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January 26, 2018 No Responses

Two militants, Teen laid to rest after five back to back funeral prayers in Shopian

Thousands of people participated in the funeral prayers of two Hizbul Mujahideen militants and a civilian in three different villages of Shopian district on Thursday. To accommodate the massive rush of people five back to back funeral prayers were held...

November 3, 2017 No Responses

Gowhar Bhat BJP youth leader found dead with throat slit

A Bharatiya Janata Party youth leader was found dead with his throat slit in Shopian district on Thursday, police said. A police official said that the throat-slit body of Gowhar Ahmad Bhat of Bonagam Shopian, the youth district president of...

August 30, 2017 No Responses

Mystery shrouds death of two Rajouri youth in Shopian

Police recovered bodies of two youth from the orchards of Palpora Narwaw area of the south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday. The duo were identified as Suhail son of Asif Iqbal,17, and Muhammad Ather son of Abdul Razaq, 20. Both...

July 28, 2017 No Responses

Terrorists attack 62 RR convoy in Shopian, two Army jawans injured; area cordoned off

A joint party of Indian Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police were on Thursday attacked by a group of terrorists in the Shopian district of the state. Two army personnel were injured after terrorists opened fire at an army party...

June 21, 2017 No Responses

‘Remilitarization’ in Shopian: Army sets up new camp, 2 more Coming up

Army has set up a new camp in south Kashmir’s Shopian district while two more such camps would be set up in its “volatile” areas in coming days. Sources told Kashmir Post that soldiers of Army’s 62 Rashtriya Rifles have...

June 14, 2017 No Responses

Scores injured as forces go berserk in twin Shopian villages

Government forces went berserk in two villages of south Kashmir’s Shopian district late Monday night, beating local residents and ransacking houses, shops and vehicles. Around 40 people were injured as forces rampaged through Turkwangam village, around 12 ki...

June 13, 2017 No Responses

Students protest youth’s death in Shopian district

Students held protests today over the recent killing of a college youth in south Kashmir’s Shopian district. Dozens of college and higher secondary school students in Shopian came out on roads raising anti-India slogans and pelted stones on security forces,....

May 4, 2017 No Responses

How Apple bowl turned into hotbed of terrorism: Shopian

South Kashmir has been the most restive zone of the Valley for some time now and Shopian has emerged as a hotbed of terror in recent times. Recent reports from Shopian talk about nothing but increasing incidents of terror from...

March 18, 2017 No Responses

Youth held for ‘Spreading Rumours’ via Social Media

In pursuance of leads available related to circulation of ‘fake news and malicious propaganda for provoking people’ by using social media, one individual namely Ishfaq Ahmad Dar, resident of Wandina Shopian has been arrested, police said in a statement. Po...

August 2, 2016 No Responses

Shopian witnessed fresh clashes injuring 9 Persons; Rallies held across south Kashmir

Nine persons were injured during clashes between the protesters and forces personnel in Imam Sahib area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Tuesday, witnesses said. Clashes erupted in the area after forces tried to break up protests against civilian killi...