Myrtus communis seeds for your Garden

Myrtle tree

Myrtus communis, the common myrtle, is a species of
flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae.
It is an evergreen shrub native to
southern Europe, north Africa,
western Asia, Macaronesia, and the
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Echinacea_purpurea tea

#Echinacea_purpurea Kashmir is a plant whose roots and leaves have been traditionally used for medicinal purposes. ...

Echinacea purpurea

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Sheikh Imran Latest situation in Kashmir

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way. Sheikh Imran
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Hing cultivation in India

Hing Seeds

A species of the herb is found in the deserts of Iran and the mountains of Afganistan, but it is also cultivated in Kashmir. While it's origins are from the Middle East, but over a period of time Heeng has gained immense popularity across India too.

The major supply of asafoetida to India is from Afghanistan and Iran. There are two main varieties of asafoetida ie. Hing Kabuli Sufaid (Milky white asafoetida) and Hing Lal (Red asafoetida).

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Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB)

Jammu and Kashmir Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) has launched call & WhatsApp helpline number 9419678060 on which the citizens can report demands for bribe/ corruption through social messenger and also through call.

The spokesman said that the motive of the ACB behind the announcing a WhatsApp and call helpline is to encourage citizens to report cases of corruption and bribe demands.

While launching the WhatsApp and call helpline of Anti-Corruption Bureau in Srinagar, Anand Jain, IPS, Director, Anti-Corruption Bureau said that WhatsApp has become a very popular medium of communication and people are more comfortable using WhatsApp, said the spokesman.

Moreover, WhatsApp will also enable the complainant to post picture and videos of any complaints through an electronic medium in a real-time basis, said ACB spokesman in a statement.

Man beaten by mob, made to chant Jai Shri Ram, dies

A 24-year-old man, who was allegedly beaten for hours on suspicion of stealing a motorcycle and is seen in a purported video being forced to chant Jai Shri Ram and Jai Hanuman, died four days later, Jharkhand police said on Monday.

The recently married Ansari was rushed to the Saraikela Sadar (district) Hospital after he complained of uneasiness on June 21, three days after he was tied to a pole and beaten with sticks through the night of June 18. On June 22, he was referred to the Tata Hospital in Jamshedpur.

"We have formed an SIT to probe into the matter and it has already conducted raids in the area on Sunday night," Superintendent of Police Karthik S said.

Asked about the purported video of the incident, which is being circulated widely on social media and in which a mob is heard forcing Ansari to chant the slogans, Karthik S said a case has been lodged against an accused for inciting "communal sentiments".

"Papu Mandal has been arrested and an inquiry into the incident is on," the SP added. Further details of the incident will be disclosed at a media briefing later in the day, he said.

Ansari's assault took place on June 18 when he was returning from Jamshedpur, with two friends.

Some villagers caught them and accused them of stealing a motorcycle at Dhatkidih village in Seraikela-Kharsawan district, police officials said.

Though Ansari's friends managed to escape, he was tied to a pole and beaten up with sticks through the night, they said.

He was then handed over to police by the villagers, the SP said.

Ansari's wife has filed a complaint in which she has named several people, a police officer said.

"The police should have taken him to a hospital, instead of arresting and sending him to jail," Shaista Praveen, who recently got married to Ansari, said in her complaint. 

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Bank Loan to Indian Farmers

The Government of India fixes Agriculture Credit Disbursement Targets for the Banking Sector every year and banks have consistently surpassed these targets.

          State-wise details of Agriculture Credit Target fixed by the Government for the year 2019-20 is at Annexure I.

          State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC), Maharashtra has reported that they are extending credit facilities, through various schemes & products for agriculture lending to all eligible farmers across the country including farmers of Buldhana Parliamentary Constituency of Maharashtra.

          District-wise details of crop loan disbursements as on 15.06.2019 for the State of Maharashtra as reported by SLBC, Maharashtra is given at Annexure II.

          The Government of India/ Reserve Bank of India (RBI)/ NABARD have, inter alia, taken the following major initiatives for providing hassle free crop loans to farmers of the country:-

• With a view to ensure availability of agriculture credit at a reduced interest rate of 7% p.a. to the farmers, the Government of India in the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers’ Welfare implements an interest subvention scheme for short term crop loans up to Rs. 3.00 lakh. The scheme provides interest subvention of 2% per annum to Banks on use of their own resources. Besides, additional 3% incentive is given to the farmers for prompt repayment of the loan, thereby reducing the effective rate of interest to4%.

• As per RBI directions, Domestic Scheduled Commercial Banks are required to lend 18% of the Adjusted Net Bank Credit (ANBC) or Credit Equivalent to Off-Balance Sheet Exposure (CEOBE), whichever is higher, towards agriculture. A sub-target of 8% is also prescribed for lending to small and marginal farmers including landless agricultural labourers, tenant farmers, oral lessees and share croppers. Similarly, in the case of Regional Rural Banks 18% of their total outstanding advances is required to be towards agriculture and a sub-target of 8% has been set for lending to small and marginalfarmers.

