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Coaching centre in Shopian starts NEET coaching

Students say has helped them lower expenses, two qualify this year Shopian: A coaching centre in Shopian has set an example by starting NEET coaching...

Shopian district hospital without radiologist, no ultrasound possible

Shopian: The ultrasonography section at district hospital Shopian is dysfunctional since quite a while, not because of any snag in machinery but because the...

Water pipes along road damaged, several villages thirsting for water

Shopian: A dozen villages in Chitragam Tehsil of south Kashmir district Shopian are facing water scarcity since decades but the problem has worsened in...

81 candidates in fray for phase-1 DDC polls in Shopian

SHOPIAN: In Shopian for upcoming first phase of district development counsel (DDC) and Panchayat by-elections total 81 candidates are in fray as 10 of...

Biggest CASO in recent times ends after 2 days in Shopian, with no militants found

Shopian: A 44-hour-long military operation at Turkwangam village of Shopian ended on Thursday with no trace of militants found. A joint team of government...

Cut branches to save trees from damage due to snow: experts

Shopian: To protect fruit trees, especially apple trees, from damage due to snow, horticulture experts advise selective branch cutting, and use of ropes and...

CASO at Shopian village in search of militants

Shopian: A day after the killing of two teenaged local militants at Kutpora village, government forces on Wednesday launched a massive cordon and search...

Two teenage militants killed in encounter in native village

One of them had joined militancy 4 days ago, the other was lone son of his parents Shopian: Two teenaged militants, one of them the...

No action yet on plan to install ‘snow stoppers’ in Shopian town

Shopian: Winter is coming but the “snow stoppers”, which Deputy Commissioner Shopian last year ordered for installation on roofs of buildings situated near main...

Much-needed bridge over Rambiara taking too long to be ready

Shopian: A vital bridge over the Rambiara rivulet on Trenz-Pulwama Road has been languishing since 2017 as construction was disrupted due to last year’s...

Cab overturns on Mughal Road, 13 injured

Shopian: Thirteen persons were injured among them two with critical injuries when a tempo traveller overturned at Dhobijan area on Mughal Road on Saturday. Officials...

13 passengers injured as tempo overturns on Mughal Road in Shopian

Shopian: Thirteen persons were injured after a tempo traveller they were travelling in overturned on Mughal Road at Dhobijan area of south Kashmir's Shopian...

Bike-borne gunmen loot Rs 60 lakh cash meant for ATM right outside bank

Shopian: Unidentified gunmen looted 60 lakh rupees from a bank van outside the Jammu and Kashmir Bank branch at main town Shopian, at 10:30...

Shopian man starts his own apple mandi, does great business

Shopian: Fed up, like most apple growers in Kashmir, with the dues charged by officials and the commissions charged by traders at different mandis,...

Shopian district hospital has just one operating table

Shopian: Even after 14 years of getting district status, Shopian District Hospital (DH) has a single surgery table, which not only creates problems for...

Elderly man dies after scuffle over ‘disputed’ land in Shopian

SHOPIAN: An elderly man apparently died due to cardiac arrest when a scuffle broke out over a dispute of land at Padderpora Village of...

Wildlife dept refuses to own shrinking forest area in Hirpora sanctuary

Shopian: Illegal encroachments continue unchecked in compartment number six of forest division Hirpora, inside the wildlife sanctuary, as the wildlife department refuses to take...

3 Markhors sighted in Hirpora

Shopian: The sighting of three Markhors in Hirpora wildlife sanctuary has raised hopes of the revival of the famed but endangered Himalayan goat (Markhor)...

Barkati comes out of jail a quieter man, only says thanks to those who helped

Shopian: After four years in jail, Sarjan Barkati is a silent man now. The only words that come out of his mouth are praises...

Rates for Kashmiri apple shoot up to almost double of last year’s

Shopian: In a year of heavy losses inflicted by fungal diseases, hailstorm, and almost a 30 percent decline in production, Kashmiri apples are at...

Govt scheme to buy apples when all apples have been sold

Shopian: Though the government has reintroduced the market intervention scheme (MIS), orchardists and fruit traders call this move too late as most of this...

Shopian’s district library wanders from one rented building to another

Shopian: Established in 1972 as a tehsil library, the district library in Shopian is yet to have its own building. In the past one...

Gunfight erupts in Shopian, one militant killed

Shopian: A militant was killed in an ongoing encounter at Melhura village of Shopian on Monday. Local sources said that firefight is underway in an...

Shopian institute accused of ‘radicalising’ students felicitates NEET qualifiers

Shopian: After remaining in headlines for many days after the government accused its “former teachers” of militancy activities, an accusation which the institute refuted,...

Kashmir’s apples destroyed in the guise of protecting them

This year’s apple crop ruined by spurious pesticides that officials did nothing to check Shopian: ‘Shaal cxalith bathen loodi’ is a Kashmiri proverb which means...

Jio customers in Pulwama, Budgam irked by services

Shopian: Jio consumers in south Kashmir's Pulwama and central Kashmir's Budgam district are facing inconvenience as towers installed in the areas long ago have...

2 unidentified militants killed in Shopian

Shopian: Two unidentified militants were killed in a brief encounter at Chakoora village in Hajipora belt of district Shopian on Wednesday. The firefight followed after...

No teacher of ours booked under PSA, says Shopian school founder

‘Malicious campaign against school, our students have served in police and army’ Shopian: A day after media reports that three teachers of a Shopian school...

Cold storages in Kashmir lying empty without apples this year

Shopian: Given the decline in production and the majority of the apple crop affected by fungal diseases this year, the cold storage units in...

Police never comes, no other department bothers, we are helpless: Mining officials in Shopian

Shopian: Officials of the geology and mining department here say they are helpless to stop the illegal mining of minerals from Rambiara rivulet in...

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