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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.

Border Flare-Up: Firing intensifies, 24 BSF posts targeted, 20 Civilian injured

May 23, 2018 Editor

The fresh mortar shelling across the International Border (IB) injured 20 more civilians in Samba and Arnia sectors and RS Pura Tuesday evening. The heavy shelling triggered mass migration from Arnia and R S Pura. At least 24 villages in Arnia (inhabited by around 25, 000 people) and 25 villages in RS Pura have suffered badly due to mortar shelling. Sources said during the intervening night, two civilian were wounded in Arnia with mortar shells fired toward PindiChadkan village. The injured were identified as MadanLal, son of Saba Ram of…

Major guilty of giving grenades to Delhi-bound jawan: Army

May 23, 2018 Editor

The Army has taken disciplinary action against one of its officers who gave hand grenades to a soldier who was detained at Srinagar International Airport before he could board a New Delhi-bound flight in April last year. The disciplinary action against the accused officer has been initiated after a Court of Inquiry found the Major guilty of giving two live grenades to the soldier to carry them to New Delhi. “We have taken disciplinary action in the case against the officer who had given the solider the grenades to carry,”…

Hurriyat will talk to GOI: Prof Abdul Gani Bhat

May 23, 2018 Editor

Days after Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) rejected Delhi’s unilateral Ramadan ceasefire in Kashmir, former Hurriyat chairman Prof Abdul Gani Bhat Tuesday said Hurriyat Conference would talk to Delhi as fighting war is not an option anymore. “I don’t say I should be invited for talks. But the consensus will evolve over the time and people who want to talk will talk to both India and Pakistan,” Prof Bhat told Kashmir Post over phone. Bhat has been a strong supporter of dialogue throughout his political career. “Fighting a war is no…

Nine killed as police fire on anti-Sterlite protesters in Tamil Nadu

May 22, 2018 Editor

Nine people were killed on Tuesday during a protest seeking the closure of Vedanta’s Sterlite Copper unit in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin, ANI news agency reported. The protest turned violent with agitators pelting stones and toppling police vehicles after they were prevented from marching towards the plant. As the violence spiralled, police opened fire, killing a man. Police said section 144 of CrPc has been invoked in and around the Sterlite unit as per the orders of the Madras High Court. However, angered over not being allowed to take out a…

Medicinal Benefits of Babri Beoul (Basil Seeds)

May 22, 2018 Editor

Medicinal_Benefits of #BABRI_BEOUL Punjabi. (BABRI) Kashmiri..(BABRI BEOEL) English. .Basil seeds A Regular Drink in summer seasons & at Iftiar Times during Ramzan. Just add a few seeds in a glass of Water,milk or Lassie for a few minutes till proper mix up & add sugars as per taste. #MEDICINAL #BENEFITS… (1) #WEIGHT_LOSS : After soaking in Water they have ability to expand 30times of its original size & make stomach full & don’t allow you to feel hungry for a period of time. (2) #CONSTIPATION : Full of fibres ensures…

Hurriyat was ISI creation, Regrets giving ‘Factions’ free run in Kashmir: Pakistan’s former Spy Chief

May 22, 2018 Editor

In what is believed to be the first such confession to emerge from Pakistan, the country’s former spy chief Mohammad Asad Durrani has admitted that the Hurriyat was the creation of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Durrani, who served as the ISI chief from 1990-1992, the years when the armed separatist violence broke out in Kashmir for the first time on a mass scale, said, “I think that the formation of the Hurriyat to provide a political direction to the resistance was a good idea.” But what he didn’t consider a…

Govt hints at fuel duty cut, as oppn mounts pressure over petrol-diesel prices

May 22, 2018 Editor

Record fuel prices have triggered a political row, with the Opposition attacking the NDA government for not taking steps to cut taxes on fuel so as to provide some relief to consumers, even as petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan said the government would work out a solution. Petrol prices touched fresh highs in Delhi and Mumbai on Monday, at Rs 76.57/litre and RS 84.40/litre respectively. Diesel prices in the two cities reached Rs 67.82 and RS 72.21 per litre. The Congress tweeted saying the Modi government was “fleecing” consumers. “The Modi…

Objecting to army’s Iftar 4 persons injured in Shopian after soldiers fired into a gathering

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018 Editor

Four girls were injured, one of them critically, after soldiers fired into a gathering of villagers who were objecting to the army setting up a stall for Iftaar in Shopian on Monday. Kashmir Post learnt 34 Rashtriya Rifles battalion of the army had set up an Iftaar refreshment stall outside a mosque in DK Pora, Imam Sahab area of Shopian. However, local residents said they objected to the stall set up by the army without informing them. This triggered a heated exchange between the people and the involved soldiers, which…

‘Catch them alive and understand their grievances’: Security forces new mantra in Kashmir

May 22, 2018 Editor

In a departure from conventional approach, security forces battling militancy in Jammu and Kashmir have shifted focus on “catching them alive” and motivating them to return to their families. “Our effort is to catch them alive and understand their grievances. After all, a 15 or 16-year-old boy can’t be brainwashed to the extent that he would like to be killed in a gunfight. There has to be a counter-narrative,” a senior official engaged in counter-insurgency operations was quoted as saying by PTI. As per officials, the strategy of police and…