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Mehtab Ali Srinagar 26 Nov (KNB): Voting for the Panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir began on Saturday after a gap of seven years. The election will continue for eight more phases until 11 December. While as the PDP, NC boycotted the panchayat elections due to the legal challenge toContinue Reading

Yasmeen Manzoor Srinagar 26 November (KNB): A day after Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolved the Assembly, Jammu and Kashmir state administrative council chaired by him has issued a proposal to turn the J&K Bank into a public sector institution, taking away its autonomy and making it accountable to the stateContinue Reading

Mountains with a rich and ancient heritage of craftsmanship. It is a land of unique motifs and designing techniques that have been transformed and perfected over centuries. Mastering Kashmiri craftsmanship takes years of training and designing shawls is an art that has been carried forward through generations of craftsmen. Inspired by ancient techniques,Continue Reading

Willow Wicker Craft , locally referred to as Keani Keam, is a hand skilled craft from kashmir involving weaving using willow reeds. Basket-weaving is one of the world’s oldest crafts, and is also widely practiced here. Willow wood is most commonly used, and one of the most distinctive products ofContinue Reading