Kashmir

Kashmir’s Harshest Winter Period Chillai Kalan Begins

With the onset of winter solstice, one of the harshest winter periods of 40 days, called Chillai Kalan, has begun in Kashmir. Chillai Kalan is a Persian term meaning ‘major cold’. The ongoing cold wave is said to reach its...

Indian Railways opens nation’s longest ‘escape tunnel’ in Kashmir

India’s longest escape tunnel: India’s longest escape tunnel, which is 12.89 km long constructed on the 111 km under-construction Banihal-Katra railway line in Jammu and Kashmir was completed by the Indian Railways. The longest tunnel is part of the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla...

Saffron from Kashmir GI-tagged on sites both domestic and abroad

Saffron from Kashmir GI-tagged: Farmers in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir are now able to sell their products on domestic and international marketplaces thanks to the GI labelling of Kashmiri saffron. This was said by Chowdhury Mohammad Iqbal,...

Kashmir is set to get its first multiplex, in Srinagar

Kashmir is set to get its first multiplex: The first multiplex in Kashmir will be opened today in Srinagar by Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha. After a three-decade hiatus, Kashmir will once again have movie theatres. The three...