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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.

Former MLA Bandipora Nizamuddin aghast over seepage in KGHEP

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‘Seepage is a major fault which can wreak havoc if it develops into a crack’ Nizamuddin Bhat former MLA Bandipora and senior PDP leader has said that he is aghast at the reports of seepage in the Kishenganga Hydel power project’s tunnel for water diversion. Bhat said as legislator he had always demanded caution in raising the infra- structure as there were reports of snags at various stages. He said that the power project is a valuable resource and contributes to energy enhancement in the state, besides being one of…

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Two army soldiers kill themselves with their service weapons

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The suicide toll of security personnel posted in the strife-torn Jammu and Kashmir mounted to five in a fortnight. The army lost two men on Tuesday when they killed themselves with their service weapons in Jammu and Kashmir, police said, as the suicide toll of personnel posted in the strife-torn state mounted to five in a fortnight. According to police, sepoy Kulvinder Singh of 10 Sikh Regiment committed suicide in south Kashmir’s Qazigund area. He was from Punjab. In Samba district, soldier Naresh Yadav shot himself with his service pistol.…

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To work in gulf two professors from Pulwama College ‘Fraudulently’ avail medical leave

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Two Assistant Professors working in the Chemistry department of Government Degree College Boys, Pulwama are being reported “absconding” from their duties and are believed to be working in Gulf countries as per the college sources. The professor duo, whose names have been withheld, had joined the services in this college in June and August last year. the duo stayed in the college for no more than a month and have both gone on a medical leave. Insiders say these professors have been sharing cuts with the college administration to stay…

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Badami Bagh cantonment residents scared by wall messages

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A message in Urdu and English—“military area, you are being watched, armed response to trespassing”– on boundary walls of the Badami Bagh Cantonment has left the residents living in the vicinity fear-stricken. The residents of nearby areas– Indira Nagar, Batwara, Shivpora, Iqbal Colony, Pandhrethan and even Sonwar–said the message is unprecedented in the 70-year history of the garrison, which houses the headquarters of the 15 Corps. Such a message was not painted on the walls even after the deadly attack on 3 November 1999 in which 10 soldiers were killed…

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Key Conspirator in Kathua Rape case surrenders before Crime Branch

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One of the main accused in the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl from Rasana village of Kathua district on Tuesday surrendered before the Crime Branch of the J&K Police. The surrender of one of the “main conspirators”, who is a retired official of the Revenue Department, came after the arrest of his son, Vishal Jangotra, from Meerut district in Uttar Pradesh on Monday. “Yes, one of the main accused conspirators, Sanji Ram, has surrendered before the Crime Branch. His son was taken into custody from Meerut on Monday.…

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Either unfurl tricolour in Lahore or forget Kashmir, MLA Javed Rana challenges PM Modi

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If Modi has courage, he should go ahead and unfurl tricolour in Lahore, or else leave Kashmir be and forget this issue, the senior NC MLA said. Senior National Conference MLA Javed Rana on Sunday courted controversy by challenging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to unfurl a tricolour in Lahore. Addressing the public at the funeral of five members of a family killed in shelling by Pakistan, NC MLA from Mendhar in Poonch district, Rana said, “People living on the border are getting crushed between the ceasefire violations. If Modi has…

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Kuldeep Raj Gupta picks up stone protesting razing of sons’ shops

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The shops owned by Gupta’s sons Vijay and Dheeraj were among 73 structures, including 24 shops and 59 extensions, to be demolished during the anti-encroachment drive. Senior BJP leader and minister in the ruling PDP-BJP coalition in Jammu and Kashmir, Kuldeep Raj Gupta, on Sunday picked up a stone, apparently to attack police and officials of the state government, after two shops owned by his sons were demolished during an anti-encroachment drive in Rajouri town. Gupta has, however, claimed he picked up the stone to hit himself in wake of…

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Son of Kathua Rape & Murder ‘Mastermind’ held in UP

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In a major breakthrough in rape and murder of an eight year old nomadic girl in Kathua, J&K Police has arrested son of the “mastermind” in the horrifying crime from Uttar Pradesh. Vishal, son of 60-year-old Sanji Ram, a retired revenue officer was arrested by a special team of the crime branch from Meerut three days ago. “Yes, the accused Vishal was arrested from Meerut,” the official disclosed to Kashmir Post. Ram is believed to have engineered the rape and murder of Asifa Bano to allegedly create fear among Muslim…

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Govt forms panel led by Principal Secy Home to probe KVIB recruitments

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Inquiry Committee to submit report within a month The government Monday constituted a High Level Inquiry Committee led by Principal Secretary Home to probe the recent recruitments in J&K Khadi Village and Industries Board (KVIB). An order issued by Commissioner Secretary to government,Khurshid Ahmad Shah disclosed that sanction has been accorded to the constitution of a high level Inquiry committee chaired by R K Goyal Principal Secretary, Home department to inquire into the selection recruitments in J&KKhadi Village and Industries Board (KVIB). The other members of the Inquiry Committee are…

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Restore Autonomy, withdraw AFSPA: Sitaram Yechaury suggests to GoI

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General secretary CPI (M) Sitaram Yechaury Monday said that treating Kashmir merely as a law and order problem was not a solution. Addressing a press conference here, he said that reports of five study groups and recommendations made by former interlocutors were lying with the government of India which must be implemented to initiate confidence building measures. Yechaury has been twice part of Parliamentary delegations to Kashmir. He said that since the Modi-led government assumed office in New Delhi, Kashmir was being tackled through military means only. Asked how he…

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