Shopian: With the government issuing forecast of heavy rain and snowfall between 23 and 25 October, apple growers in Shopian are stuck between the choice of apple picking and the official advisory on how to save trees and fruit from damage. With migrant labourers leaving Kashmir, apple growers are feeling their absence much more. Orchardists […]
Shopian: To meet the power challenges in the winter season, the authorities are set to increase power supply in district Shopian. Against the required 100 MVA supply in the season, the district had been receiving only 44 MVA till now. Officials in the Power Development Department (PDD) informed Kashmir Reader that for the past week […]
Shopian: At the time when a lot is being commented on the recent killings of Hindu and Sikh civilians in Kashmir, two Shopian friends, one a Hindu, the other a Muslim, are running a dairy farm together. Mohammad Rafiq Malik, a Muslim from Palpora village and Shubam Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit, a resident of Chodergund […]
Shopian: Apple growers in south Kashmir this year are more than happy, for they have produced “high quality apple” after many years. Last year, almost 50 percent of the crop was affected by scab infection. Experts believe that several reasons are responsible for the quality crop this year, among them dry weather in late spring, […]
Shopian: Five militants including four from Shopian were killed in two separate encounters at different villages of south Kashmir’s Shopian district within the last 18 hours. All the five militants according to police were affiliated with The Resistance front (TRF). On Monday afternoon a joint team of government forces including 34 Rashtriya Rifles of army, […]
Agriculture dept provides seeds of high-yielding vegetables, trial of saffron now on Shopian: To overcome the problem of vegetables getting contaminated by chemical fertilisers, pesticides and fungicides, a 52-year-old Shopian man has come up with the innovative idea of growing vegetables on the terrace of his single-storey house. Haroon Rashid, 55, a resident of Vehil […]
Another CASO in Vehil area set up for the night Shopian: Three militants are trapped in an ongoing encounter with government forces at Tulran village in Imamsahib belt of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. This encounter is the fourth in Jammu and Kashmir in less than 24 hours. Official sources confirmed that exchange of fire with […]
Shopian: After complaints from many apple growers and traders of being cheated by non-local buyers, the area marketing authorities in Shopian have advised growers and traders to sell their fruit to non-local buyers only after getting them registered with the area marketing office. Recently, the office bearers of mega fruit mandi Aglar Shopian held a […]
Shopian: A record two lakh metric tonnes of apple, particularly the Kulu Delicious apples, are being stored this year in cold storage units, with 30 percent to 40 percent of the total number of units in Kashmir already full. Last year the cold storages went mostly empty due to decline in apple production, but 2021 […]
Shopian: The National Eligibility Test (NET), conducted by the University Grants Commission (UGC), and the civil services preliminary exam 2021 conducted by Jammu and Kashmir Public Service Commission (JKPSC) are falling on the same date, that is, 24th of October. Many candidates have appealed to JKPSC authorities to postpone the exam date so that they […]