News Topic:Shopian

Jammu Kashmir witnessed two fresh deaths due to COVID-19 infection on Saturday. Both were elderly persons, one hailing from Kashmir while another from Jammu.

In an audio clip, which has gone viral, a youth from Shopian has claimed that he has been “forced” to join militant ranks by a deputy Superintendent of Police in south Kashmir's Shopian district whom he accused of torturing and committing incessant atrocities.

Hailstorm wrecked havoc in several areas of south Kashmir’s Shopian and Kulgam districts on Wednesday, causing massive damage to crops, apple orchards and vegetable fields, locals said.

Jammu and Kashmir recorded two deaths in a day on Monday due to COVID-19, taking the toll of COVID related deaths in the Union Territory to 30.

A cop who was abducted by militants in south Kashmir's Shopian district has been released.

Unknown miscreants ransacked the Science laboratory in a government higher secondary school in south Kashmir’s Shopian district, prompting police to register a formal case and investigate the matter.

A day after his death, a 70-year-old man from south Kashmir’s Shopian district was on Friday tested positive, thus taking the overall death toll due to the deadly virus in Jammu and Kashmir up to 28.

A minor girl and a woman was killed while another lady sustained injuries on Wednesday after a tree uprooted by strong winds fell on them in Keller area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district.