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Shopian admin races to make 2 lakh masks vital to virus fight

Shopian: District administration Shopian is racing to make two lakh masks for the public which is vital to virus fight. Over 3500 masks have...

Poultry farms unable to get feed, sell stock; many have shut down

Shopian: The poultry industry in Kashmir is suffering heavy losses as the Covid-19 lockdown has blocked supply of feed for the birds and access...

Shopian hospital converted into quarantine centre after surge in positive cases

Shopian The administration here has converted district hospital into quarantine centre after a surge in positive cases to be prepared for all the eventualities....

How a Shopian couple tested positive 18 days after returning from Umrah

RAASHID HASSAN: Shopian: A curious development has taken place in Shopian district where two persons, a husband and wife, tested positive on Saturday evening...

Two more COVID-19 cases detected in Kashmir  

Shopian: Two more positive cases were detected in Kashmir on Saturday evening taking the overall count of COVID-19 cases to 94. Two postive cases were reported...

Government allows transportation of high-density plants in Valley to avoid losses

Shopian: The government has decided to allow transportation of plant and root stock meant for high-density plantation of apples to avoid economic losses to...

Export of apple resumes after remaining suspended for 10 days

Shopian: Export of apple has resumed after it was suspended due to Covid-19 lockdown with owners allowed to send fruit to the different parts...

10 people who travelled with first Corona patient return to quarantine again in Shopian

Shopian: People with travel history with Kashmir's first positive Coronavirus patient have been sent to quarantine again on Thursday. Eleven people from Shopain have...

Doctors advise orchardists to take precautionary measures while spraying

Shopian: Doctors have advised orchardists to take precautionary measures such as wearing masks, gowns, gloves and use of head cover during spraying and also...

‘Final warning’ given to self-report travel history in Shopian, Pulwama

Shopian: In wake of two positive cases reported from district Shopian, the Deputy Commissioner has issued a final notice to people who have concealed...

People quarantined in Shopian, Pulwama hospitals ‘ill treated’

SHOPIAN/ANANTNAG: People put on quarantine in an isolation ward at Shopian hospital have accused health officials and government forces of “ill treating” them. One of...

Shopian degree college starts using Google Classroom, but 2G speed is a problem

Shopian: Government Degree College Shopian has become the second college in Kashmir to start on-line classes amid the coronavirus lockdown which has paralysed normal...

Essential goods running out of stock in Shopian villages

SHOPIAN: Essential goods are running out of stock at shops in south Kashmir’s Shopian villages due to Covid-19 lockdown. Aashiq Hussain, a local shopkeeper, who...

Doctor suspended in Shopian for negligence

SHOPIAN: A doctor was suspended in Shopian after he was found absent from duty in the respiratory section of government district hospital here. Deputy Commissioner...

In Shopian, people avoiding medical check-up after travel

Shopian: Almost all those who have returned in recent days from abroad or from other states of India have not reported their travel record...

People in Shopian clean surroundings after notice

SHOPIAN: Day after the district administration served notice to the people in Shopian to clear cow dung waste, polythene and garbage from their surroundings...

80% of apples still stored in Kashmir amid corona lockdown

Shopian: The coronavirus may take a sizeable bite off the indebted apple industry in Kashmir. According to owners of cold storages based at Lasipora...

11 co-passengers from Shopian quarantined

Shopian: All eleven persons from south Kashmir’s Shopian district who travelled with the lady tested positive for coronavirus have been taken to government quarantine...

Shopian dumping site polluting water bodies, posing threat to human health

SHOPIAN: Dumping site of Sofanaman Shopian is polluting water bodies with locals complaining that it is posing a threat to human health by contaminating...

Shopian roads in poor condition, people blame roadside car washing

SHOPIAN: Roads in Shopian are in poor condition with people alleging authorities of using low grade building material and “rampant roadside car washing further...

Snow in Shopian delays spraying of fruit trees

Shopian: A fresh blanket of snow covered south Kashmir’s hilly district Shopian and adjoining high-altitude areas in the region on Thursday. The fresh snowfall...

Shopian govt school in limbo

SHOPIAN: Government high school Ayend-Ravalpora Shopian was torched in 2017 by unknown persons and was shifted to high school, which according to parents and...

After season of heavy snowfall, clearance of Mughal Road postponed

Shopian: The snow clearance on Mughal Road, which connects Kashmir via Shopian with Poonch and Rajori districts in Jammu region, is likely to be...

2 LeT militants killed in Shopian

Shopian: In a brief encounter at Khojpora village of Shopian, government forces kill two LeT militants, both identified as locals. The gunfight raged when a...

Jio tower in Shopian village a non-starter

SHOPIAN: Jio tower at Pargochi village in district Shopian is a non-starter for last two years with people saying they face connectivity issues due...

Use fertilisers 15 days before flowering: Expert to orchardists

SHOPIAN: As the spring season has begun, expert from SKUAST has advised orchardists to use fertilizers fifteen days before flowering. Kashmir Reader spoke to senior...

Spring a season of danger in Kashmir as pesticides fly about

SHOPIAN: Come spring and farmers in Kashmir begin the spraying of pesticides, fungicides, and insecticides, besides mixing the soil with chemical fertilisers, in expectation...

Kashmir’s famed Kala Zeera ‘re-discovered’ in wild after 18 years

Shopian: A group of scientists who run the Saffron Research Centre at Pampore have rediscovered the famed Kala Zeera or Shahi Zeera (Bonium persicum)...

Dairy farming reviewed in Shopian by educated youth

SHOPIAN: Educated youth in Shopian are reviewing dairy farming despite this sector showing decline in Kashmir. Official data reveal that qualified youth like MBA, M.Tech...

3,000 kanals more land this year for high density apple plantation in Kashmir

Shopian: Around three thousand kanals of horticulture land this year is being brought under high density apple plantation in Kashmir. Continuing the trend of high...

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