Youngsters in Kashmir more prone to diabetes: Dr Ashraf Ganie

Sedentary lifestyle, stress, high calorie diet among major causes  Noted endocrinologist, Dr Muhammad Ashraf Ganie, who is President of MPPCOS Society and Senior Consultant Endocrinology and Metabolism, AIIMS, New Delhi is currently working as senior Professor at Department of Endocrinology, Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar. Dr Ganie has been working in the area of lifestyle disorders and has published numerous research papers. In a candid interview Dr Ganie talks about present scenario of diabetes, its causes, measures, trends, sex-wise ratio and precautionary measures to tackle diabetes in Kashmir…

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Majid Khan, a promising footballer from Anantnag is LeT’s latest recruit

Majid, a second-year under-graduate commerce student at the government degree college Anantnag, is the LeT’s latest recruit in the Valley. In the house of 20-year-old Majid Khan, a bright student and a promising footballer who joined the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) last week, it’s heartbreak. His mother Ayesha Khan weeps inconsolably and beats her chest as she implores her son to return. At least ten women in the family’s sitting room hold her back as she shrieks and cries. “I want my only son back…. Majid, come back. Come back and kill…

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GST on carpet will be slashed from 12% to 5%: Haseeb Drabu

Admitting that the carpet industry is passing through difficult times, the minister for finance, Dr Haseeb Drabu assured that Goods and Services tax charged on carpets will be slashed from 12 to 5 percent in coming days to give a breather to people affiliated with this indigenous craft. “State government has fulfilled all the commitments it had made after implementation of GST except one that is carpet industry. Every segment of trade is in distress, but carpet artisans and dealers are more worried, although it has nothing to do with…

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Politicians, Cops under NIA lens for exchange of banned notes

The National Investigation Agency has zeroed in on dozens of politicians, bureaucrats and police officers who had allegedly illicitly exchanged demonetised money into the new currency after November 8 last year. The NIA will also be investigating the role of a prominent bank of the state that had helped politicians, bureaucrats and police officers in the Valley to exchange the money on the instructions of some politically influential persons. “Each and every entry is under scrutiny and also how bundles of old currency were exchanged with the new under clear…

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Gunfight erupts in Tral, Qazigund

A gunfight is underway between the militants and the state government forces in Laam, Tral area of Awantipora in district Pulwama. A police official informed Kashmir Post that the Police, Army and CRPF are jointly dealing with the situation. A fierce gunfight erupted between militants and the state government forces in Nowbug Kund area of Qazigund in district Anantnag on Tuesday morning. A police official told Kashmir Post that acting on specific information, SOG Kulgam and 9RR of Army cordoned off Nowbug Kund. As the search operation was in progress…

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‘Kashmiris are not beggars’, Joint Resistance leadership slams Mehbooba’s remarks

Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti drew flak from the joint separatist leadership on Monday for stating that Kashmiris should “stop inflicting pain on themselves” and “first we protest then we come with a bowl asking for money.” In a statement, Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik said that Kashmiris were not beggars and once they become masters of their own resources they will have enough to prosper. Apparently referring to the recent appointment of an interlocutor by New Delhi, the joint leadership said that the resilience of…

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Don’t see much hope in peace initiative: Displaced Kashmiri Pandits

Families living in camps say they need a united front Despite being badly affected by Pakistan-supported militancy in J&K, displaced Pandits living in camps in Jammu see themselves as becoming “irrelevant” in new political initiatives being taken to bring peace in the Valley. As Centre’s special representative Dineshwar Sharma recently visited the state. Thousands of families living in camp township of Jagti and housing units built by the government at Purkhoo, Muthi and Nagrota expressed their doubts about any positive outcome regarding rehabilitation of the community in their homeland. Further,…

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To defuse tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours, US pressing India, Pak for dialogue

The US is quietly nudging Pakistan and India to re-engage as the Trump administration seeks to defuse tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours, according to a media report. Americas objective to normalise ties between the two South Asian rivals is part of its efforts to have a more focused approach on the Afghan endgame. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took up the issue with the leadership of both Pakistan and India during his recent visit to the two countries, the Express Tribune quoting government officials and diplomatic sources as saying.…

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