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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.

11 Dead, 19 Injured in Poonch bus accident

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At least 11 passengers died and nineteen others were injured, five of them critically, in a road accident in Mandi tehsil of Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday. An official said that a passenger bus (registration number JK02W0445) heading towards Poonch from Loran skidded off the road and fell into a deep gorge at Plera around 9:15 am. He said that at least eleven persons travelling on the bus died in the accident while nineteen others were injured. The injured were shifted to sub-district hospital Mandi for treatment.…

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Late Marriages – a root cause of all evils in the society

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Marriage which you can also call it Wedlock, wedding, but most preferable term used is NIKKAH, which means the joining of two hearts, and two different families via Nikkah. Nikkah was first celebrated in heavens, the Nikkah of our Father Adam and our Mother Hawwa. يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمُ الَّذِي خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ وَخَلَقَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَبَثَّ مِنْهُمَا رِجَالاً كَثِيراً وَنِسَاء وَاتَّقُواْ اللّهَ الَّذِي تَسَاءلُونَ بِهِ وَالأَرْحَامَ إِنَّ اللّهَ كَانَ عَلَيْكُمْ رَقِيباً O men, fear your Lord who created you from a single soul, and from it created…

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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq urges UN to send ‘Fact-Finding’ team to Kashmir

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Expressing serious concern over the “rising graph” of human rights violations in Kashmir, the chairman of Hurriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday urged the United Nations to send a “fact-finding team” to Kashmir for a “first-hand appraisal of how people’s rights are being usurped through use of brute force”. Addressing Friday congregation at Jamia Masjid here, Mirwaiz strongly denounced “scuttling” of peaceful protest programs of the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) related to the ‘human rights week.’ Mirwaiz was set free from his house detention and allowed to proceed…

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Hizb issues open threat to KU VC, accuses him of ‘Working with BJP-RSS’

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In a latest bid to cause unrest in Jammu and Kashmir, terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen has purportedly issued a threat to the Vice Chancellor of Central University pf Kashmir. As per reports, the terror outfit has released a letter, in which it has targeted the Vice Chancellor of the varsity, Mehrajuddin Mir. The Hizbul Mujahideen has reportedly claimed in its letter that the Vice Chancellor was furthering his own agenda in the university and was “working for the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh”, Times Now reported. Reportedly,…

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Police rush to Jammu to nab accused Army jawan in Bulandshahr violence

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A Uttar Pradesh police team was sent to Jammu to arrest an Army jawan allegedly involved in the murder of a police inspector during the Bulandshahr violence, and five more people were nabbed in the case, taking the total number of arrests to nine, officials said Friday. Sedition is one of the 17 charges in the FIR in which 27 people have been named besides 50-60 unidentified people. They were allegedly involved in the violence that led to the killing of Inspector Subodh Singh and Sumit Kumar, 20. The violence…

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Democratic space being encroaching upon by Governor: Mehbooba Mufti

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Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Friday accused Governor Satya Pal Malik of “encroaching upon democratic space” and threatened to launch an agitation if the Chenab valley and Pir Panjal area were not accorded divisional status, as apparently proposed for Ladakh. She alleged that the way the Governor’s administration was issuing orders, it appeared that “somebody’s hidden agenda is being implemented through the backdoor.” “So many orders have been issued which are against the interests of J&K. We had expectations from the Governor, who has…

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Killers of policemen called terrorists in Kashmir, eulogised as heroes in UP: Omar Abdullah

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Reacting to the mob frenzy and killing of a policeman in Bulandshahr, former chief minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday said the ruling party in Uttar Pradesh eluogises the killers of policemen as heroes while in Kashmir they were dubbed “terrorists”. “In Kashmir people who kill cops & snatch weapons are called terrorists. In UP the ruling party will fete & eulogize these killers as heroes,” tweeted Omar while re-posting an NDTV story which detailed the killing of Police Inspector Subodh Kumar Singh by a mob protesting over alleged cow slaughter. A…

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Schools continue to violate ‘No Homework’ order

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In a recent notification, the Ministry of Human Resource and Development directed all states that there should be no homework for classes up to Class II, but these directions are not being followed in Kashmir schools. Parents said schools were not serious about the personality development of children and they were being overburdened by homework. “My son studies in UKG and he is reluctant to do his homework. He was once slapped by his teacher and that incident has left an impact on him. Schools are not ready to handle…

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Jammu to Kashmir rail link likely to miss 2020 deadline

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Linking Kashmir with the vast railway network outside Jammu and Kashmir has been further delayed due to a halt in construction of a vital bridge across Chenab, a part of the project that is already late by 16 years and facing a massive cost overrun of Rs 25,446 crore. According to the latest report of the union ministry of statistics and program implementation, work on this project was started in March 1995 and was initially proposed to be completed in 2002. Since then the project has missed several deadlines. In…

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Prolonged power cuts irk consumers across Kashmir Valley

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Frequent unscheduled and prolonged power cuts have irked the people here as they have to face an ordeal in view of the biting cold in the ongo­ing winter. Many residents ex­pressed their resentment over the cuts enforced b the Power Development Department which has also triggered pro­tests in parts of Kashmir. Several residents complained of prolonged and unscheduled power cuts in their areas. The residents said that PDD is resort­ing to unscheduled power cuts in summer capital Srinagar and other districts of the valley. They lamented that the PDD is…

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