Dr Sheikh Jalal and US Heart Association : Strongly condemning the murderous attack on the renowned medico of the state, Dr Sheikh. Jalal, American Heart Association

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Taxus (US), Strongly condemning the murderous attack on the renowned medico of the state, Dr Sheikh. Jalal, American Heart Association (AHA) Dy.Director,Jerry Crimson Friday said such dastardly and unfortunate incidents only result into tragedies and didn’t yield anything in the past as well.

Jerry Crimson said Dr Sheikh Jalal is an outstanding professional, who has been tirelessly and wholeheartedly helping the society. Praying for the speedy recovery of Dr Sheikh Jalal, said the broad day attack on him reflects the total breakdown of law and order machinery in the state, where human lives have lost the meaning now.

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Centuries takes, to produce one doctor like Dr. Sheikh Jalal, who is asset of this nation. May God help him in his recovery. Sr. Advocate Abdul Majeed Khan

Dr. Sheikh Jalal

Centuries takes, to produce one doctor like Dr. Sheikh Jalal, who is asset of this nation. May God help him in his recovery. 
Sr. Advocate Abdul Majeed Khan

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He never linked himself with any political party....his only aim was to fullfill his fathers wish.... to serve d nation of Kashmir. His father  Haji Sheikh Ghulam Nabi had told him to serve d nation n i.e what he was doing...now see what gift this nation gave him he never charged a single penny to people for his services when he was in SKIMS n associated hospitals. True asset of valley. May Allah bless him.
Saleem Shah, Srinagar

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Srinagar : Not accepting the police claims that Dr Sheikh Jalal Ud Din was not the target of ‘militants’, the family of  Dr. Sheikh Jalal is still apprehensive of possible attack on the ailing doctor. The family according to sources has decided to take him out of state for further treatment apparently because of ‘security reasons’.

Meanwhile, an air ambulance has been arranged to carry Dr Sheikh Jalal for specialized treatment at AIIMS Delhi today.

Comparatively stable after being operated second time on Friday, doctors are hopeful of his survival.

The doctors treating Dr Sheikh  Jalal said he is responding to medication and is stable.
“Dr Sheikh Jalal is stable but his family wants to take him outside for security reasons,” said a doctor wishing not to be named.

“They fear for another possible attack on the doctor,” he added. Dr Sheikh Jalal, a renowned cardiologist and former director of SKIMS was shot along with his two personal security guards by some unidentified person at his ancestral home in Namlabal Pampore. Police claims attack was carried out by militants. The two guards later succumbed to their injuries leaving Dr Sheikh Jalal critically wounded. He was rushed to SKIMS where he is being treated presently.

Immediately after the incident, a team of experts at SKIMS operated upon his brain and abdomen, but he is said to have lost his left eye as bullet has pierced the eye. According to doctors they are not sure whether he would be able to see with his right eye.

The preliminary report of police investigation hinted that Dr Sheikh Jalal was not the target of the militant attack, but it was aimed at his security guards. The two policemen were killed in the attack and the rifle of one of them was snatched.

“It seems that Dr Sheikh Jalal became collateral damage,” said a police officer. “We are investigating whether it was a chance encounter or not,” he added.

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Dr Sheikh Jalal, a leading cardiologist of South asia, was seriously injured in a militant ambush that left his two police guards dead.

A senior police officer said militants fired at the vehicle of Dr Jalal near Shaheed-e-Azemat Road, Namblabal Pampore in south Kashmir Pulwama district on Thursday afternoon.

“Dr Jalal was seriously injured in the militant attack and has been shifted to hospital for treatment while his two police guards were killed on the spot,” the officer said.

Dr Sheikh Jalal an eminent cardiologist had headed the cardiology department of the states only tertiary medical facility, Soura medical institute for a long time and had been its director for some time.

After his retirement Dr Jalal has been doing private practice in capital Srinagar.

He belonged to the south Kashmir Pulwama district but is presently living in capital Srinagar. He had been provided security by the government.

No militant outfit has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.

Police, assisted by security forces, have cordoned off the area and a hunt has been launched to nab the assailants, police said.

The attack comes a day after a top Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed in a grenade explosion at Batmaloo in central Srinagar while he was being shifted to Baramulla district jail in a police vehicle.

Police blamed militants for the attack, but Hizbul Mujahideen accused the cops of stage managing the attack to eliminate Shakeel Ahmad Kasana, who was arrested last year.

