In Tulsi, a village in central India, social media has sparked an economic and social revolution. It's a microcosm of YouTube's effect on the world. As villagers head into the fields of Tulsi ...

Demonstrating communal harmony, Muslims in Pulwama’s Pinglana village performed the last rites of Rania Ji, a Kashmiri Pandit ...

Tucked away in South Kashmir’s Shopian district, Hirpora is a village that battles extreme winters every year. Located around 70 kilometres from Srinagar, the village experiences temperatures as low ...

Heavy overnight snowfall in Kashmir disrupted travel across the union territory affecting, rail, road and air travel on February 28. Kashmir's connectivity was severely impacted due to overnight ...

Bandipora, Feb 27: A snow avalanche struck Khandyal village in Gurez Valley of North Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Thursday afternoon, damaging two houses. However, no injuries or casualties have ...

Maha Shivratri is a major festival in the Shaivya tradition of Kashmir, and Hindus in Kashmir have their own beliefs about the festival. The festival is called “Har Ratri”, shortened to Herath or ...

Chief Education Officer (CEO) Anantnag, Bashir Ahmad told Rising Kashmir that he has been briefed about the incident and has instructed the Zonal Education Officer (ZEO) to lodge a First Information ...

An army vehicle was fired upon by suspected terrorists near the Line of Control in Rajouri district's Sunderbani sector, Jammu and Kashmir. The brief exchange of fire occurred near Phal village, with ...

With the temperature dipping to -15.44 degree Celsius on Wednesday, Jammu and Kashmir is facing a harsh cold wave. The highest temperature today was -8.32 degrees Celsius, and the humidity was 95 ...

Jammu: A firing incident has been reported in a village along Line of Control in Sunderbani area of Rajouri district on Wednesday. Official sources said that the fire hit an army vehicle near ...

Local Hindus, who are a minority in the valley, visited the Shankaracharya temple atop Zabarwan hills here early in the morning to pay obeisance to Lord Shiva, officials said.

However, in the region of Jammu and Kashmir, Maha Shivratri holds a distinct identity and is revered as 'Herath' by the Kashmiri Pandit community. What is Herath? Herath, meaning the 'Night of ...