‘Row of houses’ burnt to ashes, IGP and GoC Victor Force conducted ‘aerial monitoring’ of operation Shopian: In one of the longest encounters in Kashmir’s insurgency history, government forces on Monday killed top Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) commander Sajad Afghani at his native village of Rawalpora in Shopian district, a day after a local militant was killed […]
Shopian: The overnight gunfight in Shopian’s Rawalpora, the native village of top Jaish-e-Mohammad commander Wilayat Ahmad Lone aka Sajad Afghani, entered its third night on Sunday, with one local Lashkar militant killed so far, arms and ammunition recovered, and massive clashes between government forces and civilians that were first of their kind since August 5, […]
Shopian: Massive increase in number of stray dogs and widespread growing of horticulture products in the past 20 years in Kashmir is the major reason that leopards are routinely venturing into human habitations. In this winter almost on every day, authorities of the wildlife department have been receiving information of spotting of wild animals, particularly […]
Shopian: A fierce gunfight between militants and government forces has started at Ayend-Rawalpora village of Shopian after a 24-hour-long intensive and through search operation in the village. The village is situated some five kilometers away from district headquarter and two kilometers from nearest military facility. According to police sources, a joint team of government forces […]
Shopian: Amid havoc caused by the growing porcupine population in south and central Kashmir districts where the rodents have eaten barks of hundreds of fruit trees, wildlife and horticulture experts have a remedy to keep not only porcupines but all rodents at bay. Experts advise growing of Irises (Mazaar Monji) in the orchards where the […]
Shopian: In absence of enough laboratories for quality check of pesticides in Kashmir, while the two laboratories announced by the government last year are nowhere in sight, fruit growers are sceptical of the recent initiatives taken by the government to curb the sale of spurious pesticides in the region. Several fruit growers here in Shopian […]
SHOPIAN: After a leopard was spotted in a Meminder area of Shopian, a search and rescue operation has been started by wildlife department to track down the wild animal. This is for the second time in two months that a leopard was spotted in human habitation at Shopian. Mudasir Ahmad, the in-charge wildlife control room […]
Shopian: Come spring, fruit growers in Kashmir begin spraying different horticulture mineral oils (HMOs) to keep diseases like San Jo’s Scale and European Red Mite at bay. However, besides mixing insecticide with the HMO, they also spray a huge concentration of oil, which is against the horticulture department’s spraying schedule and scientific standards. Horticulture experts […]
Father killed in encounter, mother dead a week before, house burnt to ashes — all this during her Board exams Shopian: Dedicating her success to her parents who died within a week of each other — the father slain by government forces, the mother dying of a heart attack a week before — in December, […]
Shopian: More than 80 villages, including three Tehsil headquarters, continue to face hardships due to the deplorable condition of the vital road from Shopian to Bejbrahara, which is under so-called development since 2017. This road is being developed for the past four years at an estimated budget of Rs 48 crore, of which only Rs […]