• The Government has introduced the Kisan Credit Card (KCC) Scheme, which enables farmers to purchase agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilisers, pesticides, etc. and draw cash to satisfy their agricultural and consumption needs. The KCC Scheme has since been simplified and converted into ATM enabled RuPayDebit Card with, inter alia, facilities of one-time documentation, built-in cost escalation in the limit, any number of drawals within the limit,etc.

· Under the KCC Scheme, a flexible limit of Rs.10,000 to Rs.50,000 has been provided to marginal farmers (as Flexi KCC) based on the land holding and crops grown including post-harvest warehouse storage related credit needs and other farm expenses, consumption needs, etc., plus small term loan investments without relating it to the value ofland.

• To enhance coverage of small and marginal farmers in the formal credit system, RBI has decided to raise the limit for collateral-free agriculture loans from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 1.6lakh.

• The requirement of 'no due’ certificate has also been dispensed with for small loans up to Rs.50,000 to small and marginal farmers, share-croppers and the like and, instead, only a self-declaration from the borrower is required.

• To bring small, marginal, tenant farmers, oral lessees, etc. into the fold of institutional credit, Joint Liability Groups (JLGs) have been promoted bybanks.

This was stated by the Union Minister of Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

Prime Minister’s flagship program e-NAM has achieved another milestone by commencing inter-State trade between mandis using e-payments

Prime Minister’s flagship program e-NAM has achieved another milestone by commencing inter-State trade between mandis using e-payments

“e-NAM is not just a scheme but it’s a journey which aims to reach out to the last mile farmer and transform the way agricultural produce is sold :- Sanjay Agarwal, Secretary, DA&FW

With the start of New Year 2019, the Prime Minister’s flagship program e-NAM has achieved another milestone by commencing inter-State trade between mandis of two different States. Earlier trade used to happen either within the APMC or between two APMCs situated within same state. The very first Inter State transaction in tomatoes has been carried out between trader of Bareilly e-NAM APMC of Uttar Pradesh and farmer of Haldwani e-NAM APMC of Uttarakhand. Similarly, the inter -State transactions in potatoes, brinjal & cauliflower have been carried out between the e-NAM mandis of Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh.  In all the cases, e-payments have been made through e-NAM portal. This will helps farmers get better market access, more buyers/ traders & realise better prices for their produce.

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To facilitate inter State trade between the e-NAM States, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Govt. of India, conducted series of coordination meetings with concerned States and Mandi board officials/ Mandi secretaries. As a result of these interactions, both the States have now facilitated licensing of traders of each other for inter-State trade on e-NAM portal.

E-NAM i.e. National Agriculture Market is a pan-India electronic trading (e-trading) portal which seeks to network the existing physical regulated wholesale market (known as APMC market) through a virtual platform to create a unified national market for agricultural commodities. e-NAM platform promotes better marketing opportunities for the farmers to sell their produce through online competitive and transparent price discovery system and online payment facility. It also promotes prices commensurate with quality of produce. The e-NAM portal provides single window services for all APMC related information and services. This includes commodity arrivals, quality & prices, buy & sell offers & e-payment settlement directly into farmers’ account, among other services.

Farmers can access the information on e-NAM easily through their mobile phones from anywhere. This online trading platform aims at reducing transaction costs, bridging information asymmetry and helps in expanding the market access for farmers. So far, 585 Regulated Markets of 16 States and 2 Union Territories have been integrated to e-NAM platform. Government has also decided to integrate additional 415 markets by March, 2020. “Logistic providers” information is also being provided in the e-NAM portal to traders from outside the State, which will facilitate transportation of commodities after trading. An Inter-State dashboard on e-NAM platform has been developed to promote inter State trade among e-NAM States.

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LAKHS ASSEMBLE IN PAMPORE

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LAKHS ASSEMBLE IN PAMPORE

Pampore, Aug 16: All roads led to Pampore Saturday. If there was anything visible in this saffron town, it was a sea of people. Kashmir had assembled to pay homage to Sheikh Abdul Aziz, the slain....

Pampore, Aug 16: All roads led to Pampore Saturday. If there was anything visible in this saffron town, it was a sea of people. Kashmir had assembled to pay homage to Sheikh Abdul Aziz, the slain Hurriyat leader who fell to police bullets on a peaceful march to Muzaffarabad.

People including women and children from across the Valley assembled at Eidgah here, climbed rooftops, trees and even sky-touching mobile towers to watch pro-freedom leaders.

On way to Pampore from Srinagar, women offered milk, water and food to the people, who continuously shouted pro-freedom slogans and waved green flags.

