Govt subsidy scheme for high-density apple targets 200 hectares more in Kashmir

Govt subsidy scheme for high-density apple targets 200 hectares more in Kashmir

Shopian: The Horticulture department in Kashmir will bring 200 more hectares of horticultural land under high-density fruit, particularly apple, plantation next year. According to officials, the department has decided to bring 200 more hectares comprising 4000 kanals of land under plantation of imported high-density apple varieties. This government scheme will cost about Rs 2.5 lakh […]

Forces launch CASO in Shopian village

Forces launch CASO in Shopian village

Shopian: Government forces on Thursday launched a cordon and search operation at Reban village in Shopian. Locals from the village said that a joint team of government forces arrived around 3 pm and started door-to-door searches in the village. A police source said that the CASO was launched after inputs about the presence of militants. […]

Renovated Shopian Jamia premises again grabbed by vendors

Municipality says will send them packing soon SHOPIAN: Even after strict orders from Municipal Committee Shopian to not to use the exteriors of Jamia Masjid Shopian, dozens of such vendors have again appeared around this historic site and have installed carts and other goods. Since last year authorities have spent tens of lacs of rupees […]

PhD scholar goes online to sell apples

PhD scholar goes online to sell apples

Shopian: Adnan Ali Khan, a PhD scholar, has started an online ‘retail’ business of selling Kashmiri apples, delivering them to the doorstep in small packs of one to six apples. A native of Pinjora village, the 29-year-old is probably the first Kashmiri to sell apples in retail packs on the internet. Kashmiri apples are generally […]

Deserted streets in Shopian’s Kapran, turnout less than 2%

Shopian: Shopian’s Kapran area set a record low in voter turnout with only 1.95 percent polling recorded in the DDC elections held here on Monday. At some places people were not even aware that DDC elections were being held in the area. According to official figures only 158 votes were cast out of 8,079 registered […]

Stones thrown at DC’s vehicle

Stones thrown at DC’s vehicle

Shopian: The official vehicle of Deputy Commissioner Shopian was pelted with stones in Meminder area on Monday afternoon when the official was returning from Kapran where DDC polls were being held. According to officials, some unknown persons threw stones on the vehicle between Meminder and Nadwav villages, some two kilometers from district headquarters of Shopian. […]

Another nocturnal burglary of cattle in Shopian

Another nocturnal burglary of cattle in Shopian

Shopian: Buglers stole more than a dozen domestic animals, including cows and calf, during night hours, on Thursday night, the second such burglary in a week in the area. Locals from Chitragam and Aloora villages told Kashmir Reader that the stolen cows were worth lacs of rupees. They said that the burglars struck on Thursday […]

3% turnout in Shopian municipal by-polls, better in DDC

3% turnout in Shopian municipal by-polls, better in DDC

Shopian: With three percent polling in municipal elections for nine councillors, Shopian Town on Friday repeated what it did in last year’s parliament elections, when only 3.2 percent of voters turned up at the polling stations. Among the 10,568 voters registered for the municipal elections, only 337 exercised their franchise. However the polling percentage for […]

Eviction of Roshni land beneficiaries begins in Shopian

Eviction of Roshni land beneficiaries begins in Shopian

SHOPIAN: Demolition of private buildings and retrieval of land given under Roshni Act has started in district Shopian. Besides retrieving land granted under this scheme, anti-encroachment drive against occupants of state land has also been intensified by the revenue authorities in the south Kashmir district. An official said that the first drive against Roshni beneficiaries […]

High voter turnout in Shopian’s Keller, in hope for ‘development’

High voter turnout in Shopian’s Keller, in hope for ‘development’

Shopian: Amid internet shutdown, two DDC constituencies in Shopian’s Keller belt witnessed 42.58 polling percent where 13 candidates were in fray. The percentage has been a sort of record as last year the district witnessed just about two percent polling in parliamentary elections which were held before abrogation of Articles 370 and 35 A. For […]

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