Shopian: The Mughal Road which has been closed for vehicular movement since November last year is likely to be restored and opened for vehicular traffic a month earlier this year, by the end of March, officials told Kashmir Reader. Despite heavy snowfall in the region this winter, the snow clearance process, which was started two […]
SHOPIAN: Bus stand Shopian has turned into a garbage dump as snow piled in its from the adjoining areas brought with it large chunks of garbage that now litter in this area. The authorities during snow lifting from the town roads during winter, piled it at the bus stand , but forgot to clear the […]
Shopian: Government forces carried out cordon and search operations (CASOs) at two different villages since Friday night in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. According to locals of Chidipora village, a joint team of government forces arrived in the village and after cordoning the village, started door-to-door searches. Police sources said that a cordon and search operation […]
Shopian: On World Wildlife Day, wildlife officials in Shopian had a reason to cheer after they successfully rescued a “huge” leopard from Heff Shirmal village in Shopian district, after spending two nights out in the cold tracking the animal. According to wildlife officials, they received information about the spotting of a leopard in Heff Shirmal […]
Shopian: In a district with about three lakh population, none of the seven Tehsils have functional social welfare offices, even though the authorities are paying rents for the buildings of these offices. Despite official recommendations for creation of at least four such Tehsil-level social welfare offices, posts and infrastructure, the government never took pains that […]
Shopian: Seven members of a family were hospitalised after they drank tea mixed with some poisonous substance at their home in Nagbal in Zawoora belt of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. According to locals, the family members fell unconsciousness after they had tea on Monday evening. The neighbours and relatives took them immediately to district hospital […]
Shopian: The district administration in Shopian has shifted the municipal waste dumping site from one bank of the Rambiara rivulet to another, which is an even worse spot as it is close to a popular cricket ground and the newly established fruit mandi at Aglar. After spending years on planning and identifying a new site […]
Pampore: The Anantnag Central Cooperative bank branch in Saffron Saffron town Pampore area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district was damaged in a fire incident on early Thursday morning. Reports said that a fire erupted in ACC bank branch Pampore in the morning, resulting in partially damage to the bank. The people of the area raised […]
Shopian: A leopard was killed by locals of Pathan village in south Kashmir on Wednesday after it allegedly injured a person who was taking bath in a local stream. Officials from the wildlife department told Kashmir Reader that there was no report to the department about spotting of any wild animal in the area. They […]
Shopian: Authorities have imposed restrictions under Section 144 of CrPC in Wadipora area of Shopian after test reports of dead crows found there came positive for avian influenza, or bird flu. On the 8th of this month, samples of dead crows found in Wadipora were taken for tests by the authorities. The reports arrived on […]