Hizbul spokesman Baliguddin told a local news gathering agency that the outfit will carry out attacks to avenge Kasana's death.

Kunan poshpora mass rape case

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Wajahat Habibullah, chairman of the National Commission for Minorities, has said that the government "deleted important portions of his confidential report" on the Kunan poshpora mass rape case in which he had recommended a police probe, upgradation in the level of investigation, entrusting the case to a gazetted police officer and seeking an order from the 15 Corps Commander to ensure Army cooperation in the probe, reprts Muzamil Jaleel on Indian Express.

Habibullah was Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir when troops of 4 Raj Rifles allegedly raped 23 women in the village during a cordon-and-search operation on the night of February 23-24, 1991. The government used his report to give a clean chit to the Army.

More than two decades later, the mass rape case reared its head again last month after a Judicial Magistrate in Kupwara refused to entertain a police case closure report and ordered "further investigation by an officer not below the rank of a Senior Superintendent of Police" and its completion within three months.

"The Deputy Commissioner, Kupwara had received reports from the villagers of Konan that a mass rape had been committed in the village on the night of 23/24 February during cordon-and-search operations conducted by elements of the 4 Raj Rifles. He (Deputy Commissioner) had visited the spot on 5th March and according to his preliminary investigations, it appeared to him prima facie that an offence of monstrous proportions had been committed,'' Habibullah's confidential report stated.

"Consequently, on being approached by the DG, Police, J&K, the Corps Commander deputed Brigadier H K Sharma, Commander 19 Arty Brigade, to visit the village and report. The Brigadier made some local enquiries on 10/3 and came to the conclusion that the report (of mass rape) was baseless. His report does not, however, discuss in detail why he has altogether dismissed the statements made before him by a number of village women," the report stated.

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Srinagar: Palhalan, nearly 30 km away from the Srinagar city on the Srinagar-Baramulla national highway in Pattan constituency of Baramulla district is a picturesque area having a cluster of villages and apple orchards and serene atmosphere, cogent enough to draw one to poetry praising nature for its creativity and piety. However, unfortunately the fairy tale feeling vanishes off as soon as one enters a house or interacts with any local of that area. The region has known nothing but killings and mayhem. There will hardly be a family which must have not suffered any loss in the form of their dear ones or property during the ongoing struggle, for the last two decades. As such, on the account of the ongoing and lingering Kashmir conflict humanity has been dealt hard blows over here. One simply feels pathetic, miserable, gasped and suffocated when one enters one of the worst pain stricken and browbeaten area (Palhalan). Palhalan over past 25 years of the struggle against oppressed occupation has seen the worst tragedies and has been reduced to a concentration camp. With every family having lost a son, a father, a brother, a sister, a daughter, a mother and what not. Getting beaten up by the security agencies, being called for questioning, detaining without reason, and much more by the security agencies is the order of the day at Palhalan.
 

It is worth mentioning here that the recently martyred brave hero of Kashmir (Mufti Hilal) also hailed from the same area. As soon as one meets his family, one can’t do anything but burst into tears and cries, such is the saga of pain and agony and it is not the only family nor is the first one in the area, which has such deep gashes in the bosom.
 

Pertinently, J&K Police on its part had stated that Hilal Molvi (Mufti Hilal) of LeT was martyred in an encounter with the police in Narparistan (Fateh Kadal) area of old Srinagar city. But, as per the family members the veracity of the police version about the encounter is doubtful rather concocted and engineered. They also allege that it actually was the torture and brutality of the security agencies that forced Hilal into militancy.
 

Hilal’s father, Mr.Ali Mohammad Rather states in a painful note–“We doubt the veracity of encounter as a dozen bullets were pumped in his chest alone. During these months our house was continuously raided and we were mentally harassed .My world has finished due to Hilal’s martyrdom. Both me and his mother are in great distress.” Rather further states that the torture and suppression forced his son into militancy. “My son was a learned scholar and his only crime was that he dared to tell the truth in the mosques and aware people about the great teachings of Islam. He was a learned Mufti (Islamic Scholar) and had studied in Gujarat and Deoband in this regard. The oppressive system in our part of the world believes in silencing with the use of brute force those voices which propagate the real teachings of our great religion ‘Islam’ and similarly Hilal was also harassed by security agencies for propagating the truth,” states Ali Mohammad Rather.
 