 “We want freedom,” the people kept shouting.

 Since morning people were waiting for the arrival of the leaders. When Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s cavalcade reached the spot, women showered flower petals on him. Later youth carried Mirwaiz on shoulders in a procession to Eidgah. People also gave rousing welcome to Muhammad Yaseen Malik. 

However, people could not control their emotions when Syed Ali Shah Geelani reached there. They huddled, shouted anti-India and pro-freedom slogans and escorted Geelani, who was atop a vehicle, inside the jam-packed Eidgah.

However, not a single cop or troopers was present on the road from Athwajan to Pampore. For hours people kept thronging the town—by foot, on motorcycles and vehicles. The locals had established langars at various places.

 But more than food, people preferred to listen to the pro-freedom leaders.

 As Geelani started his speech, some youth climbed atop all the mobile towers overlooking the Eidgah, and hoisted green flags. Shouting pro-freedom slogans, people saluted the youth who stood atop the cell towers and kept waving the green flags.

‘Sheikh Aziz Teri Azmat Ko Salam (We salute the grandeur of Sheikh Aziz,” a group of youth carrying the slain leader’s life-size posters shouted.  

When the pro-freedom leaders ended their speech, people started to move to their respective destinations in huge processions. On seeing massive procession, two Army trucks abruptly stopped at Athwajan. A group of women taunted the troops for “killing the innocent people of Kashmir.”

Later some youth among the procession paved way for the Army vehicles to leave the spot. At Pantha Chowk the police diverted the procession through the Bypass. However those who managed to move through the highly-fortified zone housing the 15 Corps headquarters, shouted pro-freedom slogans and moved in a procession to Shivpora. Till late evening, youths on motorcycles and vehicles moved through city roads, shouting pro-freedom slogans.

KHALID GUL reports from Islamabad:

More than 400 vehicles ferrying about 20 thousand people left Islamabad for Pampore early in the morning.

In Islamabad town, despite incessant rains thousands of people from rural as well as urban areas came out from their houses amid pro-freedom and anti-India slogans and arranged their own vehicles; trucks, buses, lorries and cars to proceed towards Pampore.

They were seen off by thousands of people including women and children who had assembled in groups at various places and the town wore a festive look. The villages en-route Pampore offered water and juices to the people.

People in large numbers came out of their houses in Chinar town Bijbehara and proceeded towards Pampore.

In Kulgam the scene was no different as more than 100 vehicles ferried people to Pampore.

People were also seen standing on the roofs of the vehicles carrying green and black flags and shouting pro-freedom and anti-India slogans.

Sheikh Nazir reports from Ganderbal

Hundreds of people from Ganderbal and other adjoining areas marched to Pampore on Saturday in wake of the Pampore Chalo call given by Hurriyats coordination committee.

 Eyewitnesses told Greater Kashmir people marched to Pampore in trucks, tippers, buses ,matadors and light vehicles  from Fatehpora, Chuk, Dudarhama, Saloora, Shalbugh, Beehama, Nagbal, Nunar, Garages and others villages in Ganderbal.

On way to Srinagar, people who had assembled in the streets provided the marchers with cold drinks, fruits and other refreshments.

Youth were busy in collecting relief in mobiles and load carriers in different villages  of Tawheedpora, Dangerpora, Chenden, Sherpathri, Bamloora, Manigam, Watlar, Wayil and other areas.

At least 20 TaTa mobiles took relief to Srinagar from the Ganderbal tehsil on Saturday.

Meanwhile hundreds of people staged a massive protest in Kangan market to press for the opening of Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road for trade.

Masjid committees of Gagangeer, Kulan, Gund and  local youth of Chatergul, Katchnambal, Panzin, Baranbugh, Ari, kijpora, Ganiwan, Mamar and other villages of Kangan area collected essentials and eatables and took it to Jamia Masjid Srinagar for distribution. (https://www.greaterkashmir.com)

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Sumac tree

Rhus coriaria, commonly called Sicilian sumac, tanner's sumach,  or elm-leaved sumach, is a deciduous shrub to  small tree in the  Anacardiaceae or cashew family, 

native to southern Europe. 

The dried fruits are used as a spice, particularly in  

combination with other spices in the 

mixture called za'atar.

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Sage seeds Kashmir

Sage has a very long history of effective medicinal use and is an important domestic herbal remedy for disorders of the digestive system. Its antiseptic qualities make it an effective gargle for the mouth where it can heal sore throats, ulcers etc. 

The leaves applied to an aching tooth will often relieve the pain. The whole herb is antihydrotic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, carminative, cholagogue, galactofuge, stimulant, tonic and vasodilator. 

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Gunfight Rages In Awantipora Village

A gunfight between the government forces and militants has begun in Braw Bandina area of Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday morning.

