Shopian: A 38-year-old woman from Malibug village of Imamsahib area in south Kashmir’s Shopian died after suffering a heart attack on Friday evening. Locals identified the deceased woman as Misra Banoo, wife of Muhammad Ayub Malla. Banoo according to family sources had a sudden heart attack around 07:30 pm this evening. Muhammad Younus, a local […]
Snow sliding down tin roofs frustrating efforts, most link roads still buried under snow Shopian: A day after the district chief claimed to have sufficient number of “sophisticated” snow clearance machines, half of the machines in the district broke down in the process of clearing the heavy snow that has fallen here in the past […]
Shopian: Amid waist-high snow and bone-chilling cold, government forces arrived in Shopian main town on Thursday morning to carry out a cordon and search operation (CASO) in two localities. According to locals of Pir Mohala and Gadda Mohala, door-to-door searches were carried out by the joint team of forces. A police source said that the […]
Shopian: In many Shopian villages that remain out of bounds due to snow accumulated on roads, people have come out with shovels to clear the snow themselves. In Kadgam, Dubpora, Barbug and adjoining areas, locals started clearing the snow after the administration failed to do so for the fourth consecutive day on Wednesday. Shopian district […]
Two more leopards appear in same area Shopian: A young leopard was killed by the locals of Oudur village, some 10 kilometers from district headquarters Shopian, after the animal entered a livestock shed and killed nine sheep on late Tuesday night. Locals said that the sheep belonged to Ghulam Muhammad Mir, one of whose family […]
Shopian: Two leopards appeared in Oudur village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district Wednesday evening in search of their purported family member killed by the locals last night leaving the whole village terrified, they said. The locals of Oudur village had killed a leopard last night inside a cow shed where it had taken refuge after […]
Shopian: Locals from Oudur village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district killed a leopard late Tuesday night after the wild animal mauled nine sheep to death, they said. Locals from Oudur village told Kashmir Reader that after killing the sheep belonging to one Ghulam Mohammad Mir, the leopard hid in a cowshed. Soon after, the owner […]
Shopian: As the Shopian-Keller road had not been cleared of snow, a woman from Shalidar Zarakan village in Shopian district was forced to give birth on a stretcher that was being carried by locals traveling on foot to the hospital, on Tuesday. Locals identified the woman as Akhter Jan. They said she was carried upon […]
Shopian: Continuous snowfall in Shopian district since Monday night buried roads under snow, with the existing snow clearance machines proving inadequate both in number and capacity to clear the roads. In the upper reaches of both Shopian and Pulwama districts, all the existing machines, except one, become dysfunctional or are unable to remove the snow […]
Shopian: A woman hailing from Zarakan village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district was on Tuesday forced to give birth to her child on a stretcher carried by locals on foot on way to the hospital as authorities had not cleared the road of snow, locals said. Locals identified the woman as Akhter Jan, wife of […]