Tag: Shopian


  • Aaqib Farooq, 23, and Aejaz Ahmad Hafiz, 22, are missing for the last three days.ย  SRINAGAR โ€” Two South Kashmir youth, one from Pulwama and one from Shopian have gone missing from their home after which their families have issued appeals on social media asking them to return home. As per locals Aaqib Farooq, 23,…

  • The militant associates were identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Dar son of Mohd Yaseen Dar, Nadeem Rafiq Rather son of Rafiq Ahmad Rather and Rouf Mushtaq Najar son of Mushtaq Ahmad Najar. SRINAGAR โ€” Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday claimed to have arrested three militant associates of LeT outfit in south Kashmirโ€™s Shopian district. In…

  • The slain civilian was identified as Shakeel Ahmed Khan son of Abdul Rahim Khan resident of Amshipora, Shopian.ย  SRINAGAR โ€” Two militants and a civilian were killed in a military operation the Amshipora area of south Kashmirโ€™s Shopian district on Friday, Inspector General of Police Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, said. โ€œBased on a specific input of…

  • “The house owner, who misled the search party of security forces, was arrested in a terror law for providing shelter to militant and misleading security forces.” SRINAGAR โ€”ย A militant and two armed forces personnel were killed in a military operation in south Kashmirโ€™s Shopian district on Saturday. Inspector General of police Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar…

  • “The area has been cordoned off to nab the attackers.” SRINAGAR โ€” Unidentified persons on Thursday evening lobbed a grenade towards Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men at Keegam village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. However, there was no loss of life or injury during the incident. An official told a news agency that a…

  • The protestors were saying that hijab is a personal choice and no one has a right to dictate what others should wear. SHOPIAN โ€” Scores of locals after Friday prayers in South Kashmirโ€™s Shopian district staged a peaceful protest against the โ€˜hijab rowโ€™ in Indiaโ€™s Southern state of Karnatka. Eyewitnesses told a local news agency,…

  • Mushtaq Ahmad, Chief Education Officer Shopian, said that the order was from โ€œhigher-upsโ€. SRINAGAR โ€” The Chief Education Officer Shopian Tuesday ordered all the schools of the south Kashmir district to ensure flag-hoisting on January 26, the 73rd Indian Republic Day. Shopian district has a total ofย  657 schools among which 14 are higher secondaryโ€™s,…

  • Iranian apple โ€” unlike previous years when it was being brought via Afghanistan and Pakistan โ€” now after the takeover of Taliban in Afghanistan is being brought via sea routes, illegally, at the โ€˜cost of trashโ€™. SHOPIAN โ€” Over 1.4 crore apple boxes are unsold in Kashmir after the โ€œillegal importโ€ of Iranian apple into…

  • What worries the farmers is the damage to apple trees that are yet to be pruned. SRINAGAR โ€” Early snowfall in the upper reaches of south Kashmirโ€™s Shopian district is proving devastating for the apple farmers with the โ€˜untimelyโ€™ snowfall, damaging the apple trees. The higher reaches of Kashmir valley Saturday received a low to…

  • The Government denies that it is a new infection. It advised the orchardists to follow the departmental guidelines to stop and eradicate this insect. SHOPIAN โ€” Asif Ahmad Lone, an apple farmer from Reshipora in the southern Shopian district, did not notice a cocoon-like web on his apple trees. However, he did take note of…