Weekly

From factories to government offices, J&K’s rooftops could become a vast distributed power network. Tabish Khan reports.

J&K proposes a sweeping rewrite of construction rules, from digital permissions and parking to waste and land use. Bisma Rafiq reports.

For Kashmir’s poorest harvest workers, a seasonal livelihood can carry a fatal price. Mir Suneem reports.

In Pampore, researchers are testing whether saffron fields can produce electricity without giving up their crops. Tabish Khan reports.

At Achan, decades of waste have grown into a 16-lakh-tonne problem – and the government says the mountain can finally disappear. Moien Darial reports.

As waste and encroachment choke Kashmir’s waterways, a landscape once defined by clear springs is losing its water sources. Wajahat Iqbal Kashtwari reports.

J&K has built a stronger disaster-response system, but the hardest risks remain where warnings, rules, and infrastructure meet daily life. Bilquees Punjabi writes.

A proposed revolving restaurant at Gulmarg’s Apharwat Top Station would bring a Swiss mountain-tourism idea to one of Kashmir’s most dramatic landscapes. Syed Sameer Ahmad Nazki writes.

At a Rajbagh craft space, Masood Hussain’s paintings, Mujtaba Qadri’s Pashmina revival, and Avtar Mota’s translations give Lal Ded’s six-century-old vaakhs a new life on Pashmina. Amir Yaseen reports.

The Srinagar civic body has 870 sanctioned vacancies – even as 51 employees face enquiries or cases before different agencies. Bisma Rafiq reports.