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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
TopicShopian

Topic: Shopian

How an Army captain ‘staged’ killing of 3 Rajouri youth in controversial Shopian encounter

The accused, including an Army officer, allegedly planted illegally acquired weapons and material on the dead bodies of the three youths to tag them as ‘hardcore terrorists’.

2 terrorists killed in encounter with security forces in J&K’s Shopian

The Indian Army said the operation has concluded and one pistol and an AK rifle were recovered.

Fake pesticides sold during Covid lockdown hit Kashmir apple quality, price

Apples from South Kashmir's Shopian used to sell for Rs 1,300-1,5000 per 10 kg, but the price came down to just Rs 800-Rs 1,000 due to stains thanks to use of poor quality pesticide.

Shopian encounter is Manoj Sinha’s litmus test. Justice can act as bridge to Kashmir

As an Army Commander, I remained very alert about human rights violations that required investigations. Errors of judgement call for remedial action.

Bodies of Rajouri youth killed in controversial Shopian encounter exhumed

Senior J&K Police officers said the bodies are being transported to Rajouri where they will be buried.

How booking 9 cricketers under anti-terror law has left Shopian playground empty on Sundays

J&K Police booked and later arrested 9 youths under UAPA for being part of a cricket match organised in the memory of a slain militant from Nazneenpora.

Army begins high-level Court of Inquiry into killing of 3 ‘militants’ in Shopian encounter

An Army spokesperson said that additional civil witnesses are being asked to depose before the Court of Inquiry and DNA samples have been collected from Rajouri.

8 militants killed in separate encounters with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir

The encounters began at Pulwama and Shopian districts of Jammu and Kashmir Thursday, bringing the total militants killed in the valley this year to 100 so far.

‘Hizbul-Lashkar team killing non-Kashmiris also had plan to cut Valley power supply’

Security personnel discovered a damaged transmission tower near the Kashmir road where two non-Kashmiris were killed Thursday night.

Last surviving militant of Burhan Wani core group killed in Shopian

Lateef Ahmed Dar, who flanked Burhan Wani in a 2015 viral photograph, was among three militants killed in a gunfight in south Kashmir.

On Camera

The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.