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At G20 tourism meet, govt makes push to make Kashmir a film-shoot hub again

Minister G. Kishan Reddy says shoots for 300 films & serials held in Kashmir over past year. However, challenges remain to Valley's re-emergence as a film-shoot hub, including security & infrastructure.

G20 meet in Kashmir will boost tourism, connect youth with the rest of India

The People’s Anti-Fascists Front has openly and explicitly identified the G20 event in Srinagar as a target. But the people of the Kashmir Valley are upbeat about the meet.

G20 meet kicks off in Srinagar under heavy security blanket, China, Turkey & Saudi Arabia skip event

This is the first international event in J&K after the central government revoked its special status in August 2019.

What to expect from 3rd G20 tourism meeting starting Monday in J&K’s Srinagar

About 60 delegates are expected to attend the meeting that will focus on 2 key deliverables — Goa Roadmap for Tourism and G20 Tourism Ministers’ Declaration.

Buzahom can change story of evolution. Until recently it was a Kashmiri T20 cricket ground

The close relationship between dogs and the people of Burzahom is depicted in the engraving on a stone slab at the site.

You saw a new Rahul Gandhi in Parliament. I saw the change in Kashmir itself

As the country embraces the new Rahul Gandhi after the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Congress leader cannot but embrace the challenge of practising politics in these dark times.

‘Getting compensation a struggle’ — in Srinagar, a slain policeman’s family fights to survive

While the police officer's family continues to fight to get what's rightfully theirs, such targeted killings have demotivated youth in the Valley from joining the police force.

‘Message from Pakistan to incite people’: Why Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid was closed on Eid morning

Police probe reveals men who shouted slogans in the mosque on 9 April were acting under instructions from Pakistani handlers. It was also closed for Shab-e-Qadr & Jumat-ul-Vida.

As Kashmir marks 10-year tourist boom, selfies, shikaras & pherans help make memories

J&K tourism department data says over 3.5 lakh tourists have visited Kashmir in the last three months. This number is expected to go up in the coming months.

1 CRPF jawan dead, another injured in terrorist attack on Srinagar check point

Terrorists have stepped up attack on non-locals in the Kashmir Valley, carrying out two strikes in successive days.

On Camera

Linking trade and geopolitics will hurt US more than India

By referring to India as a 'dead economy' and talking of an 'oil deal' with Pakistan, Trump is introducing the geopolitical element to trade talks.

Over six-fold spike in digital transactions since 2019-20, govt informs Parliament

Govt says digital payments also uplift under-served communities by providing them financial footprint that can be used to assess credit worthiness in absence of traditional documents.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.