COVID-19: Farmers cultivating peas are a worried lot
Pulwama: Vegetable farmers who have sowed peas in their fields are a worried lot as the lockdown following the coronavirus pandemic has meant that they will get least buyers for the produce. Farmers from different areas of Kashmir said that they were earning good amount by growing peas as commercial crop but this year covid-19 […]
Four youth go missing in Kulgam
Anantnag: Four youth from South Kashmir’s Kulgam district have been reportedly missing from last one month and it is likely that missing youth have joined militant ranks, police sources said. They said that the missing youth have been identified as Bilal Ahmad Bhat, Shahid Ahmad Bhat, Mushtaq Ahmad Itoo and Nadeem Ahmad Rather. Official sources […]
Pulwama youth goes missing, family appeals for return
Pulwama: It has been three weeks now that Aadil Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Mohammed Bhat, a 22 year old youth has gone missing from his home in Kakapora area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Aadil Ahmad Bhat was a 6th semester Arts student at Government Degree College Pulwama. He according to his family went […]
Fighting coronavirus: Two Shopian students developed website to help admin fight COVID-19
Shopian: With an aim to helping out the administration to fight the COVID-19 scare, two computer science students have developed a website where persons can report their and others travel history. The website also provides options for volunteers to register themselves and can be contacted whenever the administration needs them. Abdul Rouf, B. Tech in […]
Hard to cope up with social distancing, say ‘Red Zone’ residents
Pulwama/Shopian: In an attempt to control the spread of the novel coronavirus, the government has imposed restrictions across the entire Jammu and Kashmir. Besides, schools are shut, religious services have been suspended, sporting and tourism events postponed and all business activities stopped in order to contain the spread of the deadly covid-19. Pulwama and Shopian […]
Lockdown proving a dead bolt for small time farmers
Our produce gets spoiled amid closure, says farmers
Pulwama/ Shopian: Vegetables farmers are badly hit by the lockdown and restrictions imposed by the government to avoid the spread of covid-19. Marginal and small time farmers who make their living by cultivating vegetables in different areas of Kashmir say that they are worried as the vegetable produce gets spoiled as nobody is willing to […]
Covid-19 lockdown leaves people craving for electricity
Dozens of transformers awaiting repair of transformers cry hoarse
Anantnag: Dozens of faulty transformers are waiting for repair in different PDD workshops in South Kashmir but there is no body to repair them due to lock down amid the scare and fear of covid-19. There are at least two dozen damaged transformers at PDD division Pulwama, Awantipora and Tral but there no body among […]
Two dozen sheep killed in leopard attacks in Pulwama, Anantnag
Pulwama: Around two dozen sheep were killed during the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday in a leopard attack in South Kashmir’s Anantnag and Pulwama districts. Official sources said that wild animals barged into the cowsheds in Bellow Pulwama and Watnad Naibasti Anantnag and killed 9 and 15 sheep respectively. Locals from Bellow village said […]
Crumble: Poultry Industry becomes latest victim of COVID-19
Due to lockdown, no feed available for chickens: Poultry Farmers
Pulwama: The poultry industry has been hit hard by the outbreak of covid-19 as rumours about the spread of coronavirus through consuming chicken spread far and across in Kashmir valley. Poultry farmers say that the sales have dipped by 80 percent as the prices of poultry products have fallen by miles leading to the financial […]