Weekly

Art, Culture & Society

Threads of Memory

Two master weavers from Kanihama have won a National Handloom Award for a painstaking Kani shawl, bringing renewed attention to one of Kashmir’s most intricate and endangered textile traditions. Amir Yaseen reports.

Art, Culture & Society

Heritage Finds Future

Aqsa Hafiz is bringing Tilla and Aari embroidery into contemporary fashion, betting that Kashmir’s oldest craftsmanship can find new life with a younger generation. Tabish Khan reports.

Environment & Climate

Yatra Keeps Growing

From an estimated 4000 yatris in 1963 to hundreds of thousands in recent years, the Amarnath Yatra has traced Kashmir’s turbulent history while becoming one of India’s largest annual yatras. Mir Suneem reports.

Environment & Climate

Roads Against Mountains

Repeated landslides, cloudbursts, and floods are exposing the fragility of Jammu and Kashmir’s crucial highway links, with disruptions carrying consequences far beyond stranded traffic. Wajahat Iqbal Kashtwari reports.

Business & Economy

Rails Beyond Srinagar

J&K’s railway expansion is moving from a single historic connection toward a wider transport network that could reshape trade, tourism and economic access across the region. Moien Darial writes.

Health

When Healing Remembers

Dr U Kaul’s memoir is more than a record of a medical career; it offers a lesson in service, accessibility and the trust that can bind a doctor to a community. Amir Yaseen writes.

Business & Economy

Watching the Valley

A parliamentary panel has called for an integrated tourist-security network in Jammu and Kashmir, combining comprehensive CCTV coverage, central monitoring and regular vulnerability assessments to protect a growing visitor economy. Bisma Rafiq reports.

Sports

Kashmir’s Test Moment

Auqib Nabi’s maiden India call-up caps a remarkable rise through domestic cricket and gives J&K its strongest chance yet of seeing one of its own walk out in India’s Test whites. Syed Sameer Ahmad Nazki reports.