Koshur akhbar
Encyclopedia
Koshur Akhbar is an online newspaper from the India
n state of Jammu and Kashmir
that carries news and literary pieces in the Kashmiri language
. It is the first online newspaper in Kashmiri. There is no daily newspaper published in print media in this language,however there are weeklies currently getting published in print media.
Koshur Akhbar provides an opportunity to Kashmiris
all over the world to be informed of events of Jammu & Kashmir in their own language. It helps in developing literacy
of Kashmiri
among its visitors.
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
n state of Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...
that carries news and literary pieces in the Kashmiri language
Kashmiri language
Kashmiri is a language from the Dardic sub-group and it is spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley, in Jammu and Kashmir. There are approximately 5,554,496 speakers in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the Census of 2001. Most of the 105,000 speakers or so in Pakistan are émigrés from the Kashmir...
. It is the first online newspaper in Kashmiri. There is no daily newspaper published in print media in this language,however there are weeklies currently getting published in print media.
Koshur Akhbar provides an opportunity to Kashmiris
Kashmiri people
The Kashmiri people are a Dardic linguistic group living in Kashmir Valley in Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir and parts of the Pakistani territory of Azad Kashmir who speak the Kashmiri language...
all over the world to be informed of events of Jammu & Kashmir in their own language. It helps in developing literacy
Literacy
Literacy has traditionally been described as the ability to read for knowledge, write coherently and think critically about printed material.Literacy represents the lifelong, intellectual process of gaining meaning from print...
of Kashmiri
Kashmiri language
Kashmiri is a language from the Dardic sub-group and it is spoken primarily in the Kashmir Valley, in Jammu and Kashmir. There are approximately 5,554,496 speakers in Jammu and Kashmir, according to the Census of 2001. Most of the 105,000 speakers or so in Pakistan are émigrés from the Kashmir...
among its visitors.