UMAR GANIE

Stories by UMAR GANIE

Blood Suckers Turn Healers In Kashmir

Blood Suckers Turn Healers In Kashmir

Rediff.com   26 Mar 2024

Kashmiris receive traditional leech therapy from a practitioner during the celebrations of Nowroz in Srinagar.

What Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Did After Release

What Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Did After Release

Rediff.com   19 Mar 2024

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Jammu and Kashmir, Hurriyat Conference Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was released from house arrest on March 8, 2024.

Dal Lake roars! F4 racing debuts in Srinagar

Dal Lake roars! F4 racing debuts in Srinagar

Rediff.com   18 Mar 2024

Umar Ganie captures glimpses of Srinagar's first-ever Formula 4 race!

Wah, there's a Taj Mahal in Kashmir

Wah, there's a Taj Mahal in Kashmir

Rediff.com   14 Mar 2024

Did the Taj just move to Sonmarg?

High Alert In Srinagar For Modi Arrival

High Alert In Srinagar For Modi Arrival

Rediff.com   6 Mar 2024

A multi-layer security grid has been enforced in and around Srinagar, aerial surveillance, bomb disposal squads, drones and sharpshooters guarding the Bakshi Stadium are in place for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Srinagar visit on Thursday, March 7, 2024.

Children Are Back In School In Kashmir

Children Are Back In School In Kashmir

Rediff.com   4 Mar 2024

On Monday, March 4, 2024, students returned to school in Kashmir after 95 days of winter vacation.

What Are These Soldiers Doing In Gulmarg?

What Are These Soldiers Doing In Gulmarg?

Rediff.com   28 Feb 2024

Security has been beefed up in the famous tourist destination in Kashmir after it experienced a significant influx of tourists, eager to experience the snow.

Khelo India In The Snow

Khelo India In The Snow

Rediff.com   22 Feb 2024

Umar Ganie captures glimpses of the Snow Games Khelo India that began in snow covered Gulmarg on Wednesday, February 21, 2024.

Snow Paints Kashmir White

Snow Paints Kashmir White

Rediff.com   20 Feb 2024

On February 19, 2024, many parts of the Kashmir valley, including the Gulmarg ski resort, were covered with fresh snow.

What's It Like Riding A Snow Horse Cart

What's It Like Riding A Snow Horse Cart

Rediff.com   12 Feb 2024

Umar Ganie captures tourists enjoying the snow horse cart sculpture in Sonamarg.

Here Comes The Snow!

Here Comes The Snow!

Rediff.com   8 Feb 2024

Umar Ganie captures tourists frolicking in the snow in Doodhpathri, Budgam district.

A Train Chugs Along In The Kashmir Snow

A Train Chugs Along In The Kashmir Snow

Rediff.com   3 Feb 2024

The Kashmir Valley received fresh heavy snowfall, February 3, 2024.

Snow-Clad Mesmerising Dal Lake

Snow-Clad Mesmerising Dal Lake

Rediff.com   1 Feb 2024

A view of the frozen Dal Lake after Srinagar receives much awaited season's first snowfall.

Gulmarg Gets Snow At Last!

Gulmarg Gets Snow At Last!

Rediff.com   29 Jan 2024

Umar Ganie captures Gulmarg as the town and other higher reaches of the Kashmir Valley receive snow.

Zoya Afroz Wants To Tell You A Kashmir Story

Zoya Afroz Wants To Tell You A Kashmir Story

Rediff.com   24 Jan 2024

The cool temperatures of Kashmir got hotter as the gorgeous Zoya Afroz came down to the Valley to shoot a film.

Who Needs Arms To Play Cricket?

Who Needs Arms To Play Cricket?

Rediff.com   16 Jan 2024

Umar Ganie captures Amir Hussain Lone, Kashmir's armless cricketer, practicing near his home at Bijbehara in Anantnag district, south Kashmir.

Missing! Snow In Gulmarg!

Missing! Snow In Gulmarg!

Rediff.com   10 Jan 2024

Gulmarg's bare hillsides are a barometer of changing global weather patterns.

Terrorists Murder Retired Cop, 72, During Azaan

Terrorists Murder Retired Cop, 72, During Azaan

Rediff.com   24 Dec 2023

The 72-year-old retired police officer, who was the local muezzin, was murdered while he was giving the call for azaan.

Freestyle Footballers Captivate Srinagar

Freestyle Footballers Captivate Srinagar

Rediff.com   18 Dec 2023

On Monday, December 18, 2023, freestyle football champion Agnieszka 'Aguka' Mnich from Poland and German footballer Patrick Bauer performed football tricks in the presence of a huge crowd at the historic Ghanta Ghar at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.

When Dal Lake Froze

When Dal Lake Froze

Rediff.com   13 Dec 2023

Parts of Dal Lake froze as Srinagar recorded the coldest night of this winter at minus 5.3 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, December 13, 2023.