Kashmir

How has your idea of home changed over the years? Author Manav Kaul (Kunal Patil/ Hindustan Times) The memory of home is so interesting. I live in a fictional world because I write fiction. I am more excited by memories of home and its people than the physical place itself. When I visit the places where I grew up or the places from where I started a career in theatre, I am often disappointed because the memory of those places is so much bigger. In that sense, I carry my home with me. Hindustan Times - your…

Last Updated: February 01, 2024, 15:01 ISTJ&K: Dedicated Train Service Despite Heavy Snow on Baramulla-Banihal Route. (Photo: India.com)J&K valleys, including Basantgarh & Gulmarg, transform into winter wonderlands with snowfall. Train services continue amid heavy snow; highways face closures.The Basantgarh Valley in Udhampur, Mahore in Reasi district, and Gulmarg transformed into breathtaking snowy landscapes as the season’s first snowfall painted them white.Srinagar, the heart of Jammu and Kashmir, also got…

Security Council resolutions adopted on 4 and 6 September 1965 asked both countries to withdraw all military personnel to pre-5 August positions. On 9 September, UN Secretary General U Thant paid a visit to Pakistan and India. Pakistani diplomats were particularly displeased that, despite numerous attempts, he made no mention of the earlier UN resolutions of 1949–50. Former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri (2 October 1904 - 11 January 1966) (HT Photo by HC Tiwari) 560pp, ₹999; Aleph The US, still beset by…

Published By: Samreen PallLast Updated: November 22, 2023, 15:35 ISTSrinagar: Dense Fog Disrupts Flight Operation.Deep Freeze Hits Kashmir: Sub-zero Temperatures, Dense Fog Disrupt Life. Schools Urged to Close, Flights Delayed at Srinagar Airport.Cold wave intensified in Kashmir as the minimum temperature dipped below freezing point even as dense fog disrupted flight operations at the Srinagar international airport early Tuesday.Shopian in south Kashmir was the coldest recorded place in the valley as the minimum settled…

Kashmir, the northernmost region of the Indian subcontinent, is famous for two things: landscape and conflict. The scenic valley from which it gets its name, some 90 miles long and 25 miles wide, was born from the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates and is guarded by the snowcapped Himalayan Mountains above. But more than seven decades of conflict have severely damaged the political and cultural fabric of the region, denying it much-needed development in science and technology. Nowhere is this truer than in…

Last Updated: May 16, 2023, 17:07 ISTHigh Court Enables Cross-Category Driving: A Boost for Commercial Vehicle Industry (Photo: Mint)The ruling sets a precedent that a driving license for one type of commercial vehicle suffices to operate any other type, including passenger-carrying vehiclesIn a recent ruling, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh has granted a significant boon to the commercial vehicle industry. The court has declared that individuals possessing a driving license for a specific category of…

Ambassador SK Lambah fought cancer through the Covid period while working on his book, In Pursuit of Peace: India-Pakistan Relations under Six Prime Ministers. The venerated diplomat with a career spanning over five decades lost the battle against the terminal disease, but not before signing off on the 372-page manuscript of his tenacious tryst for peace with the recalcitrant western neighbour. President Pervez Musharraf (left) with President KR Narayanan (centre) and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Foreign…

Last Updated: March 30, 2023, 11:00 ISTThis bridge is made of structural steel and will be able to withstand temperatures ranging from minus 10 degrees Celsius to 40 degrees Celsius.Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnav conducted the first trial on the world's highest railway bridge over the Chenab river.The state of Jharkhand will soon get better connected to Jammu and Kashmir as there are plans to run a train directly between Ranchi and Jammu Tawi to Srinagar. The route will also include Ramgarh, Patratu and Latehar. The…

How did the idea for a Partition trilogy come about? How did you go about zeroing in on Lahore, Hyderabad and Kashmir as focal points? Author Manreet Sodhi Someshwar (Courtesy the subject) I grew up in Ferozepur, which is smack on the border between India and Pakistan. That’s where my father’s family is from. I go back every year; my brother, my husband, my daughter, we all visit. I think it’s my home town that made me a writer. The peculiar thing about the town is that it was a Muslim majority town. So by the…

Bharat Jodo Yatra was a mass movement held by Indian National Congress Party. Famous Indian politician Rahul Gandhi led the campaign. The Bharat Jodo Yatra started from Kanyakumari on September 7, 2022 and ended in Srinagar in January 30, 2023. The movement and news related to the same had surfaced online and it remained a topic of discussion in the news for nearly 136 days. A new video of Rahul Gandhi has now surfaced online, where he and his sister Priyanka Gandhi are seen riding a snowmobile in Kashmir’s Gulmarg.…