On the other part his mother who always keeps shedding tears for his son is in a state of deep shock. “My son believed in telling truth and has been martyred for the same. His power of his knowledge irked the Indian oppressors and they brutally silenced his truthful voice,” states his mother.
 

According to his family, two Public Safety Acts were slapped on him resulting in him being in prison for more than 21 months. His brother and Uncle are also shattered and depressed to the core. They state that with Hilal’s martyrdom their world has been shattered. His father sums up the pain of Palhallan in these words- “Telling truth in Kashmir is a grave crime and we the people of Palhallan are annihilated and killed for telling and upholding the truth.”
 

Ground analysis suggests that suffocating scenario of Palhallan needs to be pondered upon in a thought provoking manner. (Kashmir Media Watch)

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25,000 soldiers guard Pakistan's nuclear arsenal

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Islamabad : Pakistan has raised a 25,000-strong special force and put in place extensive measures to protect and manage its strategic assets, including its nuclear arsenal, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar has said.

"A special security force of 25,000 personnel, who have been specially trained and provided sophisticated weapons, has been deployed to protect (the nuclear assets)," Dar said while winding up the debate on the 2013-14 budget in the National Assembly or lower house of Parliament.

Pakistan has raised a Special Response Force, a Special Escort Force and a Marine Force to protect and guard its strategic assets, he said, without giving further details. (Writer-South Asia)

Kesar-Saffron cultivation in Gujarat

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Anand Agricultural University (AAU) has successfully grown saffron under controlled conditions and claims that the most expensive herb in the world could be grown in the fields of the north Gujarat region having favourable climatic conditions for its farming.

The university began its cultivation a year ago with saplings having been brought from  Kashmir valley, the only region where saffron is grown in India.

AAU's biotechnology department head R S Phogat, who carried out the cultivation at university's

Speaking to The Indian Express, he said the saffron produced at the university's farm at Anand in controlled environment was found to be as good as that of Kashmir, including the chemical content. He said all the plants at the university's farm gave flowers at par with those in Kashmir and female part of the flower called "stigma" used as commercial product was similar to the one produced in Kashmir.

Stating that the saffron plants can be grown in green houses as well by maintaining the required temperature and providing direct sunlight, he said the climatic condition of the north Gujarat districts of Patan, Mehsana, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Gandhinagar during the period of saffron cultivation — August to November — were very favourable for saffron farming.

He said the herb, which was used as a natural ingredients in preparing food and drinks, could bring good returns to the farmers because of its high cost in the market, which was approximately Rs 2.5 lakh per kg.farm in Anand, says the saffron can be grown north Gujarat region having temperature of 20-22 degrees and minimum humidity required for flowering of saffron plants in October-November.

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The university began its cultivation a year ago with saplings having been brought from Badgam district in Kashmir valley, the only region where saffron is grown in India.
AAU's biotechnology department head R S Phogat, who carried out the cultivation at university's farm in Anand, says the saffron can be grown north Gujarat region having temperature of 20-22 degrees and minimum humidity required for flowering of saffron plants in October-November.
Speaking to The Indian Express, he said the saffron produced at the university's farm at Anand in controlled environment was found to be as good as that of Kashmir, including the chemical content. He said all the plants at the university's farm gave flowers at par with those in Kashmir and female part of the flower called "stigma" used as commercial product was similar to the one produced in Kashmir.
Stating that the saffron plants can be grown in green houses as well by maintaining the required temperature and providing direct sunlight, he said the climatic condition of the north Gujarat districts of Patan, Mehsana, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Gandhinagar during the period of saffron cultivation — August to November — were very favourable for saffron farming.
He said the herb, which was used as a natural ingredients in preparing food and drinks, could bring good returns to the farmers because of its high cost in the market, which was approximately Rs 2.5 lakh per kg.
- See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/aau-breaks-new-ground-grows-saffron-at-varsity-farms/1091788/#sthash.xr2kwzGS.dpuf

