Divisional Reservation for Kashmiri Students: A Crucial Step to Safeguard Educational and Employment Equity

Divisional Reservation for Kashmiri Students: A Crucial Step to Safeguard Educational and Employment Equity

Why Divisional Reservation is Essential for Kashmiri Students in Jobs and Admissions By: Javid Amin | Srinagar | 30 June 2025 A Growing Crisis of Representation In the heart of Jammu & Kashmir, a silent but severe crisis is unfolding. Kashmiri students—once fairly represented in academic admissions and government recruitment—are now seeing their dreams eroded by a reservation system that increasingly marginalizes their presence. With excessive and poorly balanced quotas, lists after lists of job appointments and professional course admissions show a disturbing drop in Kashmiri representation. For instance, in…

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Sajad Lone Slams Unfair Reservation Policy in Kashmir: Calls Junior Assistant Recruitment ‘Ethnic Cleansing by Numbers’

Sajad Lone Slams Unfair Reservation Policy in Kashmir: Calls Junior Assistant Recruitment 'Ethnic Cleansing by Numbers'

Sajad Lone Calls Out Discriminatory Recruitment in Jammu & Kashmir By: Javid Amin | Srinagar | 30 June 2025 In a scathing and emotionally charged critique, People’s Conference chairman Sajad Lone has once again called attention to what he describes as systematic exclusion of Kashmiri youth from government jobs under the current recruitment framework. This time, his outrage was sparked by a recent list of selected candidates for Junior Assistant posts, which included only 5 Kashmiri candidates out of a total of 26. The numbers are small, but to Lone,…

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The Invisible Harvest: Your Digital Fingerprint & How Top Apps Are Collecting More Than You Ever Imagined

The Invisible Harvest: Your Digital Fingerprint & How Top Apps Are Collecting More Than You Ever Imagined

Top 10 Data Hungry Apps 2025 | Who Collects Your Sensitive Personal Data? | Privacy Report By: Javid Amin | Srinagar | 30 June 2025 The Constant Companion – Data Collection We live intertwined with our devices. The apps we use – to connect, shop, learn, navigate, and entertain ourselves – are indispensable tools of modern life. Yet, this convenience carries a hidden, often staggering cost: the relentless, often opaque, harvesting of our most sensitive personal information. It’s not a new concern, but the scale, sophistication, and sheer volume of data collection…

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Poonch Court Orders FIR Against Zee News, News18 Over False Terrorist Labeling of Shelling Victim

Poonch Court Orders FIR Against Zee News, News18 Over False Terrorist Labeling of Shelling Victim

Justice for Qari Mohammad Iqbal: Poonch Court Takes Bold Stand on Media Misinformation Poonch, Jammu & Kashmir – In a precedent-setting development, a Poonch court has issued orders for the registration of a criminal FIR against several national news channels—most notably Zee News and News18—for falsely branding a cross-border shelling victim as a “Pakistani terrorist” during their coverage of Operation Sindoor 2. The verdict, delivered by Sub-Judge Shafeeq Ahmed, is being widely hailed as a landmark judgment in the realm of media accountability—particularly in conflict-prone regions like Jammu and Kashmir,…

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