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Govt Mulls To Revoke Walnut Tree Felling Ban, Environmentalists Aghast Malik Nauman Feroz SRINAGAR: The Department of Horticulture’s proposal to revoke the ban on the felling of Walnut trees has met resistance from environmentalists and people associated with the famed industry. Faiz Bakshi, Convener Environment Policy Group expressed concerns over how the revoking of the ban would affect Kashmir’s environment and heritage. “Ideally, we shouldn’t cut these trees. The more trees we have, the better it will be for our environment. Our forest cover has already decreased significant...

1000 Years After Death, Bollywood Gets Kashmir Queen Into Controversy SRINAGAR:  Kashmir queen died in 1003 and more than a thousand years later, she has landed in a controversy, thanks to Bollywood. A producer with controversial actress, Kanga Ranaut announced they will be making Manikarnika Returns: The Legend of Didda on the life of the queen who literally established the Lohara rule in Kashmir by transferring power to her brother and not the son. Ashish Kaul presenting a copy of his book on Kashmir queen to Amitabh Bachan in January 2020. Pic: Author’s FB A legal notice has been...

Kashmiri Youth Features in Web Series ‘Tandav’ Tahir Bhat SRINAGAR: Owais Hussain Bhat, 25, who hails from Trehgam village of Kupwara district has played a cameo as an actor in the Amazon web series Tandav released on Friday. Owais Hussain Bhat Speaking exclusively with Kashmir Life, Bhat said he is elated to be part of the series. “This is a big moment for me and I have waited for it for years,” Bhat said. “It was a great experience for me to work with professional actors and crew under director Abbas Ali Zafar.” The series stars big names like Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapad...

Biden Aide Sameera Fazili’s Parents Wanted Her To Be A Doctor, She Left Medical School To Join Yale Tahir Bhat SRINAGAR: In order to reach White House, Kashmir origin Sameera Fazili had to face what every second bright Kashmiri student continues to confront the issue of career. Daughter of doctors, she was under pressure to choose the family medical line. Sameera Fazili “Sameera gave in and was admitted to one of the four medical schools that had offered her a seat,” Rouf Fazili, Sameer’s uncle said. “She gave two years to the medical school and then left it to join the Yale.�...

Daily Takeoffs Over The Hill Continued Pushing A Young Man To Finally Become Kashmir’s Youngest Pilot Muhammad Younis SRINAGAR: Farhan is a sensational name in South Kashmir’s Awantipora at the moment. A 20-year-old boy, he has become Kashmir’s youngest ever male pilot. Commercial Pilot Farhan Majid Farhan said, ever since his childhood, he used to get fascinated by the sound and sight of the aeroplanes taking off and landing in the nearby army airbase in Awantipora. And he always cherished a dream to be one running these big apparatuses. “And finally now, the same has taken pla...