Anand Agricultural University (AAU) has successfully grown saffron under controlled conditions and claims that the most expensive herb in the world could be grown in the fields of the north Gujarat region having favourable climatic conditions for its farming.
The university began its cultivation a year ago with saplings having been brought from Badgam district in Kashmir valley, the only region where saffron is grown in India.
AAU's biotechnology department head R S Phogat, who carried out the cultivation at university's farm in Anand, says the saffron can be grown north Gujarat region having temperature of 20-22 degrees and minimum humidity required for flowering of saffron plants in October-November.
Speaking to The Indian Express, he said the saffron produced at the university's farm at Anand in controlled environment was found to be as good as that of Kashmir, including the chemical content. He said all the plants at the university's farm gave flowers at par with those in Kashmir and female part of the flower called "stigma" used as commercial product was similar to the one produced in Kashmir.
Stating that the saffron plants can be grown in green houses as well by maintaining the required temperature and providing direct sunlight, he said the climatic condition of the north Gujarat districts of Patan, Mehsana, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Gandhinagar during the period of saffron cultivation — August to November — were very favourable for saffron farming.
He said the herb, which was used as a natural ingredients in preparing food and drinks, could bring good returns to the farmers because of its high cost in the market, which was approximately Rs 2.5 lakh per kg.
- See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/aau-breaks-new-ground-grows-saffron-at-varsity-farms/1091788/#sthash.xr2kwzGS.dpuf

he university began its cultivation a year ago with saplings having been brought from Badgam district in Kashmir valley, the only region where saffron is grown in India.
AAU's biotechnology department head R S Phogat, who carried out the cultivation at university's farm in Anand, says the saffron can be grown north Gujarat region having temperature of 20-22 degrees and minimum humidity required for flowering of saffron plants in October-November.
Speaking to The Indian Express, he said the saffron produced at the university's farm at Anand in controlled environment was found to be as good as that of Kashmir, including the chemical content. He said all the plants at the university's farm gave flowers at par with those in Kashmir and female part of the flower called "stigma" used as commercial product was similar to the one produced in Kashmir.
Stating that the saffron plants can be grown in green houses as well by maintaining the required temperature and providing direct sunlight, he said the climatic condition of the north Gujarat districts of Patan, Mehsana, Banaskantha, Sabarkantha and Gandhinagar during the period of saffron cultivation — August to November — were very favourable for saffron farming.
He said the herb, which was used as a natural ingredients in preparing food and drinks, could bring good returns to the farmers because of its high cost in the market, which was approximately Rs 2.5 lakh per kg.
- See more at: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/aau-breaks-new-ground-grows-saffron-at-varsity-farms/1091788/#sthash.xr2kwzGS.dpuf

J&K serves notices on Army, BSF, for defacing Srinagar hill range

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Srinagar: Divisional Commissioner of Kashmir, Shri Shailendra Kumar has served notices on the Army, the Border Security Force (BSF) and even the Jammu and Kashmir Police, asking each to explain reasons as to why they had committed ecological vandalism, with the massive defacement of a hill range overlooking the capital city.

Authoritative sources revealed to The Hindu that Chief Minister Omar Abdullah had pulled up senior officials and bureaucrats over turning a blind eye to the large-scale defacement of a barren hill range from Sonwar to Zewan by the police and security forces.

The boldly laid slogan “Ajeet hain, abheet hain [we are victorious, we are invincible],” directly facing a civilian population of two million, sources said, was termed “most disgusting” by the Chief Minister.

“They need to address it to the Chinese Army, not their own people,” the Chief Minister is said to have said at an official meeting. He was not available by telephone for confirmation. Bureaucratic sources, however, confirmed that Kashmir’s Divisional Commissioner Shailendar Kumar had served the notices separately to the Army, the BSF and the Police on the Chief Minister’s direction.

Politicians as well as officials were reportedly in unison that the slogans imposed with painted stones over furlongs of the lofty hills were not only an act of “ecological vandalism,” and banned by the Supreme Court of India, but also suggestive of “conquering the country’s own citizens.”

Sources said that a notice, directly served on Headquarters, 15 Corps, asked the Army to immediately restore virginity to the hill. Identical directions under different laws have been reportedly communicated to the BSF and J&K Police.

A senior police officer is said to have resisted dismantling of a building housing the Shergarhi police station and threatened the government through a senior bureaucrat. The officer had reportedly said that “machine guns would roar” if authorities proceeded with the demolition.

The Chief Minister, however, put his foot down and got the station demolished by the Economic and Reconstruction Authority (ERA) within a day.

He alleged that different agencies and bureaucrats had been creating roadblocks in the construction of an ambitious flyover between Jehangir Chowk and Rambagh.

