Shopian: The numbers may be increasing everywhere, but they are declining in Shopian. This south Kashmir district has done a remarkable turnaround in dealing with Covid-19, from once being the district with the highest number of cases to becoming the one with the lowest. According to health officials, the last Covid related death here was […]
Shopian: An impoverished Shopian man who in 2008 donated a precious kanal of his orchard land for construction of a Panchayat Ghar, on the promise of receiving a government job, has since only received electricity bills for the structure that has been constructed there. Mohammad Lateef Famdah, a resident of Chek-Mirzapur, told Kashmir Reader that […]
Shopian: Though Shopian’s new fruit and vegetables mandi at Aglar village, along the Rambiara rivulet, has started operations, there are as yet no proper arrangements and many local traders have not been given space. Local traders told Kashmir Reader that more than 600 traders operated at the old mandi but many of them haven’t been […]
Shopian: Cannabis grown on more than a thousand kanals of land in two villages of Shopian district has been recently destroyed by officials of the revenue and excise department here, but locals say much more needs to be done to curb this growing menace. The banned crop was destroyed in phases at Melhura and Wachi […]
Shopian: Though cricket is not played much in Shopian district because of lack of enough playgrounds, but when it is, there is rampant betting and profiteering involved. Many tourneys in the district are organised with thousands of rupees taken from the teams as participation fees. However, the winners and runners-up are given very little of […]
Shopian: It has been ten months that the Mughal Road has been closed for civilian traffic, though vehicles carrying fruit are being allowed since some weeks. On Saturday, two grooms along with other guests were stopped by the army at Pir ki Gali area on the road. They were going to Rajouri for their marriage. […]
Shopian: Three staffers of the health department were suspended by the authorities on Sunday after a female patient accused them of sexual harassment at primary health centre (PHC) Harmain in Shopian district. A pharmacist, a nursing orderly, and a driver were suspended after allegations against them were made by locals who staged a demonstration outside […]
Shopian: At least three endangered species of vultures in Shopian’s Hirpora wildlife sanctuary are at risk from power lines going through the sanctuary and presence of banned drug diclofenac in carcasses of animals. Though officials have no count of the vultures living in the sanctuary, they have on record presence of breeds like Himalayan griffon […]
Shopian: Over the past few weeks dozens of dogs in Shopian villages have mysteriously been showing grievous injury marks on their bodies which, wildlife officials say could be due to leopard attacks. Many dogs according to locals of many villages in Shopian have got injuries on their necks areas necks. Muzaffar Ahmed a local from […]
Shopian: A pharmacist working at a primary health centre in south Kashmir’s Shopian district was suspended on Sunday over allegations of sexual harassment to a female patient. The accused was posted at Primary Health Centre Harmain in the district. Chief Medical Officer Shopian, Dr Ramesh told Kashmir Reader that the staffer has been suspended with […]