Shopian: Municipal authorities in Shopian have finally swung into action to removed posters, hoardings and other advertising banners installed by the private agencies without prior permission from the authorities. The Municipal Committee Shopian during the fiscal year 2020-21, almost spent around crore rupees on town beautification which include Clock tower in Goal Chowk, beautification around […]
Edu official assures action against any violation Shopian: Though there is a blanket ban on government teachers running or teaching at private coaching centres, the rules are being openly flouted in south Kashmir’s Shopian. The education department has clearly directed heads of institutions and the concerned education officers that none of their teaching staff […]
Shopian: Least pains are being taken by the agriculture department and the Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) at Balpora for the revival of the famed indigenous Hirpora potato in south Kashmir. According to an agriculture official, only a dozen farmers in Hirpora area are growing this local potato which is also called as ‘mutton potato’ (Kattmaaz […]
Shopian: Four militants were killed in two separate encounters in south Kashmir on Saturday, police said. In the first encounter which broke out in Shopian’s Chowgam village, two local militants were killed by government forces in the 12-hour long firefight. A residential house was also damaged in the encounter. According to police sources, a cordon […]
Shopian: With the lowest temperature recorded in Kashmir division so far, minus 8.5 Celsius on Saturday night, Shopian district is the worst victim of the ongoing power outage in the valley. Most people in this bone-chilling cold are forced to use candles for lighting purposes while a few areas, particularly where armed forces establishments are […]
Shopian: After the success of Abdul Rashid of Vehil village of Shopian who started farming of organic vegetables on the terrace of his one-storey house, the agriculture department has selected 40 more villagers in the area for training in organic farming, on public demand. Rashid started growing vegetables on the terrace of his house some […]
Shopian: It is bizarre but true: authorities in Shopian have developed and black-topped more than 200 kilometers of link roads in Zainpora area in the last three years, but not the main Shopian-Bijbahara Road to which the link roads join. The latter is in a deplorable condition since 2017, with people in more than a […]
Shopian: Come winter and the majority of Kashmir’s population starts consuming honey to keep the body warm and diseases at bay, but doubts over the quality of the honey they are buying keeps most of them confused. The good news for them is that in the last few years, many youths in Kashmir have started […]
Shopian: Three militants were killed at Cheki-Choland village in Shopian district in a 12-hour-long gunfight with government forces. The encounter in the village broke out on Wednesday morning after government forces began a cordon and search operation based on “inputs about the presence of a group in militants”, police said. Cheki-Choland village is situated some […]
Shopian: Starting to repair shoes at the age of 9, when he lost his father, now Mohammad Yousuf Sheikh, 38, is the go-to shoe mender of Shopian town, his customers coming not only from Shopian but from Pulwama, Anantnag and Kulgam districts. Though the practice of getting old shoes repaired has declined in recent years, […]