All Deputy Commissioners have been directed to take inventories of government lands occupied or encroached upon by the police.

National Saffron Mission to Revive Kashmir Saffron

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Kashmir has the proud privilege of producing the finest quality saffron, which is famous for its colour and flavour all over the world. The Central Government launched the National Saffron Mission (NMS) in November 2010 after the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh announced it during his visit to Kashmir earlier in the year.

In Kashmir valley, 90 percent of saffron production comes from Pampore uplands, locally called ‘wudar’ on the southern outskirts of Srinagar city. As elsewhere in the world, saffron is grown here too by small individual farmers and the traditional quality control methods are the only way to maintain the quality and the originality of the world’s costliest spice. Saffron which is considered as nature’s precious wonder gift to mankind is in great demand for its medicinal, cosmetic and aromatic properties. It grows from a very small plant botanically known as Crocus Sativus. Its purple coloured flower is the only part mostly seen above the ground. The blossoms appear during late autumn (mid-October to early November) and present a very fascinating memorable sight in moonlight particularly on ‘Kartik Purnima’. The aromatic reddish stigmas of these flowers are harvested which form the most expensive part of the colourful spice called ‘Mongra’. The remaining stalks are also processed to get inferior grade of saffron called ‘Lacha’.

There has been a drop in saffron cultivation area as well as in production yields. The official production figures show that saffron area has gone down from about 5,700 hectares to just around 3,800 hectares and the productivity too has dipped from 3.13 kg per hectare to 2.50 kg per hectare in the last few years. Officials say that “mindless and unplanned” construction of residential houses in the midst of saffron fields during the last two decades is one of the major causes for shrinking of acreage.

Other reasons that threaten the costliest cash crop of the state, according to experts, are the lack of irrigation facilities, poor techniques adopted by the growers and lack of post harvest management that have led to low productivity and poor quality. Moreover, a commission appointed by the Government pointed out that there has been a shortfall in the replacement of Saffron  seed for the last twenty years partly due to neglect in improving the seed quality.

A multi-crore industry engaged in production of eatable colour dyes, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics and other uses depends on Kashmir Saffron. However, due to its shortfall in production, the industry looked other wards to meet its raw material requirements. The dwindling domestic production has led to demand outstripping the supply and thus spurting the prices, making saffron smuggling a lucerative business. It is reported that the Iranian saffron fetches double its price in India. Expressing concern over the smuggling of Iranian saffron Union Agriculture Secretary, Shri A. K. Basu conceded that ‘’while this was happening no one paid any great attention to the problem or failed to address it.’’ He said that National Saffron Mission would wipe out many aspects of the problem.

The 371.18 crore rupees National Saffron Mission Programme with 286.06 crore rupees as the Central Government’s share and 85.12 crore rupees as farmers’ share will be executed in four years to revive saffron production in Jammu and Kashmir. The mission would cover drip irrigation, research, mechanization, processing and marketing support to ease the crisis. An amount of Rs. 39.43 crore is being utilized during the current financial year. Jammu & Kashmir Minister for Agriculture, Shri Ghulam Hassan Mir said ‘’the objective of the Saffron National Mission is to improve the overall production of saffron, enhancing quality of saffron, enhancement of research and extension capability and develop appropriate system for organized marketing for the growers’’. The Minister said that the main objective of the scheme is to extend support for creation of irrigation facilities through tube wells and sprinklers, which would help better crop production in the area.

In order to provide improved irrigation facilities to the saffron growers 253 tube wells would be set up under the NSM in the state, with each tube well having a potential to irrigate 30 hectares. Of them 128 tube wells would be in Pulwama and 106 in Budgam districts. Fifty-three tube wells would be bored during the current financial year. At the same time, it is proposed to strengthen the existing Lathipora lift irrigation scheme on the river Jehlum adjacent to Pampore fields to create a permanent water source for saffron areas. The saffron mission also envisages to make available over 3,700 sprinkler sets to the farmers with 50 percent subsidy over an estimated cost of Rs 5000 per set.

The mission also proposes to introduce mechanization techniques by procuring costly machines for use by farmers through the Agriculture Department for digging of fields and plantation of saffron corms. This would increase profitability of saffron growers by reducing the production costs. Each year 125 dryers are also planned for distribution among farmers for drying and seasoning of the harvested crop.

