Year: 2015

Lesser known facts about garlic

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When Hippocrates said, “Let food be thy medicine”, surely he meant therapeutic viands like garlic, known for properties beyond being a taste enhancer in recipes. A native to Central Asia, garlic is being used by humans since 7000 years. Have you ever thought why only garlic is believed in myths to ward off vampires and evil spirits? In fact this wonder food has more uses than you can think of, and some really interesting ones. 1. Garlic is said to be the flag-bearer of white magic in Europe. Central European…

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Foods to cleanse your arteries

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Heart health is important for overall health. Blockages in the heart can cause stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes and atherosclerosis. Hence we give you top 20 foods are can effectively remove blockages in the arteries and maintain a healthy heart. Here are 20 best heart healthy foods to cleanse your arteries. Turmeric Atherosclerosis is when the arteries harden which is caused by inflammation. Now turmeric or haldi has anti-inflammatory properties. This spice works in favour of reducing heart diseases. Curcumin that’s present in turmeric reduces inflammation in the arteries and…

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Tourism dept gears up for winter games

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Attract families for winter sports in Valley: Shah Soon after taking over the charge as Secretary Tourism, Farooq A Shah called a high level meeting to discuss ways and means to promote and organize winter games in Kashmir in the upcoming winter season. The meeting was attended by veterans in winter sports, officials of tourism department and Winter Games Association of J&K on Sunday at Civil Secretariat. Shah said Gulmarg has become a premier ski resort in the Himalayas and many athletes throng the place during winter. He, however, stressed…

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Students, BGSBU administration at loggerheads

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The situation at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University (BGSBU) is far from getting normal as the students, citing violation of agreement by university officials, have resumed their strike. The officials have termed the strike as unjustified as according to them all the demands of students were met. “We had decided to end the strike following an agreement with university officials in which they conceded our demand to suspend the registrar BGSBU Mohammad Rashid Chowdhary,” said a student representative. “But on Monday when we resumed our classes, we were astonished to…

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Dachigam National Park off limits for tourists

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With the authorities making Dachigam National Park ‘out of bounds’ for visitors, the move has irked the local tour and travel operators who say their tour itineraries have been disturbed. “Many of our clients who go to Dachigam park return disappointed,” the tour operators said. “We are being told the closure has been ordered by the CM office. But we wonder why no prior intimation was given to us,” they said, adding that a prior intimation about the park closure “would have guided us not to include Dachigam visit in…

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Work on Srinagar-Jammu highway our priority: Gadkari

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‘Special team to review work on highway, other JK roads’ Stating that construction works for the Srinagar – Jammu National Highway is Government of India’s priority, the Union Minister for Roads, Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari, Tuesday said the central government is also committed to provide ample funding for the Highways and other roads. “I have directed the authorities to pick up the Srinagar-Jammu National Highway on priority. The maintenance of this Highway will be completed within a short period of time with the issue having been taken up by…

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Climate change may decrease JK’s hydropower generation: Report

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The demand of electricity in Jammu and Kashmir will touch 19,500 million units by 2020-21, even as “prevalent climate change scenario” in the state is likely to affect its hydropower generation, an official report has predicted. The J&K government’s report—State Action Plan on Climate Change—states that energy demand in the State has gradually increased during the past five years at an annual rate of 5 to 6 percent. “According to 16th All India Power Survey, the power requirement of the state is expected to reach 19,500 million units during 2020-21,”…

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Mufti for increase in number of items traded along LoC

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Govt exchanges list of 72 items with PaK officials Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, has conveyed to the Government of India (GoI) the need for boosting the cross-LoC trade by increasing the number of trade able items. Sources said Mufti conveyed this to the team of top government officials of Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) headed by Joint Secretary Kashmir Affairs, Rajit Punhani during a meeting here, last Thursday. They said J&K government has already conveyed to GoI that it intends to increase the list of trade able items…

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Militant attack rumour triggers panic in Jammu

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A hoax call on Tuesday about spotting of militants triggered panic and fear as it kept the Army and Police on their toes due to search operation. “An government employee gave a call to police about the spotting of militants in Janipur belt”, a senior police officer said. As the police got a call, it alert Army and Police and cordoned-off entire Janipur belt in Jammu city and evacuated students from three schools in the area, he said. Several panic-stricken schools in Jammu called parents to collect their children while…

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Chief Secretary Iqbal Khanday resigns citing differences with PDP govt

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He reportedly said that officers were being rotated like ‘shuttlecocks’ Jammu and Kashmir Chief Secretary Iqbal Khanday resigned on Tuesday due to differences with the state government. As per a CNN-IBN report, Khanday is miffed about the arbitrary transfer of  officials. He reportedly said that officers were being rotated like ‘shuttlecocks’. The report citing sources said that he was unhappy that juniors were being promoted ahead of seniors in administration.

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