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Woman gives birth on stretcher being carried to hospital on foot

Shopian: As the Shopian-Keller road had not been cleared of snow, a woman from Shalidar Zarakan village in Shopian district was forced to give...

On Shopian roads, snowfall too much for outdated machines, lone snow-cutter to clear

Shopian: Continuous snowfall in Shopian district since Monday night buried roads under snow, with the existing snow clearance machines proving inadequate both in number...

Woman forced to deliver on stretcher in snowed in Shopian village

Shopian: A woman hailing from Zarakan village of south Kashmir's Shopian district was on Tuesday forced to give birth to her child on a...

Helpline numbers switched off, no road transport in Shopian

Shopian: Mobile numbers put out as helplines were switched off when they were needed for snow clearance, electricity or water supply restoration in Shopian...

2 injured after JCB clearing snow turns turtle in Shopian village

Shopian: A JCB skidded off the road and turned turtle while clearing snow in Awneera village in Zainapora area of south Kashmir's Shopian district...

Shopian areas without electricity since Saturday night

Shopian: The season's first heavy snowfall disrupted normal life in mountainous district Shopian. According to officials, one to two feet of snow was witnessed...

Broken mysteriously, overhead barricades come a cropper in Shopian town

Shopian: The overhead barricades installed by the Roads and Buildings Department at the entry points of Shopian town keep being broken, without any trace...

‘I swear to all, to his blood: he was not a militant’

Shopian: Hundreds of women and girls were sitting with Sara Bano in a makeshift tent outside her two-storey house in Turkwangam village, Shopian district,...

Policeman who buried bodies in Sonamarg now receives his younger brother’s

Shopian: A policeman from Shopian who had buried many militants at the government-designated graveyard in Sonamarg this year was unaware that today he had...

7th CASO in 22 days in Shopian’s Kapran village

Fire service vehicles, reinforcements brought; second night of ‘thorough’ searches underway Shopian: A military operation launched at Kapran village, some 12 kilometers from district headquarters...

‘SKUAST scientists responsible for extinction of famous Hirpora potato’

  Shopian: The Sher-i-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) is responsible for the near extinction of the famous Hirpora potato, indigenous to Hirpora...

Two Al-Badr militants killed in Shopian gunfight

Shopian: Two local militants belonging to Al-Badr outfit were killed in an overnight 20-hour-long gunfight at Kenigam village, some 10 kilometers from district headquarters...

Gunfight erupts in Shopian village

Shopian: An encounter erupted between government forces and militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian on Friday. Local sources told Kashmir Reader that gunshots were heard at...

Govt subsidy scheme for high-density apple targets 200 hectares more in Kashmir

Shopian: The Horticulture department in Kashmir will bring 200 more hectares of horticultural land under high-density fruit, particularly apple, plantation next year. According to officials,...

Forces launch CASO in Shopian village

Shopian: Government forces on Thursday launched a cordon and search operation at Reban village in Shopian. Locals from the village said that a joint team...

Renovated Shopian Jamia premises again grabbed by vendors

Municipality says will send them packing soon SHOPIAN: Even after strict orders from Municipal Committee Shopian to not to use the exteriors of Jamia Masjid...

PhD scholar goes online to sell apples

Shopian: Adnan Ali Khan, a PhD scholar, has started an online ‘retail’ business of selling Kashmiri apples, delivering them to the doorstep in small...

Deserted streets in Shopian’s Kapran, turnout less than 2%

Shopian: Shopian’s Kapran area set a record low in voter turnout with only 1.95 percent polling recorded in the DDC elections held here on...

Stones thrown at DC’s vehicle

Shopian: The official vehicle of Deputy Commissioner Shopian was pelted with stones in Meminder area on Monday afternoon when the official was returning from...

Another nocturnal burglary of cattle in Shopian

Shopian: Buglers stole more than a dozen domestic animals, including cows and calf, during night hours, on Thursday night, the second such burglary in...

3% turnout in Shopian municipal by-polls, better in DDC

Shopian: With three percent polling in municipal elections for nine councillors, Shopian Town on Friday repeated what it did in last year’s parliament elections,...

Eviction of Roshni land beneficiaries begins in Shopian

SHOPIAN: Demolition of private buildings and retrieval of land given under Roshni Act has started in district Shopian. Besides retrieving land granted under this...

High voter turnout in Shopian’s Keller, in hope for ‘development’

Shopian: Amid internet shutdown, two DDC constituencies in Shopian’s Keller belt witnessed 42.58 polling percent where 13 candidates were in fray. The percentage has...

All 4 missing Shopian youths found in Delhi, handed over to families by Delhi Police

Shopian: The four Shopian youths who were missing since November 24 from Delhi have been found there by the Delhi Police and handed over...

4 youths from Shopian go missing from Delhi at the same time

‘They all met at Jamia Masjid and said they were returning in a truck’ Shopian: A 16-year-old boy, a nursing student, a truck driver, and...

Mughal road closed after fresh snow

Shopian: Historical Mughal Road connecting Kashmir through Shopian with Jammu region via Poonch has been again closed for traffic and public movement in wake...

Fire damages old hospital building in Shopian

SHOPIAN: Fire damaged the indoor patient department (IPD) section of the government district hospital in Shopian. The old building of the hospital which is...

Midnight blaze damages IPD Block of Dist Hospital Shopian

Shopian: A midnight blaze gutted the IPD building of District Hospital Shopian. The patients in the IPD building wards were safely evacuated to a nearby...

Traffic mess returns to Shopian town

Shopian: After almost two years, traffic jams have returned to Shopian town with rows of vendors back on roads, cars parked haphazardly on roadsides,...

Cold storage business down by 40% this year in Kashmir

Shopian: Factors such as low crop yield, fungal diseases damaging the fruit, and increase in number of new units have together led to the...

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