Shopian: After the intervention of the managing director of National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India (NAFED), the illegal import of Iranian apple to Indian markets, particularly in Delhi, has been stopped by the authorities. The illegal import and its repercussions on Kashmiri and Himachal apple was brought to the notice of the managing director, […]
Shopian: The chairman Agriculture Produce Marketing Committee (APMC) on Wednesday assured a delegation of apple growers and traders from Kashmir that they would not allow sale of Iranian apples in Delhi Mandi from now onwards. The delegation comprising President Federation of Chambers of Industries Kashmir, Fruit Growers and Dealers Association, J&K Cold Storage Association met […]
Shopian: The government on Wednesday ordered an enquiry to verify the reports of job card scam in Hirpora village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Kashmir Reader on Wednesday reported that minor children have been registered as labourers to siphon off funds under the MNREGA employment scheme. The scam came to fore after some children were […]
‘Block-level officials’ apparently involved in scam, police register case Shopian: A scam has surfaced in far-off Hirpora village in south Kashmir’s Shopian district where minor children have been registered as labourers to siphon off funds under the MNREGA employment scheme. Several parents of such children on Tuesday held a protest in the village to demand […]
Shopian: When Muhammad Akber woke up for the dawn prayers, his mother, 90, was shivering due to the intense cold. She recently had in a fall suffered bone displacement. Akber couldn’t even get hot water for her as everything in the kitchen had frozen. He waited for an hour and made a fire pot (kangri) […]
38 bear gallbladders, 8 leopard hides, 4 musk deer pods; seizure ‘first of its kind’ in Kashmir Shopian: In the biggest-ever seizure in Kashmir of wild animal parts, officials of the Wildlife department on Saturday recovered several leopard hides, bear gallbladders, and musk deer pods from a residential house in Shirpora village in southern Kashmir’s […]
Shopian: Abandoned by their owners, dozens of horses are out shivering in the freezing cold in Shopian, roaming in search of food but themselves at risk of falling prey to wild animals. These horses can be seen in different areas of Shopian town and adjoining villages, victims of callous humans who used and abused them […]
Shopian: ‘Huen Hamam’ is a Kashmiri proverb which means that dogs make plans of construction of hamams during winters but forget to do the same when summer comes. Same is the case with Kashmiri people, particularly those living in higher reaches. The plunging mercury in Kashmir valley since last fortnight and particularly in Shopian has […]
Shopian: After writing to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Kashmir Fruit Growers cum Dealers Union has now sent a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman to seek a ban on “illegal import” of Iranian apples into New Delhi’s fruit and vegetables mandi at Azadpur. “Iranian apples via Afghanistan are imported by various traders […]
Shopian: A fire that broke out in the building of government primary school Ambarbug village in Imamsahib Tehsil of Shopian has reduced the one storey structure into rubble. Locals from the village informed that fire in the building broke out around 6:30 pm however, the cause of fire was not known yet. A revenue official […]