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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.

Admissions Disparities: Schools across Kashmir mocks at New Education Policy 2020

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 Editor

Will smoothly transition into new admission age norm next admission session: Director Education A year after the New Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) was framed and administrations of all states and union territories were directed to ensure that admission to schools was in accordance with it, J&K is yet to ensure conformity and uniformity in the age when a child is admitted in schools. This month a number of schools in Kashmir advertised admissions to their lower-most classes: Nursery or Kindergartens. However, there is a huge variation in the age of…

UK Backbench MP’s debate Kashmir Motion; India condemns ‘Abusive’ language

September 24, 2021 Editor

The Minister for Asia in the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Amanda Milling, responds to the debate by reiterating the UK government’s unchanged stance on Kashmir as a bilateral issue Members of Parliament from the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Kashmir have tabled a motion on ‘Human rights in Kashmir’ for a debate in the House of Commons, drawing a strong reaction from India which said any assertion made in any forum on a subject related to an integral part of the country needs to be duly substantiated with…

127th Birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh celebrated across Jammu

September 24, 2021 Editor

Several events were on Thursday organised here to mark the 127th birth anniversary of Maharaja Hari Singh amid demands that the day is declared a public holiday. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha paid tributes to the ruler on his birth anniversary. “He made an immense contribution to India’s freedom movement. His distinguishable and unmatchable services in the field of education, agriculture, administrative, social, and economic reforms will always be remembered,” he said. On this occasion, many social and political organisations of the Jammu region, including the Congress, demanded…

CBI seeks nod to prosecute 3 IAS officers in arms licence case

September 24, 2021 Editor

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has sought prosecution sanction against Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary and two other Indian Administrative Services (IAS) officers in its probe related to alleged irregularities in the issuance and renewal of hundreds of thousands of arms licences to non-residents in Jammu & Kashmir, officials familiar with the development told. Choudhary, a 2009 batch officer who was awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration in 2015, is currently posted as a secretary in the tribal affairs department as well as chief executive officer…

Famous Dal Lake choking with ‘Huge amount of Sewage’ and Weeds

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 Editor

The lake is a mixture of mossy swamps, thick weeds, trash-strewn patches, and floating gardens made from rafts of reeds. Boatman Noor Muhammad struggles to row as his boat moves deep into the famed Dal Lake in Srinagar, the main city in Indian-administered Kashmir. He presses hard on his oar to untangle the vessel from thick vegetation. “It is very difficult to paddle through most of the lake,” he complains. He says authorities “spend a lot of money but they don’t clean it properly”. Weeds, silt, and untreated sewage are…

Raid, Summon, Censor: Crackdown on Journalists is the New Normal in Kashmir

September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 Editor

New policy and policing methods combined with various prohibitive action has made journalism a particularly difficult profession to have in Kashmir. Junaid Kathju The raid at the residences of four Kashmiri journalists in the wee hours of September 9 might be seen as a jolt to the fourth pillar of democracy elsewhere in the world. In a conflict-torn Kashmir, however, it is the new normal that the journalistic fraternity is facing after the government of India took direct control of the former state, following the reading down of its special status on…

Our youth taking to drug out of Unemployment & Frustration: Farooq Abdullah

September 23, 2021 Editor

Farooq Abdullah said the incumbent administration’s lack of interest in the needs of youths has also incurred a cost in terms of their physical and mental health. National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Tuesday accused the Jammu and Kashmir administration of being indifferent to the plight of the youths of the Union Territory, who, he claimed, were turning to drugs out of joblessness and ensuing frustration. The NC president, who is also the Srinagar MP, made the allegation while interacting with party workers who had called on him at his…

J&K to sack six govt employees for terror links: Report

September 23, 2021 Editor

The designated committee to verify the antecedents of Jammu and Kashmir government employees on Wednesday (22 September) recommended the dismissal of six employees for their terror links. Official sources said the designated committee empowered to recommend dismissal of government employees from service because of their links with terrorist organisations has recommended the dismissal of six employees. “The dismissals have been recommended because of the terror links of these employees since they are working as overground workers (OGWs) of banned terrorist outfits”, sources said. In July 2021, eleven government employees were…

J&K to pool 15% MBBS seats in all-India quota

September 23, 2021 Editor

‘SC directions will be followed in the distribution of seats’ This year, J&K will pool 15 percent of its MBBS seats in the all-India quota, Additional Chief Secretary, J&K Government, Vivek Bhardwaj said. While speaking to Greater Kashmir, he said that Supreme Court directions will be followed in the distribution of seats. “It is going to be a good opportunity for our aspiring candidates to have access to colleges across India and for that, we have also opened up to have 15 percent of our seats in the pool,” he…

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan again makes reference to Kashmir in UN General Assembly

September 23, 2021 Editor

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has again referred to the issue of Kashmir in his address to world leaders at the high-level UN General Assembly session. Last year also, Erdogan in his pre-recorded video statement to the General Debate had made a reference to Jammu and Kashmir. India at that time termed it as “completely unacceptable”, saying Turkey should learn to respect the sovereignty of other nations and reflect on its own policies more deeply. Erdogan in his address to the General Debate on Tuesday said: “We maintain our stance in…