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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.

J&K to name Roads, Institutions after Poets, Academics, Slain Cops

September 17, 2021 Editor

An award-winning Dogri littérateur, a policeman lynched by a mob, and a former Doordarshan director gunned down by militants will have roads, schools, and government-owned institutions named after them in the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, people familiar with the matter said. A senior government functionary said a long list of names has been drawn up for this, which will be the state’s tribute to academic and literary stalwarts and also to those who laid down their lives in the line of duty. The proposed list includes poet Padma…

Order on ‘Discrete Verification’ puts new burden on J&K govt employees

September 17, 2021 Editor

A list of “adversely reported employees” prepared from time to time will be taken into cognisance by administrative departments and reported to the General Administration Department. In an order issued Thursday, the Jammu and Kashmir administration set wide-ranging parameters for “discrete verification” of government employees, which in effect puts an increasing burden on them. The major concerns set out by the administration during periodic verification of character and antecedents of government employees include serious offenses such as involvement in any act of sabotage, espionage, treason, terrorism, subversion, sedition/ secession, facilitating…

Day will surely come when Articles 370, 35-A would be restored: Mehbooba Mufti

September 17, 2021 Editor

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president and former J&K chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday said that the day will surely come when not only Articles 370 and 35-A will be restored but the people of Jammu and Kashmir would be given much more. Currently, on a three-day visit to the Rajouri and Poonch districts, she also termed the present BJP government “oppressor” and equated the people of the UT with the “oppressed”. Addressing party workers at Mendhar town in Poonch, Mehbooba said, “Earlier, when the situation was bad in J&K,…

India hits out at Pakistan, OIC for raising Kashmir Issue at UN Human Rights Council

September 16, 2021 Editor

Pawan Badhe, first secretary in India’s permanent mission in Geneva, said it has become a habit for Pakistan to misuse the platforms provided by the council to propagate its false and malicious propaganda against India. India on Wednesday hit out at Pakistan as well as the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) for raising the Kashmir issue at the UN Human Rights Commission and said the grouping has “helplessly” allowed itself to be held “hostage” by Islamabad. At the 48th session of the human rights council, India said Pakistan has been…

BJP fully prepared to fight J&K Assembly poll on its own: Ravinder Raina

September 16, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Wednesday said his party would fight the upcoming Assembly elections on its own strength to form the next government in the Union Territory. He said the BJP was fully prepared for the polls, which would be announced after the completion of the delimitation exercise, and had set a target of 50-plus Assembly seats. “The BJP will fight the upcoming Assembly elections on its own strength and there will be no alliance with anyone,” Raina told media persons after addressing a workers’ convention…

J&K witnesses 15% increase in Crime rate during 2020

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir recorded a 15% increase in cognizable crimes in 2020 compared to 2019, the latest report by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) revealed. The report said that Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh registered 29,314 (including 403 cases in Ladakh) crime cases under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) or under the Special and Local Laws (SLL) in the year 2020. This was a 15% increase from 2019 when 25,408 crime incidents were registered, which was 6% less than 2018 when 27,276 cases were registered. The report has maintained a…

All Kashmiri Hindus are not Kashmiri Pandits: High Court

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 Editor

The Court said this while dismissing a plea seeking appointments against the quota of jobs provided for Kashmiri non-migrant Pandits under the Prime Minister’s Package. High Court of J&K and Ladakh Tuesday ruled that all Kashmiri Hindus are not Kashmir Pandits. “It is difficult, to accept the contention of counsel for the petitioners that the petitioners, who are mostly Kshatriyas, Rajputs, Scheduled Caste non-Kashmiri Brahmins, etc., etc. should be treated as Kashmiri Pandits and admitted to the benefits of Prime Minister’s revised package for return and rehabilitation of Kashmiri migrants…

COVID Showing Steady Rise in Kashmir; Five more Srinagar areas declared containment zones

September 15, 2021 Editor

In view of the continuous surge in the daily reported cases of Covid19, the district administration on Tuesday declared five more areas in Srinagar as containment zones. The public movement in these areas has been disallowed as a preventive measure to control the virus. The areas include one Yateem Trust, one Factory, Nowpora at Khanyar, Sheikh Faisal colony at Bachpora, and Sheikh Hamza Colony Lal Bazar. “We have also sealed five shops in downtown and uptown areas of Srinagar as we found the COVID19 SoPs were not being followed inside…

Train Service to Kashmir before 2024, Promises railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 Editor

Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Monday promised that rail link with the Kashmir Valley would be open to the public before 2024, an official spokesperson said. He said systematic surveys are being undertaken to link the remotest regions of the country through mobile and internet connectivity. The minister, who visited the Jammu railway station and a community service center (CSC) here, took stock of the facilities being provided to the public. His visit is part of the public outreach initiative of the Union government for Jammu and Kashmir. The…

NH-44 on Jaish, Lashkar target: Intelligence inputs

September 14, 2021 Editor

According to highly placed sources, several inputs suggesting a ‘major attack’ on the forces have been received since the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan on August 15. Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), the two terror groups that have been working in coordination for some time, are planning to carry out a major attack in south Kashmir by “ripping the national highway to shreds” with a series of IED explosions, intelligence inputs suggest. “There are threats of IED attacks on National Highway-44 from Qazigund to Khanabal axis in south Kashmir,” said a…