Lockdown during peak demand season has hit the earnings of nurseries in Kashmir that supply apple plants and seedlings

Kashmir''s world-acclaimed saffron and its vast fields are fast dwindling, courtesy the poisonous dust emanating from nearby cement plants.

On Tuesday, as a convoy of 12 pick-up vans carrying different varieties of fruits from the Valley crossed the Kaman Bridge, fruit growers lined up on the LoC to see off the vehicles.

Just when Valley growers were celebrating the bumper fruit crop and the beginning of cross LoC trade, early snowfall in Kashmir this winter ruined their party.

Even though the weather and soil conditions here can seldom be compared, the yield seems to have transcended those boundaries.

SKUAST experts teach basics of organic farming to more than 200 farmers, encourage them to take it up on a larger scale

Incessant rainfall and low temperatures have already caused 60-70% crop loss, likely to breed diseases too

A projected honey output over 500 tonnes, 7,500 beekeepers and growing, with 29,850 bee colonies between them. Beekeeping has been catching on in Jammu and Kashmir

On the outskirts of Srinagar city, sprawling residential colonies have cropped up over the years.

Population pressure telling on state''s land resources, agri university brings out high-yield options.

Arif Jamal is a Pakistani journalist and South Asia expert based in America.

'In every film, I have a message and in Shikara, it is, 'Todo nahin, jodo (Unite, don't divide)'.'

Fighting between the Indian Army and militants threatened to heighten hostilities in the disputed region, where near-daily skirmishes have raged for weeks.

Over years of fighting, Riyaz Ahmad Naikoo recruited scores of young Kashmiris in an armed quest for independence from India. His death has set off a fresh wave of unrest.

There is nothing particularly new about the proposal of an interim balm for the wounds of Kashmir, demilitarization on both sides of the Line of Control. What is novel is the heavy Washington endorsement of this Pakistan-promoted option.

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Strike called by Hurriyat Conference in protest of killing of 5 in Shopian, Kashmir.

The owners of buildings and shops have accused the authorities of selectively targeting them.

They said Khurshid's remarks on Kashmir being a bilateral matter is from a historical reality.

Omar said the centre should explore other options if Pak continues to violate ceasefire along LoC.

Pakistan Rangers have targeted nearly 50 BSF posts along the International border.

The Minister said RSBY was earlier implemented only in two districts, Jammu and Srinagar.

18 fire tenders have been rushed to the spot to put out the blaze.

This is the first time this season that the minimum temperature dropped below -10 degrees in the state.

Khan informed President Widodo that the state of Jammu and Kashmir remained under a complete clampdown and that there was a serious risk of innocent Kashmiris getting killed in large numbers as a result of enhanced repression by Indian security forces.

The situation in the valley, which has been witnessing lockdown since the third week of March due to COVID-19 pandemic, was generally calm barring a few local protests in some villages of Pulwama in south Kashmir.

The students are currently accommodated in a private school in Bhopal.

Kashmir reports 30 fresh coronavirus cases, J&K tally rises to 823

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The situation in the valley, which has been witnessing lockdown since the third week of March due to COVID-19 pandemic, was generally calm barring a few local protests in some villages of Pulwama in south Kashmir.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) investigation has revealed that Pakistan based terrorist organizations are using narcotic trade to generate funds for terror activities in India.

The NIA has arrested a top narco-terrorist and wanted accused Ranjit Singh from Sirsa in Haryana.