Foods that fight Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a disease wherein the bones become very weak and fragile. People with osteoporosis have an increased risk for fractured bones, even from minor falls or accidents. It is always considered that elderly women are prone to osteoporosis, but this is not true. Damage to the bone starts at an early age. In order to maintain strong and healthy bones and prevent osteoporosis, you need to take certain precautions from an early age. Milk and milk products Include a healthy proportion of low fat milk and milk products (cheese,…

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e-Curfew

Aug 15 or Jan 26 – Kashmiris have to face E-Curfew every year twice M ASHRAF Kashmiris have become quite familiar and used to the word “Curfew”. The Cambridge dictionary defines “Curfew” as, “a rule by which everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night, especially during a war or period of political trouble”. Imposition of curfew has become a normal routine in Kashmir which as per dictionary definition seems to be at war or in continuous political trouble. Many variation of this virtually physical imprisonment of…

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Getting Tourism Right in Kashmir

The obsession with tourism bordering on paranoia of some in Jammu and Kashmir needs to be put in a realistic perspective to get the economic and environment priorities of the state right   M ASHRAF  Immediately after taking over, the new ruling dispensation in Jammu and Kashmir went whole hog for a massive hype on tourism notwithstanding the fact that the most immediate priority was rehabilitation of the flood displaced, restoration of damage to infrastructure and prevention of future floods. Many started visiting Bollywood in right earnest to woo the film…

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Tips to manage cholesterol levels

Cholesterol is one of the leading causes of heart disease. Want to stay away from this threatening problem? Eat less meat Red meat is known to increase cholesterol levels, so minimise the consumption of meat in your diet. Even if you’re consuming meat, make sure that you eat lean meat. Stay away from beef, pork and lamb and instead eat fish. Get fibre Include at least 5 to 10 grams of fibre in your diet daily. This will better your chances of keeping your cholesterol levels from rising by almost…

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Traffic jams bring city to standstill

Commuters faced a tough time on Monday as major routes of Srinagar witnessed massive traffic jams. Various routes of the summer capital including Rajbagh, TRC, Jehangir Chowk, Budshah Chowk Batamaloo and Tengpora witnessed traffic jams for several hours—causing inconvenience to commuters. Adding to the traffic mess, several vehicles coming out of civil secretariat passed through wrong side. In absence of proper traffic regulation, vehicular movement came to a grinding halt near Police Control Room junction. Several ambulances were also stranded in the traffic jams at Batamaloo around 6 pm. “This…

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Response on Article 35A by Nov 3: SC tells JK

State in no hurry, will present viewpoint as per the constitution: Law Min The Supreme Court has set a fresh deadline of November 3, 2015 to the State to respond to a petition of the RSS-backed think-tank challenging Article 35A of the Indian Constitution before the Apex Court. The State government has been given the fresh deadline of November 3 to give its response even though the case is still at the registry stage, officials of the Law department said. GoI had earlier sent notice to the State government and…

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Kashmir lost in Bollywood Masala

Bollywood directors should stop selling and romanticising this political laboratory Aamir Qayoom I could see some of the Kashmiri discussing the Bajrangi (film) twist while munching the rolls and dipping the tea bags in one of the central university, I happened to visit recently. All that I could make out from their dhabha debate was the fact that Kashmir has got lost in the Bollywood hungama. This concern for the paradise connects us with the knotty and tricky representation of Kashmir in contemporary Bollywood films. While ‘Haider’ as a movie…

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Protest in Jammu over disrespect of religious book

Alleged use of pages of a religious book in packaging triggered protests in a locality of Jammu, prompting the government today to order a magisterial probe. The probe was ordered after members of a particular community held a protest in Bari Brahmana area of Samba district against the management of a private factory which had allegedly used the pages in packaging. Samba Deputy Commissioner Sheetal Nanda has ordered a judicial inquiry into the matter. Police has also constituted a Special Investigation team to investigate the matter. “A case under various…

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JK to establish schools in Pandit colonies

Community gives lukewarm response The Jammu and Kashmir government’s move to establish schools in three Pandit colonies in Kashmir has received a lukewarm response from the community thus making the efforts a futile exercise. The direction for establishing these schools have come from the Chief Minister’s Secretariat and the Directorate of School Education Kashmir (DSEK) was asked to expedite the process. In the first phase, one school each is to be established in Sheikhpora Budgam, Hal Pulwama and Veesu Kulgam. Thousands of migrant Pandits who have been provided government jobs…

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J&K is not any legal part of Indian like the states of Bihar, UP or Maharashtra and its status is different from them : Gilani

While out rightly rejecting the plans of the Indian government of permanently settling the retired Indian army personals or their children in Jammu & Kashmir, Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Geelani said that Jammu Kashmir is an internationally accepted disputed territory and the decision regarding its future is still pending so the settling or allotting of land to any army personnel or any citizen of India on this disputed land is the clear violation of the international rules and it has no constitutional or moral justification. Jammu &…

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