Srinagar: One Covid related death was reported in Srinagar district of Jammu and Kashmir while 155 fresh Covid cases were detected during the last 24 hours in J&K, the official daily bulletin reported on Friday. Of the new cases, 133 were reported in Kashmir Division and 22 in Jammu Division, it said. It said that […]
Shopian: With the last death of a Covid death reported three-and-a-half months ago, and with only four active cases of Covid as of now, Shopian is again proving that it is the safest district in Kashmir at a time of rising apprehensions of a third wave of the pandemic. The credit goes to mass vaccination, […]
Not a single person cultivating cannabis now, say officials, locals, crediting ‘educated youth’ for change Shopian: Where there is a will, there is a way. The truth of this famous saying can be seen in Wachi hamlet of Shopian, where for the first time in the past many decades, people have abandoned the cultivation of […]
Shopian: Premature harvesting and a bumper crop in Himachal Pradesh are said to be the reasons responsible for the huge decline of rates of high-density Kashmir apple in the country’s markets. If the bumper crop in Himachal is indeed the reason that brought down the rates, then in the long run Kashmiris will not want […]
Shopian: Cattle thieves in Shopian district have stolen dozens of cattle in the past month. On Friday night, five cows including calves belonging to Abdul Ahad Dar of Kunsoo village of Shopian were stolen. Family members said that at dawn when they went to milk the cows, they found the door of the cowshed broken. […]
Shopian: Three major water supply schemes in Shopian are languishing for years while hundreds of households in three different areas of the district continue to face drinking water scarcity. Locals from Kashev village, which has about 250 households, in Chitragam Tehsil, said that some eight years ago, work on a water supply scheme was started, […]
Shopian: When no First Information Report (FIR) was lodged by the police in Shopian in an alleged murder case, the Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) here on Friday not only directed the police to lodge an FIR in the case but also directed the district Senior Superintendent of Police to form a special investigation team (SIT) […]
Shopian: A porcupine inflicted grievous wounds on a stray dog in a fight and the dog succumbed to the injuries three days later, here in Shopian district of south Kashmir. Photos of the dead dog show many quills pierced in its body, including at the nose, head, chest and other body parts. Wildlife experts call […]
Shopian: Badimarag village in Imamsahib Tehsil of district Shopian is probably the lone village in this hilly district which is yet to be connected with its tehsil headquarters as well as with the rest of the district, due to lack of a bridge on Narwani rivulet. Locals from the area told Kashmir Reader that school-going […]
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 to apple growers, have been sold for a thousand rupees per 10 kilogram box, which is double the rate compared to Kashmir’s traditional ‘Delicious’ varieties. In Kashmir, high-density apple varieties are […]