The NSM also seeks to develop appropriate systems for organized marketing, quality-based pricing of saffron and for formulating direct transactions between growers, traders, exporters and industrial agencies. National Spot Exchange would establish a Quality Control Lab at Pampore at a cost of Rs 8.90 crore to ensure quality testing and marketing of the saffron. There is also a proposal to set up a Spice Park for which a site has been identified at Pampore. Its purpose is to promote direct transactions between growers, traders, exporters and industrial agencies by developing organized marketing with quality based pricing of Saffron. It is expected that after completion of the National Saffron Mission the state’s income from saffron production would increase from the present Rs. 236.55 crore to Rs.4,642.50 crore, said the state Agriculture Minister.The saffron farmers and their association have received well the National Saffron Mission and have started registering farmers groups as societies. ‘’We really require this Mission and if it is implemented, the growers will be benefited,” said Raja Mushtaq, a saffron grower. They expect that the mission would go a long way in improving production and productivity and bringing in consistency in processing and marketing. “The saffron mission will go a long way in helping farmers enhance quality and productivity of Saffron,” said Seed Pathologist Farooq Ahamd Mandoo.

The Central Government expects to turn the corner in the next two years and restore the prestige and credibility of Kashmir saffron which the Union Agriculture Secretary described as a ‘’heritage issue and linked to very ethos of Kashmir.’’ (PIB Features)

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भूमि माफिया से खतरा राष्ट्रीय केसर मिशन: श्री चुन्नी लाल

भूमि माफिया से खतरा राष्ट्रीय केसर मिशन: श्री चुन्नी लालपंपोर, पंपोर और आसपास के क्षेत्रों में राष्ट्रीय केसर मिशन भूमि माफिया से खतरा है. हाल ही में कृषि विस्तार अधिकारी (AEO) जोन पंपोर 

श्री चुन्नी लाल क्षेत्र में भगवा भूमि के अवैध उत्खनन को रोकने के लिए उससे पूछ, तहसीलदार पंपोर को एक पत्र लिखा था. "कृषि विभाग Lethpora के क्षेत्र एजेंसी Chandhara से कुछ व्यक्तियों द्वारा पृथ्वी खुदाई भगवा देश के लिए खतरा है कि सूचना नहीं दी है. हमारे विभाग के जिला अधिकारियों के नाम / विवरण और शामिल उत्खनन के अन्य लोगों की मृत्यु के साथ खुदाई की जा रही भूमि के राजस्व जानकारी पता करने के इच्छुक हैं, "पत्र, ग्रेटर कश्मीर के साथ झूठ बोल रही है जो की एक प्रति राज्यों. 

कृषि अधिकारी भी राष्ट्रीय केसर मिशन पर खुदाई के प्रभाव को लेकर आशंका व्यक्त की है.Karewas नई कालोनियों आ रहे हैं जहां श्रीनगर शहर के बाहरी इलाके में दलदल भूमि को भरने के लिए विभिन्न स्थानों पर खुदाई की मिट्टी की तस्करी के लिए लगाया जा रहा है.

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National Saffron Mission under threat from land mafia : Shri Chuni Lal

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Pampore , National Saffron Mission in Pampore and adjoining areas is under threat from land mafia. Recently Agriculture Extension Officer (AEO) Zone Pampore Shri Chuni Lal wrote a letter to Tehsildar Pampore, asking him to stop the illegal excavation of saffron land in the area. “The field agency of Agriculture Department Lethpora has reported that the earth excavation by some persons from Chandhara is posing threat to saffron land. The district officers of our department are desirous to know the revenue details of land being excavated with name/particulars and other deaths of excavators involved,” states the letter, a copy of which is lying with Greater Kashmir.

The Agriculture Officer also expressed apprehension over the impact of excavation on National Saffron Mission.

Karewas are being leveled to smuggle the excavated soil to different places for filling up marsh land in the outskirts of Srinagar city where new colonies are coming up.
 

“Actually Revenue officials are hand in glove with the land mafia. They (land mafia) are leveling these Karewas for various reasons. One factor is that they save transportation charges which they would have had to pay if they would have to get the soil from 6, 7 kms away. Every day hundreds of tippers ferry soil from, Chandhara, Dusoo, Pampore and Lethpora,” said Muhammad Yousuf Malik, a member of local social welfare organisation Pampore which is one of the organizations spearheading the campaign to stop illegal extraction of land.

