Srinagar, 4 January – Jammu and Kashmir experienced a significant drop in temperatures on Sunday, with minimum temperatures plunging several degrees below the freezing point across the valley due to intensifying cold. On Saturday night, the sky was partly clear, leading to widespread sub-zero temperatures as the plains saw no snowfall, resulting in continued dry […]
Udaipur Kiran, Srinagar, 30 December: All roads in the upper areas of Kashmir were closed on Tuesday as the Meteorological Department predicted rain and snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir over the next two days. The weather department forecast snowfall in the higher regions and rain in the plains for the coming days. Travelers and transporters […]
Srinagar, October 18 (Udaipur Kiran): Most parts of Jammu and Kashmir are expected to experience dry weather today, though light rain is likely in some southern and hilly districts by afternoon. Areas including Kishtwar, Doda, Anantnag, Ramban, Udhampur, and Kathua may receive brief spells of light rain before conditions turn dry across the Union Territory […]
Srinagar, October 17 (Udaipur Kiran): Mild tremors were felt across several parts of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday evening after a moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale struck the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border region, officials said. According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), the earthquake occurred at around 5:45 p.m., with its epicentre […]
Saba Azad began her journey early, making her Bollywood debut with Dil Kabaddi in 2008. Alongside acting, she also pursued a parallel career in music. Born in Delhi to a Punjabi Sikh father and a Muslim mother, Saba is the niece of theatre legend Safdar Hashmi. Never one to conform, she is now winning praise […]
Yash Raj Films (YRF) and acclaimed filmmaker Mohit Suri have dropped the title track of their upcoming romantic drama Saiyaara, and the internet is already humming its melody. But beyond its emotional resonance and sweeping melody, the song also marks a landmark moment for Kashmiri representation in Bollywood music—with two debutants, Faheem Abdullah and Arslan […]
A wave of controversy has swept through Bollywood as numerous filmmakers and production houses have rushed to register the title “Operation Sindoor” following India’s recent military operation. This swift move has drawn sharp criticism from Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi, who condemned the actions as opportunistic. Readers may recall that Bollywood Hungama recently reported […]
While the official reason being cited for the sudden and unprecedented cancellation of Rajkummar Rao’s latest comedy Bhool Chuk Maaf is Operation Sindoor, many insiders I spoke to feel there’s more to this last-minute withdrawal than meets the eye. An irate film distributor from Bihar, who wishes to remain anonymous, called the shocking reversal “a […]
India said early Wednesday that it had conducted strikes on Pakistan, two weeks after a deadly terror attack killed more than two dozen civilians in Indian-administered Kashmir. To understand the conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries, New York Times senior writer Katrin Bennhold spoke with our South Asia bureau chief, Mujib Mashal, to get his […]
Ground Zero, directed by Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar and now playing in cinemas, is a gripping military drama inspired by the BSF’s Ghazi encounter — one of the most significant operations in recent history. The film stars Emraan Hashmi as Commandant Narendra Nath Dhar Dubey and follows a two-year classified mission set in Kashmir. The […]
