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Javid Amin - IT Consultant, Freelance Writer, Travel Enthusiast, Entrepreneur Javid Amin is a dynamic professional with a diverse skill set and a passion for technology, travel, and entrepreneurship. With a background in IT engineering, he excels as an IT consultant and is equally enthusiastic about staying ahead in the ever-evolving tech world. Javid's creative flair shines through his work as a freelance writer, where he crafts engaging content across a wide spectrum of topics. As a travel enthusiast and consultant, he shares his love for exploration and his deep knowledge of Kashmir's hidden gems. Javid is also the visionary behind several successful digital ventures, each contributing to the promotion of Kashmir's beauty, culture, and craftsmanship. His career embodies versatility, creativity, and a deep connection to his roots. Printer, Publisher, Editor of "Weekly Shohrat - Kashmir" (Print Edition) as well owner of online news portals www.KashmirPost.org / www.KashmirInFocus.com.

Airfares Soaring to New Heights: Skyrocketing Prices Cause Concern

June 7, 2023 Editor

Skyrocketing Airfares to Srinagar a Cause for Concern Airfares from Delhi to Srinagar are more expensive than to Dubai or Bangkok, despite concerns from a parliamentary standing committee. The committee had previously taken airlines to task for charging exorbitant prices for tickets on certain routes. It had directed airlines to end this practice. However, airfares have continued to rise, particularly since Go First airline halted its operations. Also Read: Experience the Enchantment of Gurez Valley: Go Gurez, Kashmir’s Hidden Gem! Tourism stakeholders say that airlines were already hiking airfares, and…

NCB Cracks Pan-India drug network utilizing Darknet and Cryptocurrency; 6 Arrested in largest haul in 2 Decades

June 7, 2023 Editor

Narcotic Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested six people, allegedly part of a pan-India network of drug traffickers that operated through the dark web and confiscated 15,000 LSD drug blots, in one of the agency’s biggest ever seizure in the last two decades. The Narcotics Control Bureau said on Tuesday, describing the seizure as its biggest ever in the last two decades. The agency has also seized 2.5kg of imported marijuana and Rs4.65 lakh in cash at the instance of the suspects. LSD or lysergic acid diethylamide is a synthetic chemical…

Kashmir to Experience more power cuts than Jammu with 25% Sudden drop from outside: PDD

June 7, 2023 Editor

In an unexpected turn of developments, Jammu and Kashmir has recorded a 25 per cent sudden cut in the power supply from outside, a move that has triggered a “temporary power deficit in the UT.” Officials’ privy to the development told news agency Kashmir News Observer that the JK’s power supply has been cut by 25 per cent without “any clear reasons.” Kashmir region, as per official sources will face the brunt of the power shortage given the soaring temperatures in Jammu, where the power department is resorting to minimum…

NIA Summons Moulana Qasmi for Inquiry into alleged ‘Funding Activities’ of Al Huda Education Trust

June 7, 2023 Editor

The NIA has summoned prominent religious cleric and Rector of famous Islamic seminary Darul Aloom Reheemiya, Moulana Rehmatullah Qasmi, asking him to present himself at its camp office in Srinagar on Wednesday. Moulana Qasmi has been summoned in a case related to alleged “funding activities” of Al Huda Education Trust (AHET) in Rajouri. In October last year, the central agency had raided the house of Moulana Qasmi at Bandipora, a week after he held a press conference against the government order “forcing students to sing all-faith prayer Raghupati Raghav Raja…

Jammu and Kashmir witness 25% Surge in Sudden Power Cuts: Reports

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir Experiences 25% Surge in Unexpected Power Outages

Jammu and Kashmir has recorded a 25 per cent sudden cut in the power supply from outside, triggering “temporary” power deficit in the J&K. Quoting officials’ privy to the development, a local news agency reported that the J&K’s power supply has been cut by 25 per cent without “any clear reasons.” Kashmir region, as per official sources will face the brunt of the power shortage given the soaring temperatures in Jammu, where the power department is resorting to minimum possible cuts. While divulging the details, the sources said, that presently,…

Main Litigant in Varanasi’s Gyanvapi Mosque cases set to withdraw citing lack of Resources

June 5, 2023 Editor

Jitendra Singh Vishen, who heads Hindu organisation Vishwa Vedic Sanatan Sangh, has announced that he and his family are withdrawing from all cases related to the Gynavapi mosque complex in Varanasi, citing “lack of resources” and alleged “harassment” from various quarters. Vishen is the “main pleader” on behalf of his niece Rakhi Singh, one of the five Hindu women plaintiffs in an August 2021 case seeking permission for daily worship of deities, including Shringar Gauri, located on the outer wall of Gyanvapi mosque complex that abuts the Kashi Vishwanath temple.…

Kashmir Faces Alarming Drug Addiction Crisis: Battling the Menace Head-On

June 5, 2023 Editor

On a rainy morning in May, dozens of young men queued outside a drug drug rehabilitation centre in Srinagar city in Indian-administered Kashmir. Many of them were teens accompanied by their parents, waiting for their turn to receive medicines from the Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (IMHANS), the only government-run drug rehabilitation centre in Kashmir. The medicines help reduce their withdrawal symptoms and prevent the transmission of infectious diseases. “Did you take heroin again?” a doctor asks a young man after examining the size of his pupils. “Yes, I…

Dialogue between India and Pakistan a crucial requirement to improve Kashmir Situation: Farooq Abdullah

June 5, 2023 Editor

National Conference (NC) president and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Farooq Abdullah on Sunday (June 4) said that holding the G20 event in Kashmir would not benefit tourism in the Valley until India and Pakistan resolved the “future” of the Union Territory through dialogue. Speaking to the reporters in Srinagar, Abdullah also said that J&K was suffering heavy losses because of the lack of an elected government. Kashmir is now a Union Territory after the Centre abrogated Article 370 and suspended the elected government in August 2019, bringing…

Health Department in action to minimize queue time in hospitals

June 3, 2023 Editor

Amidst low utilisation of digital registration facilities at hospitals in Jammu and Kashmir, the Health and Medical Education (H&ME) Department today issued orders to Medical Superintendents to ensure effective implementation of Scan and Share facility in their respective institutions and ensure ‘queue-less’ OPD registration. After highlighted the plight of patients seeking OPD registration at SMHS Hospital, J&K’s largest General Specialty Hospital, the H&ME Department issued an order for implementation of a Scan and Pull facility for generation of OPD tokens. The Medical Superintendents of these hospitals have been directed to…