Tulip Garden: The colourful bloom
By: Mohammad Hanief Asia’s largest tulip garden, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip Garden in Srinagar, is gearing up to host the spectacular Tulip Festival 2025, promising a dazzling display of nature’s finest blooms. Set against the stunning backdrop of the Zabarwan Range and overlooking the serene Dal Lake, this annual extravaganza is expected to draw […]
Book Review: Gard-e-Shab-e-Khayal by Fazil Shafi Bhat

By: Rayees Ahmad Kumar Hailing from the picturesque Akingam village of Anantnag district, Fazil Shafi Bhat has over the years emerged as an ace fiction writer. His meticulously composed and artistically painted stories regularly find space in leading dailies, weeklies and monthly magazines published locally and across the subcontinent. His stories reflect the pain and […]
Police installs High-Tech Surveillance System at Navayuga Tunnel
Srinagar: Police in Kulgam introduces advanced surveillance technology, including wall radar and thermal screening systems on the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway at Navayuga Tunnel Qazigund, Kulgam. The newly installed systems are designed to monitor and detect concealed contrabands, Illegal weapons, and other illicit materials within vehicles, reinforcing efforts to prevent smuggling and detect potential threats along […]
Lt Guv attends 8th edition of Purvanchal Festival “ Maati” in Delhi
Pays homage to freedom fighters, writers, artists and Industrialists JAMMU: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha attended the 8th edition of Purvanchal Festival “Maati”, in Delhi Saturday. In his address, the Lieutenant Governor extended his felicitations to the Maati Trust and everyone associated with the prestigious event for providing an excellent platform to share ideas, culture and […]
GDC Ganderbal organizes plantation drive
Srinagar: Government Degree College, Ganderbal organized a plantation drive in the college campus on Thursday where students, faculty, and staff collaboratively planted saplings, fostering environmental awareness and a commitment to a greener future. The plantation drive was organized by the college NSS units aimed to raise awareness about the importance of trees and encourage active […]
CM attends wreath laying ceremony of fallen policeman in Jammu
Jammu: Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday attended the wreath laying ceremony of a policeman who along with his three colleagues was killed in a two-day long gunfight with Pakistani terrorists in Kathua district. Abdullah led the wreath laying ceremony of head constable Jagbir Singh, incharge of police post Safiyan, at police headquarters Gulshan Ground […]
Police arrests three drug peddlers
Srinagar: Police arrested three drug peddlers in Shopian and Sopore and recovered contraband substances from their possession, a police spokesman said Saturday. He said that in Shopian, a Police team at a checkpoint established at Girward Zawoora, intercepted two suspicious persons. They have been identified as Basharat Ali, Son of Bahadur Ali and Mohd Mushtaq […]