Kashmir’s saffron farmers are losing 30 percent of their crop to the rodents as deforestation pushes them into farms. A Kashmiri farming family pick saffron stigmas from the flowers at their ...

Served along with Wazwan, the elaborate Kashmiri wedding feast, Kawha finds its place often before or after the meal, owing ...

He makes his livelihood growing and selling saffron – the world’s most expensive spice – but crop yield in the Jammu and Kashmir region is facing a steep decline. The bright purple flowers ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will finally inaugurate the first Vande Bharat Express train to Kashmir on 6 June after the ...

The Vande Bharat train will pass through picturesque destinations and the world’s highest railway arch bridge on the Chenab; ...

The world wants what Kashmir can grow. In 2022, the global organic food market hit ₹10.7 lakh crore. Kashmir's saffron, ...

Let the world see the untold stories of villagers helping stranded tourists, of communities uniting against terror, and of a ...

Pahalgam terror attack cripples Kashmir tourism, leading to deserted hotels, empty taxi stands, and plummeting sales across ...

Saffron, once flourishing in Jammu and Kashmir, is facing a steep decline. Farmers point to climate change, erratic weather and inadequate rainfall. Muheet Ul Islam looks at what the sector is ...

Till last week, the prices of produce arriving in the city from Kashmir were at an all-time high. This includes saffron, apricots, walnuts, garlic, and honey.

One of the ideas that caught his attention was saffron cultivation—a crop that, until then, he had only seen associated with the frigid lands of Kashmir. Saffron is one of the most expensive ...

Pampore, Indian-administered Kashmir – At 4am, before the first call to prayer echoes through Pampore’s saffron fields in the Pulwama district of Indian-administered Kashmir, 52-year-old ...