Shopian: After many months, Covid-19 is taking Shopian in its fold with two deaths and more than a dozen cases within three days. According to a health official Gulzar Ahmad, father of two children breathed his last on Monday morning at SMHS Hospital due to community acquired pneumonia where he was admitted on April 15. […]
Shopian: Though “growth regulators” at the flowering stage of fruit trees are not recommended by SKAUST university or by the horticulture department, thousands of growers in Kashmir use these chemical sprays during flowering season. Crores of rupees have been spent on these sprays by growers in the past five to eight years. Some growers call […]
‘70 percent population in age group 60 and 45 vaccinated’ Shopian: As the Covid-19 second wave tightened its grip in Kashmir, Shopian is the calmest district as far as number of new cases, active positives and mortality rate is concerned. But health experts say that any violation of SOPs or avoiding vaccination can be ‘disastrous’ […]
Shopian: Twin improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were destroyed by bomb disposal squads in south Kashmir’s Shopian and Pulwama districts. An IED found on circle road Pulwama on Friday morning, which according to a police official was destroyed by a bomb disposal squad, without causing any damage to life or property. Police sources said that searches […]
Shopian: Two militants affiliated with Hizbul Mujahideen were killed by government forces in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday. The firefight which broke out in Zirpora village, some 12 kilometers away from the district headquarters of Shopian is the first in Ramadan in the Valley. According to a police official, two militants […]
Shopian: The incessant rains this year have made fruit growers apprehensive of another gloomy year of production, the threat being the outbreak of a major scab infection like in last year. Kashmir last year witnessed a huge decline in fruit production, particularly apple, of which more than 30 percent crop was affected by diseases. This […]
SHOPIAN: After promising more electric supplies during the Holy month of Ramadan, consumers here in south Kashmir’s district Shopian are facing more power curtailment than winter months with electricity mostly missing at Sheri and Iftar times. Consumers from different areas of district informed Kashmir Reader that they face more power cuts at the time of […]
Shopian: Government forces on Wednesday carried out a cordon and search operation (CASO) at Alyalpora locality of Shopian town. Locals told Kashmir Reader that around a dozen houses were searched by the joint team of government forces. A police source said that the operation was launched by a joint team of government forces including 44 […]
Shopian: Though a lot of things are being touted by the government in the name of empowerment and education of girls, the government girls’ higher secondary school in Shopian is a study in contrast. Despite being the lone girls’ higher secondary school in the entire district, it has never received the attention of higher authorities […]
Tried every way possible to make them surrender, says police officer in Shopian; in Bijbehara, Lashkar militants slain after blowing up residential house Shopian/ Anantnag: Three militants, two of them teenagers, were killed in Shopian’s Chitragam Kalan village in a military operation that began Saturday afternoon, while two militants, who police said were involved in […]