Fed up with the inaction of the local Revenue officials, locals had approached Divisional Commissioner Kashmir on May 2. “He gave a patient hearing to us and promised to take necessary action against land mafia of Pampore who have leveled miles of Karewas by their huge earthmovers. Next day the Additional Divisional Commissioner (ADC) Kashmir,  came to the town to have on spot assessment of the sites where illegal excavation of saffron soil was being done,” Ghulam Nabi Sheikh said.

But locals complained that ADC “was not taken to the major sites like Samboora and actual sites at Chandhara where, where from saffron soil is supplied for different projects, particularly for the four-lane highway project.”

Chairman of the Legal Cell Pampore, Bashir Ahmed said that they have been fighting for the status quo of the saffron land from long time, “actually it is nexuses between administration and contractors. We have been fighting for a long time to save the land. There are clear directions from court and various laws are also there to save the land. But ultimately these need to be implemented.”

When contacted Deputy Commissioner, Pulwama, he said, “This has not come in my knowledge. I will look into the matter.”

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Marrubium vulgare plant is a well-known and popular herbal medicine that is often used as a domestic remedy for coughs, colds, wheeziness etc. The herb apparently causes the secretion of a more fluid mucous, readily cleared by coughing. The leaves and young flowering stems are antiseptic, antispasmodic, cholagogue, diaphoretic, digestive, diuretic, emmenagogue, strongly expectorant, hepatic, stimulant and tonic. Marrubium vulgare is a very valuable pectoral, expectorant and tonic that can be safely used by children as well as adults. It is often made into a syrup or candy in order to disguise its very bitter flavour, though it can also be taken as a tea. As a bitter tonic, it increases the appetite and supports the function of the stomach. It can also act to normalize heart rhythm. The plant is harvested as it comes into flower and can be used fresh or dried. The root is a remedy for the bite of rattlesnakes, it is used in equal portions with Plantago lanceolata or P. major.

Marrubium vulgare is an expectorant herb, meaning it helps loosen bronchial secretions and eliminate mucus. Expectorant herbs help loosen bronchial secretions and make elimination of mucus easier. Numerous herbs are traditionally considered expectorants, though most of these have not been proven to have this effect in clinical trials. Marrubium vulgare has expectorant properties, possibly due to the presence of a diterpene lactone in the plant, which is known as marrubiin. Marrubium vulgare has a long history of use for relieving coughs.

Marrubium vulgare’s major active constituent increases the flow of saliva and gastric juice. Bitter herbs are thought to stimulate digestive function by increasing saliva production and promoting both stomach acid and digestive enzyme production.4 As a result, they are particularly used when there is low stomach acid but not in heartburn (where too much stomach acid could initially exacerbate the situation). These herbs literally taste bitter. Some examples of bitter herbs include greater celandine, wormwood, gentian,dandelion, blessed thistle, yarrow, devil’s claw, bitter orange, bitter melon, juniper, andrographis, prickly ash, and centaury.5. Bitters are generally taken either by mixing 1–3 ml tincture into water and sipping slowly 10–30 minutes before eating, or by making tea, which is also sipped slowly before eating.

Marrubium vulgare contains a number of constituents, including alkaloids, flavonoids, diterpenes (e.g., marrubiin), and trace amounts of volatile oils.6 The major active constituent marrubiin and possibly its precursor, premarrubiin, are herbal bitters that increase the flow of saliva and gastric juice, thereby stimulating the appetite.7 Similar to horehound, elecampane has been used by herbalists to treat people with indigestion.

Carminatives (also called aromatic digestive tonics or aromatic bitters) may be used to relieve symptoms of indigestion, particularly when there is excessive gas. It is believed that carminative agents work, at least in part, by relieving spasms in the intestinal tract

The mucilage of slippery elm gives it a soothing effect for coughs. Usnea also contains mucilage, which may be helpful in easing irritating coughs. There is a long tradition of using wild cherry syrups to treat coughs. Other traditional remedies to relieve coughs include bloodroot, catnip, comfrey (the above-ground parts, not the root), horehound, elecampane, mullein, lobelia, hyssop, licorice, mallow, (Malvia sylvestris), red clover, ivy leaf, pennyroyal (Hedeoma pulegioides, Mentha pulegium), onion, (Allium cepa), and plantain (Plantago lanceolata, P. major). None of these has been investigated in human trials, so their true efficacy for relieving coughs is unknown.

