Kashmir Saffron

After several BJP leaders raised objections to Deepika Padukone wearing saffron-coloured clothes in Shah Rukh Khan's new film 'Pathaan', former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has come out in support of the film.

Saffron grown in Kashmir has received the geographical indication (GI) tag, with Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu saying that it is a major historic step in bringing the valley's brand on the global map.

Two foods of India have recently received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag - the Manipuri black rice and the Kashmiri Saffron.

Houseboats line up desolate along the Dal Lake and Gulmarg's famed snow covered ski slopes are near empty as are hotels and the many shops selling carpets, embroidered shawls, saffron and other things Kashmiri.

The Congress has said that the saffron party's propaganda on the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir did not work in the state.

Two days after they were beaten up by men armed with sticks, saffron kurtas and nationalist slogans simply for being from Jammu and Kashmir, the dry-fruit sellers are back on the streets of Lucknow with their wares.

Saffron of the highest quality grows in the fields at Pampore on the outskirts of Srinagar, but this year there are no blooming saffron crops -- only clusters of purple flowers, that too barely in sigh

A piece of saffron cloth tied to his head and a prayer on his lips, an undeterred Amarnath pilgrim today said there was only solution to terrorism in Kashmir -- and that was to visit the state over and over again.

Saffron is a spice as well as a colour. It is said that one pound (454 grams) of dried saffron requires 75,000 flowers! The process of collecting is painstaking as well.

With uncertainty looming large over the continuance of PDP-BJP alliance, National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah today said his party may consider a tie-up with the saffron party for government formation if such an offer is received.

Congress today took a dig at the Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance, saying that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed should be "careful" about the conversion agenda being pursued by the saffron party.

Targeting the opposition, the BJP today said the people of Jammu and Kashmir are looking at the saffron party as an alternative because of "people-friendly" policies of the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre.

Fifteen men of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal have been arrested for the attack on Jawahar Lal Kaul, Vice-Chancellor of Ujjain's Vikram University. Mr Kaul had asked his students to help the flood-hit people from J&K and landlords to waive rent for Kashmiri students, and the radical right-wing activists had objections to that. And despit...

Providing relief to flood-hit people of Jammu and Kashmir is a priority area for the Narendra Modi government. But the Vice-Chancellor of a university in Ujjain was attacked on Monday, allegedly by radical saffron groups, for asking students to help the people in J&K.

As saffron flowers bloom and farmers begin harvesting the royal spice, the fields in this south Kashmir town are a riot of colour and fragrance these days.Grown in the well-drained rich soil of the Pampore Highlands and some other places in the Valley,...

After several BJP leaders raised objections to Deepika Padukone wearing saffron-coloured clothes in Shah Rukh Khan's new film 'Pathaan', former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has come out in support of the film.

Saffron grown in Kashmir has received the geographical indication (GI) tag, with Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu saying that it is a major historic step in bringing the valley's brand on the global map.

Two foods of India have recently received the Geographical Indication (GI) tag - the Manipuri black rice and the Kashmiri Saffron.

Houseboats line up desolate along the Dal Lake and Gulmarg's famed snow covered ski slopes are near empty as are hotels and the many shops selling carpets, embroidered shawls, saffron and other things Kashmiri.

The Congress has said that the saffron party's propaganda on the abrogation of Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir did not work in the state.

Two days after they were beaten up by men armed with sticks, saffron kurtas and nationalist slogans simply for being from Jammu and Kashmir, the dry-fruit sellers are back on the streets of Lucknow with their wares.

Saffron of the highest quality grows in the fields at Pampore on the outskirts of Srinagar, but this year there are no blooming saffron crops -- only clusters of purple flowers, that too barely in sigh

A piece of saffron cloth tied to his head and a prayer on his lips, an undeterred Amarnath pilgrim today said there was only solution to terrorism in Kashmir -- and that was to visit the state over and over again.

Saffron is a spice as well as a colour. It is said that one pound (454 grams) of dried saffron requires 75,000 flowers! The process of collecting is painstaking as well.

With uncertainty looming large over the continuance of PDP-BJP alliance, National Conference (NC) leader Farooq Abdullah today said his party may consider a tie-up with the saffron party for government formation if such an offer is received.

Congress today took a dig at the Peoples Democratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance, saying that Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammed Sayeed should be "careful" about the conversion agenda being pursued by the saffron party.

Targeting the opposition, the BJP today said the people of Jammu and Kashmir are looking at the saffron party as an alternative because of "people-friendly" policies of the Narendra Modi-led government at the Centre.

Fifteen men of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal have been arrested for the attack on Jawahar Lal Kaul, Vice-Chancellor of Ujjain's Vikram University. Mr Kaul had asked his students to help the flood-hit people from J&K and landlords to waive rent for Kashmiri students, and the radical right-wing activists had objections to that. And despit...

Providing relief to flood-hit people of Jammu and Kashmir is a priority area for the Narendra Modi government. But the Vice-Chancellor of a university in Ujjain was attacked on Monday, allegedly by radical saffron groups, for asking students to help the people in J&K.

As saffron flowers bloom and farmers begin harvesting the royal spice, the fields in this south Kashmir town are a riot of colour and fragrance these days.Grown in the well-drained rich soil of the Pampore Highlands and some other places in the Valley,...