Shopian: A 50-year-old man from Shopian found positive of the novel Coronavirus a day ago participated in collective Eid-ul-Fitr prayers, visited neighbours and relatives, raising apprehensions of spreading the virus in the village, a senior doctor said. The sample of the patient from Chitragam suffering from kidney ailment was collected at Government Medical College Anantnag […]
Shopian: Officials in Shopian are wondering how 16 people from Chatwatan village tested positive for the novel coronavirus as none of them has travel history or contact with any known Covid patient. There are apprehensions of a cluster of infections as one bread maker and one mutton seller are among those found positive from two […]
Shopian: Shopian has seen no fresh case for last five days giving respite to administration as well as frontline workers combating Covid-19. The south Kashmir district saw 73 from single village Hirpora causing massive panic among locals. A total of 109 cases were reported in district but so far 98 have recovered reducing the number […]
Shopian: Thanks to small load carrier vehicles and auto rickshaws, people in rural areas here have not faced scarcity of essential commodities in the two months since the Covid19 lockdown was announced in late March. Transformed into shops on wheels, small load carriers made available vegetables, fruit, rice and other essential commodities at the doorsteps […]
Shopian: Doctors with the help of the district administration have started 24×7 operation theatre services for the first time at Shopian district hospital (DH). Unfortunately, the lack of a blood bank and limited space is hindering the smooth functioning of these services. The 24-hour OT services were started from May 7 at the hospital. Three […]
Arrests 27 persons, seize vehicles Shopian: Police on Tuesday cracked down on illegal mineral miners and arrested 27 persons and seized 26 vehicles meant for transporting and sand, boulders and gravel from Rambiara Nallah. According to a police, the drive against mineral mafia was launched by three police stations including Keegam, Zainpora and Imamsahib in […]
Shopian: An ambulance driver of Shopian district was allegedly beaten by government forces at Pulwama late on Sunday night. The driver identified as Tariq Ahmed driving an ambulance bearing registration number JK- 22- 8441 was beaten around Lyceum school in Pulwama, officials in Shopian said. “On receiving the distressed calls from driver, block medical officer […]
Shopian: The coronavirus lockdown is driving stray dogs to fury, as street food and leftovers of meat have vanished in all towns and villages. In Shopian, almost 60 persons have been treated for dog bites at the district hospital in the past 30 days. A one-year-old girl was recently seriously injured when a suspected rabid […]
Shopian: A new scab infection in apple trees arrived with the month of May and orchardists are apprehensive about the well-being of their crop, which earlier this year had witnessed a heavy scab infection. Many reasons have been mentioned by experts and scientists of SKAUST and of the horticulture department, which according to them have […]
shopian: Officials failed to retrieve illegally excavated minerals of Shopian Nala as people stopped them from carrying out their duties at Ayend Rawalpora village in the district. An officer from district administration said that around 150 trucks of minerals including sand, gravel and boulders were excavated from the Nala earlier and arrests were also made […]