Shopian: Government forces launched a massive cordon and search operation at Chitragam Kalan village of southern Kashmir’s Shopian on Sunday evening. Locals from the village told Kashmir Reader that a contingent of joint team of government forces arrived in the village and laid cordon around Trapadpora locality near sumo stand. They said that soon after […]
Shopian: A rescue effort to catch a fully grown leopard left two locals and a wildlife official injured in Shopian Meminder village of Shopian. The Wildlife officials said that while the attempts by locals to hurt the leopard were foiled after being safely rescued from the spot and released to a officially designated wildlife habitat, […]
Shopian: In an officially designated “hilly district” of more than three lakh inhabitants, there is no thyroid analyser in the dozen health centres and one district hospital run by the government here in Shopian. Lack of such basic diagnostic facilities not only causes inconvenience to patients with thyroid ailments but they are also forced to […]
One of them had joined militant ranks four days ago Shopian: After 53 days of relative calm but many cordon and search operations in the area, government forces trapped and killed three local militants, including one who had joined ranks four days ago, at Badigam village, some 12 kilometers from district headquarters Shopian, on Friday. […]
Shopian: Government forces on Tuesday carried out cordon and search operations in around half a dozen villages in south Kashmir’s district Shopian including at Chitragam village where the military operation was concluded after 21 hours. The searches by government forces, according to police sources, were carried out at DK pora, Manihal, Batpora, Thairan and Chitragam […]
Shopian: In absence of any proper government rate list, both dairy farmers and consumers in Shopian district are being cheated by middlemen who are making all the profits by paying low rates to dairy farmers and selling the milk at high rates in the market. The majority of the population in this mountainous district is […]
Shopian: An anti-militancy operation is underway at Chitragam Kalan village in Shopian district, some 15 kilometers from the district headquarters. The cordon and search operation (CASO) was launched Monday afternoon after government forces received inputs of presence of militants in the village, police sources said. The operation was launched at about 4pm, the police sources […]
Shopian: In absence of buses, cab operators in Shopian are running a parallel transport department where cab fares are being fixed by the drivers and the time of running the services are also being decided by the drivers. The government-issued rate lists are being thrown to bins. According to the daily commuters, the issue despite […]
Shopian: After a week’s break, the illegal import of Iranian apple in Delhi’s Azadpur fruit mandi has resumed, according to Kashmiri traders based in Delhi. A lot of hue and cry was raised by Kashmiri apple traders against what they described as illegal import of Iranian apple that was being brought to Delhi in the […]
Shopian: In a region where cattle-rearing is the main occupation, the incomplete and already decaying building of the veterinary centre at Zawoora village in Shopian district is testimony to the dashed hopes of locals and the apathy of the government. “Under construction” for ten years now, the structure has been left unfinished due to “cost […]