Drug de-addiction week: Seminar on ‘Drug Abuse’ held at Welkin School Sopore
Sopore: Welkin School, Sopore in collaboration with district administration Baramulla Tuesday organised a seminar on Drug Abuse at the institute’s Auditorium Hall. The programme was part of the special drug de-addiction week, being observed in the district from April 29 to May 5 is in the wake of “growing menace of drug addiction among the […]
9th annual Urs of Ahad Bab observed in Sopore
Sopore: The 9th urs of famous Sufi saint of North Kashmir’s Sopore area, Ahad Bab was observed with fervor on Tuesday at his residence in Noor Bagh village. Thousands of devotees of the saint including women and children thronged his home, paid obeisance and offered special prayers at the shrine set up there. On the […]
Missing Rafiabad man traced, handed over to family
Sopore: Police on Saturday traced a missing person from Baramulla district and handed him over to his family. The missing man- Shareef ud din Gujjar, a resident of Dooniwari village in Rafiabad area, was traced from Boniyar in Uri area of the district by a special team of police led by SHO Panzla Police Station […]
Earth Day celebrations: North Kashmir athlete runs 50km from Sopore to Srinagar
Sopore: To mark the ongoing Earth Day celebrations in his own unique way, an athlete from North Kashmir ran an incredible distance of 50km from the region’s Sopore town to Srinagar on Friday. Manan Hassan Wani- better known as the ‘solo cyclist and one of Kashmir’s emerging athletes-started the run at 7 in the morning […]
Heavy Rains, hailstorm damage crops in Baramulla
Sopore: Heavy rains followed by hailstorm on Thursday evening wreaked havoc on fruit orchards and vegetable gardens in many villages of Zaingeer including apple town Sopore, Rafiabad, Sangrama and other parts of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Locals said that strong hail storm, which continued for around 15 minutes, caused huge damage to standing vegetables as […]
‘Mysterious’ blaze damages 5 shops in Sopore
Sopore: Five shops were gutted in a ‘mysterious’ blaze, which broke out at Iqbal Market in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district in the wee hours on Wednesday. The fire engulfed a three storey shopping complex at the popular market in the apple town. Soon after, fire tenders were rushed to the spot to […]
Mysterious blast creates panic in Sopore
Sopore: A mysterious blast on Monday afternoon created panic in Sopore town of North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. Reports said that the blast was heard near 179 battalion of the CRPF stationed at a camp at Iqbal Market Sopore. The blast caused fear and panic in the area with people thrown into a chaos. However, there […]
Gang using fake guns for robberies busted in Sopore: Police
Sopore: The local police in Sopore Thursday claimed to have busted a gang of thieves who were allegedly using “fake” guns for carrying out robberies in the apple town of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. SDPO Sopore Raja Majid told a press conference that a “gang using a wooden AK 47 looting people in parts of […]
‘Boycott’ call had good takers in Afzal Guroo’s, Geelani’s villages
Sopore: A meager four percent of the voters in Sopore cast their vote in the first phase of Parliamentary election for Baramulla seat in North Kashmir. Of the 1,11,928 voters registered in Sopore, only 4,864 voters-3,209 male and 1,655 female turned up as per official figures. That way, Sopore recorded a turnout of 4.35 percent. […]
Washrooms at SDH Sopore left to stink
BMO says patients, attendants 'responsible'
Sopore: Despite tall claims of the government to improve the health sector in Kashmir, scores of indoor and outdoor patients visiting Sub district hospital, Sopore are complaining of poor hygienic conditions in the hospital. Patients at the hospital said the hospital premises especially the washrooms were at high risk of infection due to the unhygienic […]