All stories by Umar Ganie
Who Needs Arms To Play Cricket?
Rediff.com16 Jan 2024Umar Ganie captures Amir Hussain Lone, Kashmir's armless cricketer, practicing near his home at Bijbehara in Anantnag district, south Kashmir.
Missing! Snow In Gulmarg!
Rediff.com10 Jan 2024Gulmarg's bare hillsides are a barometer of changing global weather patterns.
Terrorists Murder Retired Cop, 72, During Azaan
Rediff.com24 Dec 2023The 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
Rediff.com18 Dec 2023On 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
Rediff.com13 Dec 2023Parts of Dal Lake froze as Srinagar recorded the coldest night of this winter at minus 5.3 degrees Celsius on Wednesday, December 13, 2023.
Kashmir On High Alert...
Rediff.com11 Dec 2023The scenes in Kashmir, as security is put on high alert after the judgment of Article 370 was passed by the Supreme Court on Monday, December 11, 2023.
Kashmir Faces Power Crisis
Rediff.com23 Nov 2023The Kashmir valley is facing a shortage of electricity at the beginning of the long winter.
Dense Fog Engulfs Kashmir
Rediff.com22 Nov 2023As the night temperature plummeted to below freezing point in many parts of the Kashmir valley including Srinagar, dense fog engulfed the city and other parts.
Kashmir Turns Orange
Rediff.com17 Nov 2023As winter approaches, the days get shorter and it's the time when the Kashmir Valley turns orange-red.
Modiji Ek Selfie Ho Jaye
Rediff.com16 Nov 2023Tourists bustle about a life-size cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra D Modi at the Ghanta Ghar Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar.
The Search For 'Red Gold' In Kashmir
Rediff.com7 Nov 2023The harvesting season for one of the most expensive spices, Saffron, also referred to as 'Red Gold' has begun in Kashmir.
After 4 Years, Mirwaiz Is Free!
Rediff.com22 Sep 2023Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq was released from house arrest on Friday, September 22, 2023, four years after he was taken into detention.
What's Eknath Shinde Doing In Kashmir?
Rediff.com18 Sep 2023Are MoShah laying the ground for Shinde to take a national role, move to Delhi as a Union minister, paving the way for Ajit Pawar to take over as Maharashtra chief minister?
Ever Studied At A Seasonal School?
Rediff.com13 Sep 2023Students from the nomadic Bakerwal community attend a seasonal school in the mountains of Tosa Maidan in Kashmir.
SRK Fans Pack Cinema in Kashmir
Rediff.com8 Sep 2023Shah Rukh Khan fans flocked to Kashmir's first and only multiplex INOX Cinema in Srinagar on Thursday, September 7, 2023, to watch Jawan, his latest action thriller.
Tiranga Flies Over Srinagar's Ghanta Ghar
Rediff.com10 Aug 2023The Tricolour is hoisted atop the newly renovated Ghanta Ghar at Lal Chowk in the heart of Srinagar
Will Kashmiri Tomatoes Bring Prices Down?
Rediff.com10 Aug 2023Kashmiri farmers have begun to harvest tomatoes -- it is the tomato harvest season in the Kashmir Valley -- and we wonder if it will bring relief to consumers elsewhere in the Union deprived of the juicy tomato in their curries.
Security Tightens For I-Day In Srinagar
Rediff.com8 Aug 2023On Monday, August 7, 2023, security forces carried out surprise search operations in the Lal Chowk area of Srinagar.
What Are These Kashmiri Women Painting?
Rediff.com5 Aug 2023Lady artists led by Zoya Khan painted murals of Kashmir's women handicraft artists on a four storeyed building in Srinagar this week.
Tiranga Yatra On Kashmir's Dal Lake
Rediff.com1 Aug 2023On Tuesday, August 1, 2023, a fortnight before Independence Day, a Tiranga Shikara rally was organised on the Dal Lake.