Shopian: Imported varieties of cherry have brought about a revolution in the cherry industry of Kashmir, where growers now feel least worried about the damage rain will do, a fear once pervasive in the valley, to their fruit. In the last decade, about half a dozen cherry varieties have been imported into Kashmir from different […]
Shopian: People living in the many Shopian villages that lie alongside the banks of Rambiara rivulet are facing problems due to the government’s decision to hand over contracts for excavation of minerals from the bed and banks of the rivulet. They say that the excavation of minerals not only threatens their horticultural land but also […]
Shopian: Towards the end of the month of June, fruit growers in Kashmir usually face a big challenge: alternaria, a fungal disease which takes away leaves after any wet spell. The alternaria fungus grows within 48 hours to three days and shows its symptoms when either the leaves start drying or copper-colour marks begin to […]
Shopian: Government forces carried out a cordon and search operation in three different villages of south Kashmir’s Shopian on Tuesday. The first CASO was started at Khasipora village of the district by a joint team of government forces including 34 Rashtriya Rifles of army, 178th battalion of Central Reserve Police Force and Police in the […]
Shopian: Nine-month-old Aiman Jan was mauled to death by a leopard in October 2018 at her home, when she was sleeping in the kitchen of her home at Daramdora village of Shopian. Last month, 4-year-old Adha Shakil was playing in the lawn of her house in Ompora area of Budgam when a leopard carried her […]
Shopian: Government forces on Monday carried out a cordon and search operation at Takipora village in Dangam area of Shopian district but the operation was called off after no trace of militants was found in the village. Locals from the village said that a joint team of government forces besieged the village around 4 am […]
Shopian: Changing the name of the public health engineering department (PHE) to Jal Shakti department has made at least one thing change in this south Kashmir district: the colour of the drinking water supplied by the department. Many villages in the district, particularly in Trenz, Turkwangam, Chitragam, and Imamsahib are receiving “lemon juice coloured” water […]
Shopian: A windstorm caused heavy damage to residential houses, fruit trees, cars and other vehicles, and power transmission infrastructure in many areas of Kashmir on Friday. The meteorological department in J&K as well as Faizan Arif, a popular independent weather forecaster, had both predicted a two to three-hour spell of heavy gusty wind and rain […]
Shopian: A joint team of government forces was fired upon by militants at Aglar village in Zainpora area of south Kashmir in Shopian. But there was no loss of life or injury. Police sources said that the forces were deployed to impose Corona curfew in the village which is an intersection to multiple roads and […]
Shopian: Apples kept in cold storages in Kashmir this year are fetching what traders call the “highest-ever rates” since cold storage units were established in Kashmir. According to official data, as many as 1.5 lakh metric tonnes of apple were stored in cold storages in 2020. Izhan Javid, chief executive officer of one of these […]