1.6 Million Tulips Bloom at Kashmir Garden
The Indira Gandhi Tulip Garden, Asia’s largest tulip garden, ensconced between Dal Lake and the Zabarwan hills in Srinagar opened for the public on Sunday.
Kashmir Observer TV
The News Behind the News
Kashmir defies analysis, prognostication and prediction. It is as enigmatic and mind twisting as it is mystifying. Kashmir Observer takes upon itself to unravel the mystery and mystique of Kashmir.
With an experience of over two decades in print and online journalism and drawing upon its expertise and insights, KO launches Observer TV (OTV), Kashmir’s first online television to bring you the news and views behind the news.
OTV will be featuring videos of events, peoples’ views, conversations with eminence grises and experts and analyses that go beyond the obvious and the apparent. We aim to educate, inform, analyze and inspire.
Keep tuned and watch Kashmir unravel on OTV.
Are Pesticides Poisoning Drinking Water Sources In Kashmir?
This week’s INKISHAF is on the free-flow of pesticides into the drinking water in Kashmir. Many farms located near drinking water sources – streams, canals and ponds – are posing a big health threat to public health.
Bahar And Bustle in Badamwari
Blossoming of almond trees at Badamwaer marks the arrival of spring in Kashmir. Spread over 300 kanals of land, the place has become an important tourist attractions of Kashmir over the time.
Brouhaha Over Blacklisted Company Highlights JK’s Job Jinx
This week’s INKISHAF is on ire triggered by Aptech, a blacklisted company hired to conduct exams for government jobs. The educated-cum-unemployed youth of Jammu and Kashmir are protesting the move at a time when administration is scrapping selection lists to upload “transparency”.
Book Launch: Shi’ism in Kashmir
Architect Hakim Sameer Hamdani’s book release function Saturday saw participation of who’s who in Srinagar. The event witnessed reviews and expert talks on the subject and it’s significance in Kashmir history.
Has Srinagar Civil Lines Become a New Habitat For Leopards?
This week’s INKISHAF is on the unhindered movement of leopards in Srinagar outskirts. The situation is giving sleepless nights to residents and prompting many to believe that the posh urban pockets have now become new habitat for the wild cat.
Missing Act Aggravating Kashmir’s Mental Agony
This week’s INKISHAF is on the government’s inability to make the Mental Healthcare Act 2017 operational in Jammu & Kashmir despite mental health problems escalating in the region.
Property Tax in J&K – An Explainer
The Government of Jammu & Kashmir has recently issued a notification for imposition of property tax in J&K. with effect from April 1st 2023. Many political parties have opposed it arguing that J&K was not being governed by an elected government and bureaucrats lack authority to impose such measures on people who have been living in adverse conditions especially since 2019. But UT administration believes property taxes are the essential pillars of municipal financing the world over. J&K was the only State/UT in the country which was not Levying property tax on citizens.
Brother in Blood
When a Srinagarite’s community mission was threatened by the ‘sleeper cells’ in his body, he refused to surrender the spirit of life. The malignancy that reared an ugly head in his life only motivated him to nurture his cause with blood.
How Massive Fish Fatality Exposes Mistreated Water of Kashmir
This week’s INKISHAF is on a rampant use of bleaching powder making water perilous in Kashmir. As government has failed to regulate this chemical treatment, entrepreneurs are worried after one of them recently lost thousands of farm fish.
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