With its first water transport service in Asia, Uber is now available in Kashmir. Customers can order meal delivery, rides, and other services through the company’s smartphone app.But local boat owners are concerned that the new service will hurt business.
Migrant workers in the region are concerned about a spate of targeted killings of nonlocals in Kashmir, as they are torn between the need to earn livelihood and the fear of being killed.
Restrictions on the media forced a former news anchor in Kashmir out of a job; she is now pursuing a new career in the food industry.
In Kashmir, more female writers are emerging. From Srinagar, Muheet Ul Islam has more.
At the village of Salal in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, Indi a claims to have discovered nearly 6 million metric tonnes of lithium-rich bauxite. For many locals, the finding turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
Nearly a quarter of the world’s population depends on the Himalayan glaciers for water. The glaciers, on the other hand, are rapidly melting
Thousands of Rohingya refugees live in temporary camps in India’s northwestern Jammu and Kashmir region, where they fear deportation back to Myanmar
As people around the world welcome the new year with wishes of peace and prosperity, many in Kashmir are facing the prospect of a hard year ahead~VOA NEWS
As summer temperature peaks, tourists head to Kashmir. However, tourism has been badly affected since India revoked the independent status of the autonomous region of Jammu and Kashmir earlier this month. Getty Ara-Inis