SHOPIAN — A Kisan Mela is being organised at Old Fruit Mandi Shopian on Thursday, November 21 from 10:30 AM onwards by the Department of Agriculture and allied departments. The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Shopian, Mohammad Shahid Saleem Dar has invited the public in general and students in particular to participate in the day-long event. Post […]
SHOPIAN — The District Development Commissioner (DDC) Shopian, Mohammad Shahid Saleem Dar, issued directions for the disengagement of services of a Rural Development Department (RDD) official and registration of an FIR against him. The DDC has also ordered disciplinary action and an FIR against an under-suspension Panchayat Secretary. The action came after both the officials […]
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday found more than 90 per cent of the employees, including doctors, at a hospital absent from their duties and sought an explanation from them, officials said. The employees were found absent during a surprise inspection of the Shopian District Hospital at 10:10 am, conducted […]
SRINAGAR — Two fathers from Kashmir are desperately searching for their missing daughters in Jammu, appealing to the public for any help. Nissar Ahmed, father of 15-year-old Arbina from Keller Shopian, and Abdul Salam, father of 25-year-old Bismah Jan from Babhara Pulwama, reported that their daughters left home on October 21, 2024 but never returned. […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday condemned the killing of a non-local labourer whose bullet-riddled body was found in Shopian district. Security forces are determined to hunt down the culprits and bring them to justice, he said. “I strongly condemn the brutal killing of a […]
SRINAGAR — Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday expressed grief over the killing of a non-local labourer whose body was found in Shopian district and said such attacks must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. The body of the labourer, who was identified as Ashok Chauhan, was found in a field […]
SRINAGAR — A bullet-riddled body of a labourer hailing from Bihar was on Friday recovered in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, officials said. The body was recovered from Wachi area of Zainapora in the south Kashmir district, they said. They labourer identified as Ashok Chauhan was living in Sangam area of Anantnag. One of his […]
SHOPIAN — Authorities in South Kashmir’s Shopian district have reported approximately 70 sporadic cases of hepatitis infections, prompting swift containment measures. The cases have been detected across different areas of the district, with no specific location showing a concentration of infections. Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Shopian, Dr. Arshad Hussain Tak, told Rising Kashmir that […]
SHOPIAN — The hospital administration at District Hospital Shopian has failed to address the shortage of radiologists, as both of the hospital’s radiologists are on maternity leave. This has forced patients in Shopian district to seek ultrasound services at private diagnostic centers. Sources reveal that the hospital has been without a radiologist for months, with […]
SRINAGAR — The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court on Friday granted bail to one of the civilians accused in the Shopian fake encounter case of 2020, who had turned an approver. Justice Sanjay Dhar granted bail to Bilal Ahmad Lone on the condition that he will furnish a bail bond with a surety […]