Eye on the Valley? By: Javid Amin | 20 September 2026 From extravagant weddings and family-court battles to unemployment, trafficking and mental-health concerns, Kashmir is confronting a difficult question: what is happening to the social fabric of the Valley? There is a question increasingly being whispered across Kashmir, sometimes in drawing rooms, sometimes over tea, sometimes after a family dispute and sometimes after another troubling story appears on a mobile phone. What happened to us? The question is not really about…

IIM Jammu Modi Birthday Row: ₹500 Fine Notice, Congress Protest and Campus Autonomy

September 20, 2026 Editor

IIM Jammu Modi Birthday Event Row: ₹500 Fine Notice Sparks Questions Over Campus Autonomy By: News Desk | 19 September 2026 A disputed Students’ Council notice, a political backlash from Congress and the institute’s denial have turned a campus lamp-lighting ceremony into a wider debate over institutional autonomy, student choice and the place of political symbolism inside India’s premier educational institutions. What began as a lamp-lighting ceremony at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Jammu has quickly become a political and institutional controversy. On September 17, 2026, IIM Jammu hosted…

J&K Reservation Row: Iltija Mufti Targets NC Over Jobs, Merit and Pending Report

September 20, 2026 Editor

J&K Reservation Row: Iltija Mufti Targets NC Government Over Jobs and Pending Quota Report By: Javid Amin | 19 September 2026 Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir’s long-running debate over reservation has returned to the centre of political attention, this time with Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti accusing the National Conference-led government of failing to address the concerns of open-merit aspirants. At a protest in Srinagar on Saturday, Mufti demanded that the Jammu and Kashmir government make public the report of the Cabinet Sub-Committee constituted to examine and rationalise the reservation…

Omar Abdullah Warns Ladakh: Seek Written Assurances, Not Verbal Promises From Centre

September 17, 2026 Editor

Omar Abdullah Warns Ladakh: Seek Written Assurances, Not Verbal Promises From Centre By: News Desk | 16 September 2026 Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has delivered a pointed message to Ladakh’s political leadership at a moment when Leh and Kargil are once again negotiating with New Delhi over the region’s constitutional and political future: do not rely on verbal assurances from the Centre. Get them in writing, and get them signed. Speaking to reporters in Pulwama on September 16, Omar said Ladakh had its own political demands…

J&K Statehood Debate Deepens as Sunil Sharma Targets NC Government Over Governance

September 17, 2026 Editor

J&K Statehood Debate Deepens as Sunil Sharma Targets NC Government Over Governance By: Javid Amin | 16 September 2026 Baramulla: Jammu and Kashmir’s political debate over restoration of statehood has entered another sharper phase, with Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma arguing that the demand for statehood cannot become a substitute for answering questions about governance. Speaking to reporters in Baramulla on Wednesday, Sharma, a senior BJP leader and the Leader of Opposition in the J&K Legislative Assembly, accused the National Conference-led government of failing to make effective use of the…

Kashmir Mosques Take Up Addiction, Suicide and Environment in New Social Reform Drive

September 17, 2026 Editor

Kashmir Mosques Expand Role Beyond Religion as Ulema Take Up Addiction, Suicide and Environment By: Javid Amin | 16 September 2026 Srinagar: In Kashmir, the Friday sermon is being asked to do more than speak about faith. A new initiative by the Mutahida Majlis-e-Ulema (MMU) seeks to put issues such as drug addiction, suicide and self-harm, youth distress, family problems, social-media misuse and environmental degradation directly into the community conversation. The decision was taken at a one-day Ulema Meet and Seerat Conference in Srinagar on September 15, chaired by Mirwaiz…

Jehlum to Dal Lake to Gulmarg: Why Plastic Pollution Remains a Growing Crisis in J&K

September 15, 2026 Editor

J&K’s Plastic Problem: Years of Bans, Yet Polythene Still Chokes Rivers, Lakes and Tourist Spots By: News Desk | 14 September 2026 The ban exists. The plastic problem does too. For Jammu and Kashmir, the plastic problem is no longer simply about discarded polythene bags lying on a roadside. It is becoming a test of whether environmental laws can actually translate into everyday behaviour. For years, governments have announced restrictions on polythene and single-use plastic. Jammu and Kashmir has had a statutory framework prohibiting plastic carry bags and other non-biodegradable…

El Niño Warning for Kashmir: A Milder, Drier Winter Could Put Snow and Water Under Pressure

September 15, 2026 Editor

El Niño Warning for J&K: A Milder, Drier Winter Could Put Snow, Water and Tourism Under Pressure By: News Desk | 14 September 2026 Kashmir’s winter is unlikely to disappear — but it could arrive differently For Jammu and Kashmir, winter is much more than a season of cold. Snowfall replenishes mountain water stores, supports downstream river flows, sustains agriculture and horticulture, feeds springs and adds the white landscape on which much of the Valley’s winter-tourism economy depends. That is why the latest warning from the Meteorological Department deserves attention.…

Dal Lake Turns Into a Floating Cinema as IFFJK 2026 Brings Kashmir’s Film Legacy Back Under the Stars

September 10, 2026 Editor

Dal Lake becomes Kashmir’s most unusual cinema hall By: News Desk | 09 September 2026 Srinagar: There was no conventional theatre, no enclosed auditorium and no ceiling above the audience. Instead, there was the dark water of Dal Lake, the silhouettes of the mountains, the lights of Srinagar and a giant screen floating on the lake. As the opening frames appeared, one of Kashmir’s most recognisable landmarks became something it had never quite been before: a cinema hall. The Floating Cinema at Dal Lake, one of the most distinctive attractions…

Kashmiri Pandit Employees Under Threat: Jobs Were Meant to Enable Return, but Security Fears Return to the Fore

September 10, 2026 Editor

From Jobs to Fear: Why Fresh Threats Have Put Kashmir’s Pandit Rehabilitation Effort Under Scrutiny By: News Desk | 09 September 2026 Nearly 5,900 appointments have been issued under the PM Package, but fresh militant-linked threats are reviving an old question in Kashmir: can rehabilitation succeed when employees still fear for their lives? Srinagar: A government job was supposed to be more than a salary slip for thousands of Kashmiri Pandit families. It was meant to be a bridge back. The Prime Minister’s employment package for Kashmiri migrants was conceived…