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Chicory is also known as Blue Sailors, Garden Endive, Succory, Wild Succory and Hendibeh. The seeds, leaves and root have carminative and cordial properties and are useful as a brain tonic and for headache, asthma and bilious vomiting. It is an acclaimed hepatoprotective and, is used in hepatic enlargement,  sluggishness, jaundice, fever, vomiting and abdominal pain. Cleanses the urinary tract.

Chicory can lower pulse rate and reduce cholesterol levels. It has cholagogue and antiinflammatory properties and is useful in rheumatic condition and gout. Strengthens the liver and checks bilious enlargements of the spleen with general dropsy. Contains 45-60% inulin, which can lower levels of blood cholesterol.

Women who suffer from premenstrual syndrome (PMS) may find that regular use of chicory root as a bitter and a liver tonic may assist in maintaining hormone balance and lessening the symptoms of PMS.

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Parts used :Leaves - raw or cooked. The leaves are rather bitter, especially when the plants are flowering. The leaves are often blanched by excluding light, either by removing all the leaves and then earthing up the new growth, or by covering the plant with a bucket or something similar. Whilst this greatly reduces any bitterness, there is also a corresponding loss of vitamins and minerals. The blanched leaves are often used in winter salads (they are known as chicons) and are also cooked. The unblanched leaves are much less bitter in winter and make an excellent addition to salads at this time of year. A nutritional analysis of the leaves is available. Flowers - raw. An attractive addition to the salad bowl, but rather bitter. Root - cooked like parsnip. The boiled young roots form a very palatable vegetable. The root is said to be an ideal food for diabetics because of its inulin content. Inulin is a starch that cannot be digested by humans, it tends to pass straight through the digestive system and is therefore unlikely to be of use to a diabetic. However, the inulin can be used to make a sweetener that is suitable for diabetics to use. Chicory-root is free of harmful ingredients, and is essentially a concentrated combination of three sugars (pentose, levulose and dextrose) along with taraxarcine (the bitter principle of dandelion). It is especially important as source of levulose. Roots are used in seasoning soups, sauces and gravies, and to impart a rich deep colour. The roasted root is used as a caffeine-free coffee adulterant or substitute. Young roots have a slightly bitter caramel flavour when roasted, roots over 2 years old are much more bitter.

Other uses of the herb: The roots have the potential to be used for the production of biomass for industrial use. They are rich in the starch "inulin" which can easily be converted to alcohol. A blue dye has been obtained from the leaves. The flowers are an alternative ingredient of "QR" herbal compost activator. This is a dried and powdered mixture of several herbs that can be added to a compost heap in order to speed up bacterial activity and thus shorten the time needed to make the compost.


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Srinagar, May 29: Hurriyat Conference (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday alleged that over 10000 persons had been subjected to enforced disappearance in Kashmir.

“None other than Kashmiris can feel the pain of the persons who were subjected to enforced disappearance by the forces. More than 10000 people have been subjected to enforced disappearance in Kashmir so far while as 9500 unmarked graves have been discovered. The family members of disappeared persons are suffering from pain for the past 23 years,” said Mirwaiz in a statement today.

Mirwaiz said the real motive behind observing the “International Week of Disappeared” was to demand the return of thousands of people who were subjected to enforced disappearance across the globe.

Mirwiaz said the day was observed to take measures for alleviating the problems of the families of the victims. He said the silence of international community in this regard was contrary to human values and it seems they were attempting to provide protection to crimes committed by the State.
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“Thousands of women have become widows and equal number of children has become orphans in the past 23 years. It is the duty of Kashmiri nation to take care of them and provide them whatever help they need,” said Mirwaiz, adding that “the Hurriyat has strengthened its HR cell and documented the statistical record pertaining to enforced disappearances, prisoners, and affected families. In near future Hurriyat will formulate an effective strategy to deal with these human issues.”(Writer-South Asia)

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Aromatic perennial, leaves dissected into liner segments. Flowers white, 2-5cm.across.Pyrethrum refers to several Old World plants of the genus Chrysanthemum (e.g., C. coccineum) which are cultivated as ornamentals for their showy flower heads. Pyrethrum is also the name of a natural insecticide made from the dried flower heads of Chrysanthemum cinerariifolium and Chrysanthemum coccineum.

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