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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.

Far away from the groud realities, BJP assures airport expansion on Social Media

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Posts a picture saying work to begin in May; locals seek proof The BJP has played yet another card to “befool” the people of Jammu by uploading a picture saying that the work on the expansion of the runway at the local airport will start in May this year. However, the land is yet to be taken over by the Airports Authority of India (AAI) from the Army. The Jammu airport presently has 6,700-feet-long runway, which forces the aircraft to use emergency brakes at the time of landing here. The…

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Local Muslims helping ‘Illegal’ settlement of Bangladeshi, Rohingya refugees: RSS body

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Bharat Raksha Manch (BRM), an RSS affiliate, today blamed the local Muslims for the “illegal settlement” of immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar in Jammu region. The right wing organisation alleged that the Muslim organisations in Jammu have been assisting the Rohingya and Bangladeshi refugees “just to change the demography of Jammu region as was done in Kashmir after ousting the Kashmiri Pandits from their homeland.” “They (the Muslim organisations) want Jammu to be another Kashmir. And to make this happen, they are helping the refugees in establishing their shanties, colonies;…

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Bloody Sunday: 12 Militants, 4 Civilians, 3 Troopers killed, 200 Injured in South Kashmir

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54 hit by bullets, 38 receive pellet injuries Thousands of people attend funeral prayers of slain militants At least twelve militants, three troopers and four civilians were killed in separate gunfights between militants and forces in South Kashmir on Sunday, triggering clashes in the area. Sources said joint cordon and search operations (CASO) were launched at Dragad and Kachdoora villages in Shopian and Peth Dailgam in Anantnag district of south Kashmir. They said army, police and paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) launched CASO at Dragad at around 10 pm…

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Portrayal of Kashmir Human shield incident in ‘Baaghi 2’ is a new low for Bollywood

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In 2018, the industry still uses Pakistan-bashing and vein-popping bursts of patriotism as crutches. Tone-deaf, problematic, ignorant and insensitive are all epithets that can describe the garden variety Bollywood potboiler. Tiger Shroff’s latest “action movie” Baaghi 2 manages to tick all the boxes with just one scene. In an exceptional display of callousness, this new Sajid Nadiadwala film decided to address an issue that has continued to be contentious since April 2017, when Farooq Ahmad Dar, an innocent Kashmiri voter, was forcibly used as a human shield by Major Nitin…

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Man accused of raping minor lynched in Ghaziabad

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A man accused of raping an eight-year-old girl was allegedly beaten to death by his neighbours in Loni, Ghaziabad, on Friday night. Police rushed both the accused – 24-year-old Jitendra – and the victim to the hospital. While the girl was admitted for treatment, doctors declared her alleged attacker dead on arrival. Police said Jitendra had gone to attend a religious ceremony in the neighbourhood with his wife around 12.30 pm on Friday. After dropping her off at the venue, he brought the girl back home with him and allegedly…

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While travelling on roof of bus two persons electrocuted in Budgam

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Two persons were electrocuted after coming in contact in with a live high tension wire in central Kashmir’s Budgam district on Saturday. Reports said the duo was travelling on top of a passenger bus when they came in contact with the wire in Watrehail area. Police identified the duo as Shabir Ahmad Baba s/o Abdul Majid Baba resident of Gund Ali and Rafiq Ahmad Dar of Watrehail. Officials said both were rushed to Srinagar’s SMHS hospital where condition of Shabir is said to be “critical”.

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Coalition’s Agenda lays stress on dialogue: PDP

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The ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Friday said the delay in the resumption of sustainable dialogue and revival of peace initiatives between India and Pakistan had the potential of undermining the Agenda of Alliance of the coalition government in the state. “The Agenda of Alliance, which became instrumental in forming the coalition government in J&K between the PDP and the BJP, is an express commitment to the people of the state on the resolution of the Kashmir problem through reconciliation and dialogue,” PDP vice-president Sartaj Madni said in a…

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For owning riding horse, a dalit youth killed in Gujarat

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A Dalit youth was allegedly killed in Bhavnagar district by upper caste men for owning and riding a horse, police said. Pradip Rathod (21) was killed on Thursday at Timbi village of Umrala taluka in Bhavnagar district and three suspects have been detained for questioning, A M Saiyad, Deputy Superintendent of Police of the Bhavnagar SC/ST Cell said. “We have detained three persons for questioning. We have also acquired some CCTV footage showing Pradip on his horse before his dead body was found. We are probing this case from different…

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Today RSS-BJP meet in Jammu after roadmap ‘Chalked out in Nagpur’

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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) senior leader Manmohan Vaidya, who is on two-day visit to Jammu to discuss future strategy of the rightwing Hindu organization in J&K, is meeting BJP ministers and office bearers on Saturday. “Vaidya has come with future roadmap and programmes for J&K, some of which were chalked out at the recently concluded Akhil Bhartiya Pratinidhi Sabha (all-India representatives’ meet) of the Sangh at the RSS headquarters in Nagpur,” party insiders said. Sources informed that besides discussing the overall political scenario of the state with the State BJP…

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Dead cop’s wife, Injured militant battling for life in same ICU

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A woman who tried to save her husband—she couldn’t—from suspected militants and a militant who sustained a serious bullet injury last evening are critical at the ICU of SKIMS, Soura. Fareeda Bano’s husband Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh, a special police officer, was killed by suspected militants at his home in Bijbehara. In her attempt to save him, 45-year-old Fareeda sustained critical injuries to her lung and spinal cord. “Her lower limbs are paralysed due to spine injury,” said a doctor attending to her. The militant, Asif Ashraf Malik, 20, who was…

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