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No effect of High Court order on illegal mining in south Kashmir

Shopian: Even after the High Court’s recent order to immediately stop all illegal mining and excavation of natural resources, the practice continues unabated in...

3 Hizb militants killed in Shopian gunfight

2 sustain pellet injuries in clashes at encounter site Shopian: Three militants were killed in a 20-hour-long counterinsurgency operation at Heffkuri village of south Kashmir’s...

Gunfight underway in Shopian village

Shopian: An encounter between militants and government forces is underway at Heffkuri Village in Zainpora belt, some 15 kilometers away from district headquarters of...

Fearful of untimely snowfall, apple growers begin early pruning of trees

Wrong to do so, as it removes green leaves and takes away nourishment, say scientists Shopian: Haunted still by memories of last year’s untimely snowfall...

Kashmir’s apples stifled on highway before they reach market

‘Trucks halted for days together, fruit spoils in heat meanwhile’ SHOPIAN: To see the fruit of one’s labour rotting away in a truck, and then...

Govt employee shot at outside home, injuries critical

Shopian: A 35-year-old government employee was shot at and critically injured by unknown gunmen who fired upon him outside his residence at Nildoora Village...

Newspapers shunned for fear of corona, now hard to find for packing apples

Shopian: The dearth of scrap newsprint this year has forced apple growers to purchase it at a higher cost, with many saying that it...

Selling apples at Shopian mandi an increasingly risky business

Licences given to too many traders, growers not receiving payment quite common Shopian: Trade at the Shopian fruit mandi, Kashmir’s largest wholesale market for apple,...

Apples blighted by scab, this year’s harvest breaks growers’ heart

Shopian: The apple harvesting season has arrived in Kashmir, not to cheer but to anguish, as much of the fruit has been affected by...

Rs 49 crore used up in ruining Shopian-Bijbehara road, now ‘no funds left’

Shopian: Three years after work started on widening the Shopian-Bijbehara road, officials now say there are no funds to complete the widening or macadamisation...

Nothing in govt’s package for Kashmir’s fruit industry

Shopian: Fruit growers and traders in south Kashmir are furious at the government for not announcing any financial relief for the fruit industry in...

Shopian vs Pulwama final draws thousands of spectators, not one bothered about Covid-19

Shopian: More than 7,000 people crowded at Lahandthoora in Ganowpora-Arshi village of Shopian district on Sunday to watch the final of the cricket tourney...

Army admits to wrongly killing 3 Rajouri youths in Shopian

‘Powers under AFSPA exceeded, Do’s and Don’ts of Chief of Staff contravened’ Shopian: The Indian Army on Friday admitted that its troops “exceeded” powers vested...

Amid raging Covid storm, Shopian an island of calm

Shopian: The numbers may be increasing everywhere, but they are declining in Shopian. This south Kashmir district has done a remarkable turnaround in dealing...

A poor man cheated of his land by the government, then asked to pay electricity bills

Shopian: An impoverished Shopian man who in 2008 donated a precious kanal of his orchard land for construction of a Panchayat Ghar, on the...

Traders unhappy with new fruit mandi in Shopian

Shopian: Though Shopian's new fruit and vegetables mandi at Aglar village, along the Rambiara rivulet, has started operations, there are as yet no proper...

Two Shopian villages become fertile ground for cannabis

Shopian: Cannabis grown on more than a thousand kanals of land in two villages of Shopian district has been recently destroyed by officials of...

Cricket in Shopian is a racket

Shopian: Though cricket is not played much in Shopian district because of lack of enough playgrounds, but when it is, there is rampant betting...

Bar on civilian traffic on Mughal Road causes all-round inconvenience

Shopian: It has been ten months that the Mughal Road has been closed for civilian traffic, though vehicles carrying fruit are being allowed since...

Three staff at health centre suspended after sexual harassment accusation

Shopian: Three staffers of the health department were suspended by the authorities on Sunday after a female patient accused them of sexual harassment at...

Vultures dying out in Hirpora wildlife sanctuary

Shopian: At least three endangered species of vultures in Shopian's Hirpora wildlife sanctuary are at risk from power lines going through the sanctuary and...

Mysterious injuries on dogs in Shopian villages linked to leopard attacks

Shopian: Over the past few weeks dozens of dogs in Shopian villages have mysteriously been showing grievous injury marks on their bodies which, wildlife...

Pharmacist suspended for ‘sexually harassing’ patient in south Kashmir’s Shopian

Shopian: A pharmacist working at a primary health centre in south Kashmir's Shopian district was suspended on Sunday over allegations of sexual harassment to...

Cricket in militant’s memory lands 10 youths in UAPA net

Shopian: Ten youths, including the brother of a slain militant, have been booked under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) for organising and taking...

Officials lead, people follow, donations pour in for restoring Shopian’s Jamia Masjid

Shopian: The Jamia Masjid in Shopian is getting its glory back as over Rs 35 lakh from public donations have been spent on beautification...

Schools taking their ‘cut’ from scholarship meant for students

Education officer in Shopian appeals to people to report this matter to him Shopian: Schools in Shopian have stooped to a new low, forcing students...

ITI Shopian’s horticulture course not recognised as qualification even after 14 years

Shopian: It has been 14 years since a new trade, horticulture, was introduced at Industrial Training Institute (ITI) Shopian, but those who studied it...

Cabs continue to overcharge, overcrowd; officials give excuse: ‘dearth of staff’

‘Do they want to earn everything which they could not last year? Haven’t we suffered losses,’ says harried commuter Shopian: People in Pulwama and...

ITI Shopian building occupied by police after CRPF leaves

Shopian: It has been three years that the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Shopian continues to be occupied by government forces either from central...

Al Badr district commander among 4 killed in Shopian

One more caught alive by forces Shopian: Four militants affiliated with Al Badr were killed and one arrested in an encounter which took place at...

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