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As chill grows in Shopian, locals curse concrete houses, pine for old warmth of mud

Shopian: ‘Huen Hamam’ is a Kashmiri proverb which means that dogs make plans of construction of hamams during winters but forget to do the...

Kashmir traders now write to Sitharaman against ‘illegal import’ of Iranian apple

Shopian: After writing to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the Kashmir Fruit Growers cum Dealers Union has now sent a letter to Union Finance...

Fire damages school in Imamsahib Shopian

Shopian: A fire that broke out in the building of government primary school Ambarbug village in Imamsahib Tehsil of Shopian has reduced the one...

CASO in 2 Shopian villages finds no trace of militants

Shopian: The army along with paramilitary forces on Wednesday morning carried out cordon and search operation (CASO) in two villages of Shopian district, but...

Iranian apple steals Kashmir’s market in Delhi, traders appeal to Kejriwal to ban ‘illegal sale’

Shopian: Illegal import of Iranian apple is heavily affecting the selling rates of Kashmiri apple in Indian markets, so much so that the fruit...

Snow clearance found wanting again in Shopian

Shopian: The district administration in Shopian has once again miserably failed to properly clear the snow from roads which has caused immense problems to...

1-2 feet of snowfall in Shopian

Shopian: Another spell of moderate to heavy snowfall in Shopian again paralysed normal life in this south Kashmir district. Traffic movement as well as...

A Pandit’s death in Pargochi village

Shopian: When his family members were in distress over the prolonged illness of Baskar Nath, 60, it was Muhammad Ayub Bhat who took out...

Snow still not cleared from Shopian roads

Shopian: It has been a fortnight since south Kashmir received heavy snowfall and roads in other districts have been cleared of snow but here...

Fire damages govt school at Shopian village

Shopian: A fire that broke out in the evening on Thursday damaged a government middle school at Nadigam village of Shopian. The fire according to...

Body of a male found in Shopian

Shopian: An unidentified male body was found at Awneera village of south Kashmir's District Shopian on Tuesday morning. Locals said that body of 'mentally challenged'...

COVID-19: India records lowest fatalities in eight months

New Delhi:The daily coronavirus infections fell below 14,000 for the second time this month taking India's COVID-19 caseload to 1,05,71,773,while 145 new fatalities were...

No transport in Shopian town due to ice, snow on roads

Shopian: Icy roads in Shopian are preventing movement of vehicles and at the same posing a threat to pedestrians in many areas of the...

Welcome to Covid-19 ‘vacinaion’ in Shopian ‘dictrict’

Shopian: The health department in Shopian has found itself in an embarrassing situation after misspelling simple words on banners related to a dry run...

Road to hospital blocked by snow, two elderly men die of heart attack in Shopian

Shopian: Two elderly persons could not reach hospital due to snow blocking the roads and died of heart attack in two separate villages in...

Shopian officials seek panel to solve problem of snow sliding down roofs

Shopian: To meet the challenges caused by snow sliding down roofs on to roads, officials in Shopian have asked for the constitution of a...

Blocked by snow, water from stream submerges houses

Shopian: A cluster of houses was submerged in water and two cattle died when a cowshed collapsed due to flooding from a nearby stream...

Snow clearance in Shopian proving to be tough task

Will take two more days to make roads feasible for traffic: Executive Engineer Shopian: It has been a week now that transport in Shopian is...

Husband, wife, two kids found unconscious in room with heater on

Shopian: Four members of a family were hospitalised on Saturday morning after they lost consciousness in their sleep at a village in south Kashmir’s...

CASO in Shopian yields nothing

Shopian: Government forces carried out a search operation after laying a nocturnal cordon around a cluster of houses in Turkwangam village of Shopian on...

Shopian villagers continue to clear snow from roads

Shopian: Fed-up with the promises, thousands of villagers in Shopian again on Friday left their homes with shovels to remove the snow from roads...

Poor man with no power connection receives bill of Rs 1,41,692

Shopian: Though his house does not even have a power supply connection, this Shopian man is receiving electricity bills of nearly one-and-a-half lakh rupees...

Their life on the line: PDD’s ‘casual’ workers get not even shoes for being on their toes all winter in deep snow, or atop...

Shopian/ Srinagar: Line men working on ‘temporary’ basis for the Power Development Department (PDD) have been risking their lives without any safety gear, not...

Young woman dies of heart attack in Shopian village

Shopian: A 38-year-old woman from Malibug village of Imamsahib area in south Kashmir’s Shopian died after suffering a heart attack on Friday evening. Locals identified...

Machines break down in Shopian, 4 brought from Srinagar

Snow sliding down tin roofs frustrating efforts, most link roads still buried under snow Shopian: A day after the district chief claimed to have sufficient...

CASO in Shopian town, door-to-door searches

Shopian: Amid waist-high snow and bone-chilling cold, government forces arrived in Shopian main town on Thursday morning to carry out a cordon and search...

People in Shopian come out with shovels to clear roads

Shopian: In many Shopian villages that remain out of bounds due to snow accumulated on roads, people have come out with shovels to clear...

Leopard beaten to death with ‘sticks’ for killing nine sheep

Two more leopards appear in same area Shopian: A young leopard was killed by the locals of Oudur village, some 10 kilometers from district headquarters...

2 leopards appear in Shopian village in search of their ‘family member’ killed by the villagers

Shopian: Two leopards appeared in Oudur village of south Kashmir's Shopian district Wednesday evening in search of their purported family member killed by the...

Villagers kill leopard after it mauls nine sheep to death in south Kashmir’s Shopian

Shopian: Locals from Oudur village of south Kashmir's Shopian district killed a leopard late Tuesday night after the wild animal mauled nine sheep to...

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