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Opening Ceremony of Provincial level Table Tennis held at Shopian

The Department of Youth Services & Sports, District Shopian today organised the Provincial Level, Inter-District Competitions of Table Tennis for Boys U-17 and U-19 at Bismillah Hotel Shirmal, here. In the competition, all 10 districts of Kashmir Division are participating which include 86 student players. The inaugural function was attended by the Additional Deputy Commissioner […]

Shopian area residents aghast over absence of electricity for past four days

Meer Irfan The residents of Chottigam area in Shopian district are suffering immensely due to absence of electricity in the south Kashmir area. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat, the residents said that the electric transformer of the area was damaged four days ago, however, nobody has come to the area as of yet to repair it. […]

DC Shopian inaugurates District Public Health laboratory at DH Shopian

The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian, Sachin Kumar Vaishya today inaugurated the District Public Health Laboratory at District Hospital Shopian. JDP, Khursheed Ahmad Khatana, CMO Dr.Arshad Tak, DIO Showkat Hussain Ganie and MS DH, Dr. Khalid and a gathering of officers and hospital staff were present at the event. The Laboratory has been set up under […]

Nearly 420 boxes of apple stolen from Shopian resident’s orchard

Meer Irfan Unknown burglars barged into a storage shed and stole nearly 420 boxes of apples in Pahnoo area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Locals told The Kashmiriyat that during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday, unknown burglars broke into the shed of a local orchardist named Mohammed Ashraf Malik, a resident of Pahnoo. “When […]

Bridge collapses at night in Shopian; Locals blame unchecked mining in stream

Meer Irfan Rampant, illegal mining is alleged to have resulted in the collapse of a vital road bridge that connects Kulgam with the Chitragam area in the Shopian district of south Kashmir during the intervening night of Sunday and Monday. ALSO READ: ‘Loot at night’, Fear of extinction grows among Orchardists as mining goes uncheck […]

Decade on, Shopian’s Animal Husbandry centre awaits completion

After 10 years, building of a vital animal husbandry centre in upper belt of Shopian is incomplete causing inconvenience to people. Locals from Zawoora village of Shopian told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that authorities after repeated requests started construction of the Veterinary Centre in 2012 but since then they are waiting for its completion. […]

UMEED Rural Mart inaugurated in Shopian Kashmir

Meer Irfan Jammu Kashmir Rural Livelihood Mission (JKRLM ) on Wednesday in collaboration with National Bank for Agriculture & Rural Development (NABARD) today inaugurated a Rural Mart here at Shopain. JKRLM and NABARD has extended the grant support to SHGs promoted under JKRLM for setting up of these Rural Marts. The mart was inaugurated today […]

Youth goes missing in Shopian, Family appeals to return

Meer Irfan A youth has gone missing from his home in Chaigund area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Marifat ahmad Mugloo , 23,  son of Mohd Maqbool Mugloo a resident of Chaigund in Shopian has been missing from his home since 11 September, his family members told The Kashmiriyat. “Marifat left his home on Sunday […]

Shopian’s beloved preacher Mohammed Shaban Bhat passes away

Grief hit the Shopian district Monday morning after the passing away of a renowned Islamic preacher at his ancestral home in the south Kashmir district. Mohammed Shaban Bhat, noted Islamic scholar from south Kashmir’s Shopian district, as per local breathed his last on Monday morning. As soon as the news of his death spread in […]