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, Yar Ali Khan, District Youth Services & Sports Officer Shopian, Syed Noor Ul Haq and the Activity Incharge DYSSO Shopian, Riyaz Ahmad Wachkoo. The function started with ADC Shopian administering the pledge to fight against the drug abuse. ADC highlighted the ill effects of drug abuse and insisted the student players to participate in the sports with dedication and pursue career in sport...

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. "We have called the officials of the concerned electricity Department-PDD, several times, but they seem to be unconcerned to resolve our issues. We do not understand what has changed in Kashmir that our electricity bills were hiked. The transformers are still getting damaged. The redressal takes huge amount of time," a local resident said. He said that residents, especially the students are suffering massively due to the damaged transformer. "It has gotten diffi...

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 the Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme of NHM. The DC asked staff to dedicate themselves for the public cause by averting infectious outbreaks by the timely detection of diseases. CMO apprised the DC that the facility shall be instrumental in averting public health outbreaks as the facility shall be handy for early detection and control of outbreaks. The facility, it was said, shall conduct investigations on a wide variet...

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 we came to our orchard on Monday morning, we witnessed that the tarpaulin sheet covering the boxes had been brought down and nearly 420 apple boxes packed in the store room stolen away," they said. Speaking to The Kashmiriyat a local grower told that we are already dealing with the rate downfall and now our apples are being stolen. "We urge the local police to take cognizance of the matter." he said

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 in Shopian Locals from Reban, one of the villages the bridge connects with Kulgam, speaking to The Kashmiriyat said that the bridge collapsed around night time. The residents of Reban heard a big sound around 11 PM. “The bridge collapsed when nobody was around, either on it or around," a local resident said. ALSO READ: ‘Karewas are Kashmir’s heritage’, Pattan residents demand revocation of Soil extraction NOC The locals say that the bridge collapsed due...

The Jammu Kashmir police on Wednesday said the hybrid militant who was arrested by it was killed in firing of another militant after contact was established with militants in Shopian district of south Kashmir. Kashmir Zone Police in a tweet as per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said that Imran Bashir Ganie, who was arrested by it for killing of two non- locals, was killed by another militant after security forces established contact with them. "Based on disclosure of arrested hybrid #terrorist & in continuous raids by Police & security forces, another contact has been established between terrorists & SFs at Nowgam #Shopian, in which hybrid terrorist namely Imran Bashir Ganaie killed by firing of another terrorist." Kashmir Police Zone tweeted. "Incriminating m...

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. Shakeel Khan, a local, said that the under-construction building was abandoned by the concerned authorities. He said that one storey of the centre was completed in 2013 and then work stopped only to be started again for construction of second storey two years ago. Since then, it remains abandoned again. In the village, people rear livestock but the absence of the facility causes them problems. Even for minor issues, they...

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 at Shopain, aims to promote and provide the platform for marketing the local handmade products produced by the women Self Help Groups. The inaugural ceremony was attended by SSP, Shopian, Tanushree, ADDC, Shopian, Manzoor Hussain, CGM, NABARD, Dr AK Sood and Additional Mission Director NRLM, Reyaz Ahmad Beig. The mart which has been set up in main town Shopian under NABARD's Rural Mart Scheme shall provide a platform for many SHGs to ...

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 for small work but did not return. We have been trying to call him since, but to no avail,” he said Ubaid's family has appealed general public to help them trace their son. FIR has been filed in the respective police station. Marifat is survived by four brothers, He was pursuing Graduation at Degree College in Pulwama, the family members said.  

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 the nearby areas, people thronged his house in the south Kashmir town in huge numbers. Hundreds of people converged to his Nimaz-e- Jinaza at central Hanfia Eidgah court road Shopian at 10 am on Monday morning. The deceased is known for his services to the educational sector in the south Kashmir district.