Reports said that following specific input about the presence of militants, a mixture of joint forces including Army’s 55RR, SOG Pulwama and CRPF launched a cordon and search operation in the area. Subsequently, the searches were started, however, as the forces personnel approached to the hiding spot, militants opened fire on them, triggering an encounter.

More details awaited.

Anantnag attack: 5 CRPF , 2 militants killed; Al Umar Mujahideen claims responsibility

Anantnag attack: 5 CRPF jawans, 2 militants killed; Al Umar Mujahideen claims responsibility
Five CRPF jawans were killed and three others were injured on Wednesday when militants carried out an attack on a busy road in Anantnag district of South Kashmir. An inspector of Jammu and Kashmir Police has also sustain crticial injuries. The injured have been evacuated to an army hospital.

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Black mulberry seeds

Morus nigra, called black mulberry or blackberry, is a 

species of  flowering plant in the family Moraceae.

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Kashmir-Social media and shut down internet

Jammu and Kashmir People's Leauge Chairman told Writer-South Asia: "Since we try to highlight the political reality of Kashmir and talk about the people's expectations and desires, we are tackled our activities." Unless we hold the meetings, we should not allow meetings at any time closed rooms. This series has increased since 2008.

The poltical  parties and their leaders of India's national political stream are also using social media and internet to enhance their contacts with the people.

National Conference leader and former Chief Minister Umar Abdullah, are the most active  politicians who are counted on Twitter. The number of their Twitter followers is more than 30 million. Another former Chief Minister and President of the People's Democratic Party, Mehbooba Mufti, has also been particularly active on Twitter since last few months to stay in contact with the influence of his constituency and reach the most possible supporters.

However, social activist and analyst Saifula Farooq sees pro-India's  and activities on social media from two different angles. He said, "If mainstream political parties and their leaders say that they are in touch with people through Twitter and other social media platforms, they are also confessing that they are far from the people. As far as separatists are concerned, social media usage is a compulsion for them, because they are not being given to meet the public. "

Ordinary people using social media also use it to express their political ideology and express their views in Indian-administered Kashmir. They put photos, videos, and more on these platforms on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other platforms of social media.

In the year 2018, the Internet closed 32 times and 127 times partially. The total number of internet users in the entire state is Rs. 20 million. Of these, 70 million belong to the troubled valley of Kashmir, where it is now a routine to turn off Internet services.

However, the repeated ban on Internet usage has negatively impacted the local economy. Users are incomplete and especially traders and students are worried about this situation. In a careful measure, the Internet shutdown has to suffer from the loss of the daily one million rupees.

A survey of Delhi's Think tank 'International Council for Research on International Economic Relations has said that due to repeated suspension of Internet services, the Indian-administered Kashmir economy has been severely hit. Only 2012 and 2017, the vale of  Kashmir had to suffer a loss of Rs 4000 crores.

Kathua rape, murder: Court to announce verdict on June 10

The much-awaited verdict in rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in Kathua is being pronounced by a court in Punjab’s Pathankot on June 10, reports said on Monday.

Both Defence and the prosecution have completed the arguments and the court will be announcing the verdict next Monday.

The day-to-day in-camera trial began in the first week of June last year at the district and session court in Pathankot after the Supreme Court directed that the case be shifted out of J&K after lawyers in Kathua had prevented crime branch officials from filing the charge sheet in the case.

The trial was assigned to the district and sessions court in Pathankot by the Supreme Court after the victim’s family approached with a plea to transfer the case from Kathua.

The eight-year-old girl, belonging to a nomadic tribe, was allegedly kidnapped on January 10, 2018 and her body was found on January 17 last year. It is alleged that she was gang-raped and later murdered. The crime branch has arrested eight people, including a juvenile in the case.

The charge sheet has been filed against Sanji Ram and his juvenile nephew, his son Vishal, special police officers Deepak Khajuria and Surender Verma and friend Parvesh Kumar alias Mannu.

The charge sheet also names head constable Tilak Raj and sub-inspector Anand Dutta — who allegedly took Rs 4 lakh from Sanji Ram and destroyed crucial evidence.

All the accused, barring the juvenile, have been shifted to Gurdaspur jail following an intervention by the Supreme Court which also restricted the appearance of the defence lawyers and limited it to one or maximum of two per accused.

The district and sessions court in Pathankot framed charges of rape and murder against the seven accused in the case on June 8 last year.

Sanji Ram, considered the main accused, is alleged to have hatched the conspiracy with the other accused for kidnapping the girl as part of a strategy to remove the minority nomadic community from the area

The case also became a bone of contention between then ruling alliance partners PDP and BJP. The BJP had to sack two of its ministers, Chowdhury Lal Singh and Chander Prakash Ganga, for participating in a rally of Hindu Ekta Manch in support of those arrested by the crime branch in the case. (GNS)