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Wular and Hokersar: How Siltation Is Shrinking Kashmir's Freshwater Wetlands

Wular Lake in Bandipora district once spread across roughly 260 square kilometres. Today, depending on the season and the survey, that figure sits somewhere between 80 and 130 square kilometres. The rest has become reed beds, agricultural encroachments, and shallow mud flats that dry out in summer. Hokersar, a Ramsar-designated…

Times Life · 13h ago

What Water Hyacinth Does to Fish, Oxygen and Fishing Livelihoods in Indian Lakes

The rosette of water hyacinth, Eichhornia crassipes, can double its surface area in two weeks under warm, nutrient-rich conditions. That single biological fact explains why a few clumps at the edge of a lake in June can become an unbroken green mat by August, and why that mat changes everything…

Times Life · Oct 24

Woman’s pashmina shawl and pheran damaged by dry cleaner; consumer commission orders Rs 59,000 payout

A woman who paid Rs 5,970 to dry-clean 18 items, including a pashmina shawl and pheran, received the garments in a damaged condition, prompting her to approach the consumer commission. The Srinagar district consumer commission has now directed the dry cleaner to pay Rs 57,000, including Rs 47,000 for the…

The Economic Times · Oct 16

Real Pashmina vs Fake: How to Spot Authentic Kashmiri Shawls and Where Kani Weaving Fits In

The fibre: what pashmina actually meansA genuine pashmina comes from one animal, one region, and one diameter of fibre. The Changthangi goat, raised by nomadic Changpa herders on the Changthang plateau of Ladakh at altitudes above 4,500 metres, produces an underwool with a diameter of 12 to 16 microns. That…

Times Life · Sep 4

Rs 421.75 crore for a ghost mall in Srinagar: How a stalled commercial project became J&K’s biggest real estate hotspot

Srinagar’s stalled Sangarmaal City Centre has emerged as a major real estate hotspot after a 45-kanal land parcel fetched a Rs 421.75 crore bid in an overnight auction. The property, located near Kashmir Golf Course, Polo View and Dal Lake, was offered on a full-lease basis. The auction was followed…

The Economic Times · Sep 2

NC, BJP to stage counter protests in Srinagar; security tightened

Security forces were heavily deployed in Srinagar on Wednesday to manage planned protests. The BJP planned to gherao the Civil Secretariat over unfulfilled electoral promises. The National Conference announced a counter protest outside the BJP office. Roads were sealed and entry points restricted to prevent gatherings. Both parties aim to…

The Economic Times · Sep 2

Any third-party intervention on Kashmir issue is Centre's 'failure', says Congress' Tariq Karra

Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India, stated J&K Congress chief Tariq Karra. He believes any third-party intervention indicates a central government policy failure. US Ambassador Sergio Gor recently visited Srinagar and affirmed J&K's importance to India. Pakistan summoned the US envoy over Gor's remarks concerning Jammu and…

The Economic Times · Aug 20

Kashmir Hangul Deer Is Critically Endangered: The Conservation Crisis India Cannot Afford to Ignore

A Species Reduced to a Single ValleyThe Hangul (Cervus hanglu hanglu) is the only surviving subspecies of the Kashmir stag, a large deer whose antlers can carry up to sixteen tines, more than almost any cervid on the subcontinent. It once ranged across the forests of Himachal Pradesh, parts of…

Times Life · Aug 20

Pakistan summons top US diplomat after envoy Sergio Gor calls Jammu & Kashmir ‘important part of India’

Pakistan summoned the top US diplomat after remarks by the US envoy to India. Sergio Gor described Jammu and Kashmir as an important part of India during his visit. He made these comments while meeting with Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar. The US envoy's visit marked his first trip…

The Economic Times · Aug 19

Red-faced Pakistan summons top diplomat over US envoy Gor's J&K remark in Srinagar

Pakistan on Wednesday summoned the top US diplomat Islamabad and lodged a protest after US envoy to India Sergio Gor described Jammu and Kashmir as an “important part of India” during his visit to Srinagar on Wednesday.

The Times of India · Aug 19