Shopian: National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted more raids for second day on Monday at several places in south Kashmir’s Shopian. In the morning, NIA team raided a house of Reyaz Ahmad Thoker at Dragad in Shopian Locals said that Thoker was detained on behalf of his ailing brother who allegedly was an over ground worker […]
Shopian: National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Sunday conducted raids at several places in South Kashmir’s district Shopian and adjoining area along with contingent of police and army. The raids according to police sources were carried out in connection with recent arrest of senior police official, Devinder Singh and a militant commander Naveed Babu. Locals from […]
SHOPIAN: A wild brown bear was caught at Pinjora village of Shopian after eleven days of tiresome efforts by the three control room wings of wildlife department and villagers. An official said that six teams comprising of 10-15 men were deployed on Saturday caught the animal by firing four darts, each 10 milliliters – which […]
SHOPIAN: Farmers in south Kashmir’s Shopian hope bumper crop this year and rise in market rates after sufficient snowfall and rains – which according to them will compensate heavy losses suffered by horticulture sector last year. Heavy snowfall in upper reaches is being considered a positive sign as the snow on mountains maintain the water […]
SHOPIAN: Livestock farmers in Shopian are facing shortage of fodder as according to them the fodder they were stocking was damaged because of untimely snowfall in November. Farmers said that they used to use stored fodder by the end of December till April, but this year they ran two months short of the fodder as […]
SHOPIAN: A wild bear is giving tough times to the staffers of control room wing of wildlife division Shopian, which has created panic among residents. The bear was first spotted 10 days ago at Pinjora village of Shopian. According to locals and officials of wildlife, it is a giant bear who has created panic in […]
Shopian: Water supply scheme at Losedenow in south Kashmir’s Shopian has failed to provide drinking water to habitants “due to lack of ground water and official apathy”. At least four village are dependent on this scheme, which according to an official data was initiated in 2000’s, but the scheme failed to find the ground water. […]
Shopian: Orchardists here said that government has not sanctioned compensation from the damages caused by November snowfall, while assessment has been conducted by the revenue department. The snowfall – according to them – caused heavy losses to the horticulture sector resulting in losses worth crores and decline in future produce. Orchardists also demand that the […]
Shopian Three Hizbul Mujahideen militants including a former policeman were killed in southern Kashmir’s Shopian on Monday. An official said that on special inputs about the presence of militants, a cordon and search operation by joint team of government forces including 55 Rashtriya Rifles (RR), Special operation group of police and Central reserve police force […]
SHOPIAN: Amid harshest winter when wild animals are forced to roam in human habitations for want of food, the wildlife personnel are lacking on key safety gadgets to catch, tranquillise and drive back the wild animals back in forests. An official from wildlife said that there is a dearth of safety gadgets for employees and […]