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Killer Quills: Dog dies in stinging battle with porcupine

Shopian: A porcupine inflicted grievous wounds on a stray dog in a fight and the dog succumbed to the injuries three days later, here...

Village in Imamsahib suffers from lack of connectivity, govt apathy

Shopian: Badimarag village in Imamsahib Tehsil of district Shopian is probably the lone village in this hilly district which is yet to be connected...

High-density apple varieties fetch double the rates for growers in Kashmir

Shopian: Apple growers in Kashmir are delighted with the season's first harvest – of Jeromine and King Roat high-density apple varieties. Both these, according...

The greatest victims of man-animal conflict: wildlife workers

Not paid wages since Aug 5, 2019, casual labourers also receive no money for treatment of injuries sustained in field Shopian: Casual labourers working for...

Shifting of bus and cab stand in Pulwama takes away business of local shops

Bureaucrats took decision in haste, without public consultation: Traders’ Federation Shopian: Since the Pulwama bus and cab stand has been shifted to Drusoo, more than...

‘Insane’: Locals aghast at municipal dumping site in Shopian

Unfenced, situated next to fruit mandi, playground, the garbage continues to pollute Rambiara river and the environment Shopian: On the one hand municipal authorities in...

Youth allegedly murdered over love affair in Shopian

Shopian: Body of 21-year-old youth was found at Turkawangam village of Shopian on Wednesday with his family claiming he was murdered by the family...

Pulwama: A town without footpaths

Shopian: Pulwama is probably the lone town in Kashmir which has no footpaths at all in the entire town area. What is worse, the...

Irrigation canal lying in disrepair frustrates Shopian village’s ‘green revolution’

Shopian: Safnagri is the lone village in Shopian district where people grow vegetables instead of fruits, on more than 400 kanals of land in...

Words of Sheikh ul Alam come true, with a twist, in Kashmir

Shopian: ‘Teli maali aasen tithi kaeran, tangg cxonthi papen cxearan seeth’. These lines are from a poem of famous Kashmiri Sufi saint and poet...

Al-Badr militant killed in Budgam, another arrested

Srinagar: A militant from Pulwama affiliated with Al-Badr was killed in an encounter with government forces in Budgam district on Saturday, while another militant,...

Municipal authority in Pulwama dumps garbage near residential houses

SHOPIAN: Municipal authorities in Pulwama are doing the opposite of what they are supposed to do: causing garbage and pollution instead of removing it....

‘Massive, man-eater’ bear mauls wildlife dept shooter in Shopian

60 stitches, mostly on head, to shooter before being shifted to SMHS Shopian: Two persons, including a wildlife department tranquiliser shooter, were grievously injured by...

The Cannabis Cutter

Shopian: A 21-year-old computer engineering student from Keegam village of Shopian has taken a pledge to save his area from the consumption and trade...

Kashmiri fishes extinct, European trout released in Rambiara river

Shopian: After extinction of the local Schizothorax fishes due to mining of minerals in the Rambiara river and use of chemical substances to catch...

Kareva land dries up, ruining orchards, while irrigation scheme lies defunct even after completion

Shopian: A vital lift irrigation scheme at Moshwara is lying dysfunctional even after two years of its completion, while hundreds of kanals of fertile...

Organic vegetables take root in Shopian village

SHOPIAN: With locals fed up of fertilisers and insecticides used to grow the vegetables they consume, organic farming is taking roots in Shopian's Safnagri...

FMD virus spreads unchecked in Kashmir, killing 642 already, but central govt not sending vaccine

Shopian: Not only the Covid-19 pandemic, this year Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), caused by a virus in cattle and sometimes in goats, has...

Tourist park created in forest gathers litter, dirt and plastic

Shopian: The tourist park at Padpawan area on Mughal Road which was developed some three years ago by utilising a large chunk of forest...

Kashmir’s wildlife, meadows face new human threat: ‘Off-Roadies’

SHOPIAN: Pictures and videos on social media this Eid provided a glimpse of the new trend of invading forest areas and meadows in Kashmir...

Fear of Alternaria disease, and confusion over fungicide spray, in south Kashmir

Shopian: Amid repeated rain showers since Monday morning and humid temperatures, orchardists are apprehensive about breakout of Alterneria in fruit trees, particularly apple, but...

Lashkar’s longest surviving militant commander in Shopian killed

Shopian: Two militants including top Lashkar-e-Toiba commander Ishfaq Dar, who was active since October 2017 in the area, were killed in an encounter at...

Gunfight erupts in Shopian village

Forces ask trapped militants to surrender Shopian: A gunfight between militants and government forces erupted in Cheki Seediq Khan village in Nagisharan area of Shopian after...

One killed ,one injured after oil tanker falls into gorge along Mughal Road

Shopian: One person died while another was seriously injured after an oil tanker met with an accident at Sukh Sarai area of Mughal Road. The...

Tourism economy suffers as road to Aharbal lies in disrepair

Shopian: The Shopian-Aharbal road, vital for the local tourism economy, is in a shambles for a long time but the authorities are showing no...

BMO doesn’t allow use of generator at PHC Keller to run diagnostic machines, locals complain

Shopian: People in Keller, a far-flung and mostly tribal area of Shopian district, have accused the authorities at the local Primary Health Centre (PHC)...

New building at ITI Shopian ‘languishing’ for 16 years due to dispute over funds

Shopian: Sixteen years on, the Industrial Training Institute (ITI) in Shopian is still awaiting construction of an administrative-cum-workshop block building, due to a dispute...

3 Lashkar militants, including district commander, killed in Anantnag

Mobile internet not suspended in unusual decision by administration Shopian: Three militants, including Arif Hajam, the Lashkar-e-Toiba’s district commander, were killed in a gunfight with...

4 more CASOs in Shopian villages, all futile

Shopian: Continuing their anti-militancy offensive in Kashmir, government forces on Saturday carried out four more cordon and search operations (CASOs) in south Kashmir's Shopian...

Only 10 active cases in Shopian district

Shopian: The second wave of Covid-19 has almost gone out of Shopian, with only 10 active cases in the district now, though on Friday...

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