MP cow vigilante

Unacceptable is a new India where those who kill and lynch in the name of religion are feted and garlanded. If standing up for my people makes me a separatist and anti-national then its a badge I will wear with honour. Mehbooba Mufti

Unsurprisingly, the main accused in the MP cow vigilante attack (circled) has posted pix with another model citizen.

More details: https://www.news18.com/news/politics/horrified-to-see-cow-vigilantes-thrashing-innocent-men-in-mp-mehbooba-mufti-2159393.html

Quince seeds for sale in Kashmir

Cydonia oblonga

Urdu name :  بہی دانہ BahiDana

Hindi name :  श्रीफल  Shreephal

Arabic name : سفرجل

Kashmiri name: Bumm-Tsoonth

English name : Quince

Other names: Cydonian Apple, Elephant Apple, Pineapple Quince
Synonyms: Cydonia vulgaris, Pyrus cydonia
Family: Rosaceae (Rose Family)

بہی دانہ

The quince pulp has the following characteristics: pH (3.43), total soluble solids (14.22°Brix), acidity (1.25%), carbohydrate (13.38 g/100 g), reducing sugar (5.15 g/100 g), non-reducing sugar (4.61 g/100 g), moisture (84.27 g/100 g), ash (0.62 g/100 g), fat (0.24 g/100 g), protein (0.49 g/100 g), fiber (1.65 g/100 g) ...

Parts used: Fruit, seeds.
Useful components: Proteins, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorous, potassium, water, iron, sodium and vitamins A, B1, B2 and C.

Quince, (Cydonia oblonga), a small  tree or shrub of the rose family (Rosaceae), grown for its edible fruit. Quince is the only member of the genus Cydonia and is native to Iran, Kashmir, Turkey, and possibly Greece and the Crimean Peninsula. The fruit has a strong aroma and is astringent in the raw state but makes an excellent preserve and is often used to give flavour and sharpness to stewed or baked apples. The flesh takes on a pink colour when cooked, giving an attractive colour to jellies and conserves.

The fruit contains tannins including catechin and epicatechin and has a very high concentration of vitamin C. Quince is also a good source of calcium, iron, potassium, magnesium and copper. With a very low calorie density, quince can be enjoyed as part of a healthy eating plan.

Availability of Quince fruit, Quince Seed, Quince Jam & Quince Jelly 

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Latest Kashmir Situation : A complete shutdown is being observed on Tuesday in the Kashmir valley to mark the death anniversaries of late Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone.

A complete shutdown is being observed on Tuesday in the Kashmir valley to mark the death anniversaries of late Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq and Abdul Gani Lone. 

All shops, business establishments, government and private offices remained closed while as public transport is mostly off the roads.

Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq was killed on May 21, 1990, while Lone was killed on May 21, 2002, by unknown gunmen. On the same day, a huge procession carrying Mirwaiz Farooq’s coffin was fired upon by CRPF men at Hawal in Srinagar in which more than 60 civilians were killed.

Besides imposing restrictions in areas falling under five police stations in old Srinagar city to foil the proposed march called by resistance leaders to Eidgah to commemorate the death anniversaries of late Mirwaiz and Lone, the authorities had placed Mirwaiz under house arrest at his Nigeen residence on Monday evening. (kashmirlife.net)

Organic vegetable farm Pampore

Bilal Habib Director Agriculture visits Patalbagh (Noor Bagh), Pampore, announce it as cluster vegetable village


By Bilal Habib
Sachnews Jammu Kashmir
PAMPORE, May 20: Patalbagh, a small village of Pampore in South Kashmir's Pulwama district is emerging as significant producer for vegetables in Jammu and Kashmir. 
This year a pea crop was grown on 350 Kannals of land by some 100 families. 
The farmers told Sachnews Jammu Kashmir that they earned a cash of rupees One Crore and twenty lakhs by selling the pea.

Irshad Ahmad, a young pea grower told Sachnews Jammu Kashmir that villagers in Patalbagh are turning to vegetable cultivation after seeing others reaping decent profit. 
"We will grow more vegetables and supply to others states if we are supported by agriculture department," he said.

Director Agriculture Kashmir Syed Altaf Aijaz Andrabi along with Chief Agriculture officer Pulwama, Mohamad Yusuf Shah, on Monday visited the Patalbagh village of Pampore and interacted with the farmers.


Director Agriculture was accompanied by senior officers of the district. All Saffron growers association members led by President Abdul Majeed Wani also present on the occasion.


Talking to Sachnews he said that the village has a vast potential of growing vegetables and an income of Rs One Crore twenty lakh has been earned by the farmers during the current season on the peas crop only.

"We have reached a reasonable yield potential of vegetable production. Now there is need for shifting to exotic and high value vegetable like broccoli, parsley and other varieties to earn more profit," he said. 

He emphasized upon giving boost to marketing of vegetables by making different groups and societies and branding the products and labelling and packaging in an attractive way.


He assured the farmers for providing the transportation facility of their fresh vegetables to other states through refrigeration vans , which will be given by the department on the requirement of the growers. 


Chief Horticulture officer Pulwama, Mohamad Yusuf Shah told Sachnews that Patalbagh village will be adopted as cluster vegetable village.

"The farmers will be given subsidy on hybrid seeds by half of its original price and other technical guidance and irrigation facilities will be provided to them," he said, adding 25 hectares of land has been identified for vegetable cultivation in the area.


The department will be providing 50 percent subsidy on purchase of high quality hybrid seeds and also will be providing technical guidance, irrigation facility and green houses to the beneficiaries.


The farmers told Sachnews that they earn around twenty thousand on cultivation of pea per kanal after deducing rupees five thousand cost of fertilizers, pesticides and labour. 
They appealed others to turn to vegetable cultivation and shy away from practice of growing banned crop like poppy. 

Many farmers in the area had grown poppy on 60 Kannals of land which was destroyed by Revenue officials Pampore and Exsise department during a drive.