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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.

Free Wifi, other facilities at Tulip Garden this year

March 12, 2018 Editor

Visitors to Asia’s largest Tulip Garden on the banks of Dal Lake here can enjoy free wi-fi access, in addition to many other new facilities, when the garden opens to public later this month. The Tulip garden will be thrown open to public on March 25. “With the need of staying connected increasing by the day, the floriculture department, in collaboration with the BSNL, is providing free wi-fi connectivity to visitors,” Floriculture Director Mathoora Masoom told PTI. Masoom said several other initiatives have been taken to make the visitors, a…

Dineshwar Sharma says he is hopeful of peaceful summer, but future holds risks

March 12, 2018 Editor

The government appears to be cautiously optimistic about the situation in Kashmir, but there are worrying portents on the ground. The Centre’s Representative for talks in Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, says he is `hopeful of a peaceful summer this year.’ He bases that hope on his ‘faith in the people of Jammu & Kashmir, particularly the youth,’ adding that ‘they understand that all their problems can be addressed only when there is peace.’ That sort of hope needs to be tempered with caution, however. To be sure, the government’s statistics of…

Tamil superstar Rajinikanth in Reasi, pays obeisance at Shiv Khori

March 12, 2018 Editor

Ahead of starting political career, Tamil superstar Rajinikanth on Sunday paid obeisance at Shiv Khori in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir. Rajini is on 15-day spiritual pilgrimage to Himalayas and in this regard he visited Shiv Khori cave located at Ransoo, a village in the Pouni block in Reasi district, 80 kilometers from here. Rajinikanth said, “I am on a pilgrimage here. It is so divine and different from routine”. “Earlier, I have been to Himachal, Kashmir, I am visiting Jammu for the very first time. After this I…

Communalists won’t let Kathua minor rape victim rest in peace

March 12, 2018 Editor

She was an innocent Gujjar girl before her life was cut short by some monsters. The brutes also outraged her modesty. This horrendous crime took place in Rasana village in the Hiranagar belt of Kathua in Jammu where she used to take to the dusty streets like any other child of her age. She was just eight years old. This terrible crime has been communalised by political groups looking for electoral dividends in their respective areas of influence where they think that exploitation of this incident would fetch them Muslim…

Angry PDP raps Haseeb Drabu after his controversial statement on Kashmir Issue

March 12, 2018 Editor

Asks state FM to withdraw statement that goes against party’s agenda Explanation sought Two days after state Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu said “Kashmir should not be seen as a political problem,” his party today hit out at him saying that J&K was a political problem and its resolution formed the PDP’s core agenda. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s uncle and party’s second in command Sartaj Madni asked senior PDP minister Drabu, credited with forging party’s alliance with the BJP in 2015, to “retract the statement immediately if it has been reported…

Three militants killed in Anantnag, Schools, Colleges to remain shut today in Srinagar

March 12, 2018 Editor

Three militants have been killed during a brief gunfight between militants and the government forces in district Anantnag on wee hours of Monday. DIG south Kashmir Amit Kumar told Kashmir Post that a nocturnal Cordon and Search Operation was launched at Malikpora, Hakura area of Anantnag, ensuing in a brief gunfight. He said three militants were killed in the gunfight. He identified the three militants as Ehsan Fazili @ Esha Roohullah (TuM) X-Btech student of Srinagar, Syed Owais Shafi (HM) of Vailoo, Kokernag, Kokernag and third one from Pakistan. DIG…

Crime committed to drive out nomads, reveals CB probe in Kathua Rape-N-Murder

March 10, 2018 Editor

The ongoing probe by the Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police into rape and murder of an eight year old Kathua girl has revealed that the heinous crime was carried out to “drive out nomads from the Rasana village dominated by a particular community.” “The detailed status report has been submitted before the High Court. Next date of hearing is 14 March,” inspector general of police, Crime Branch, Syed Afad-ul-Mujtaba told Kashmir Post. An official said that the CB in its report has said: “Drugs were used to sedate…

Five-Point peace formula for solving Kashmir Issue: Abdul Gani Bhat

March 10, 2018March 10, 2018 Editor

A senior separatist leader today said he was considering an outline for India and Pakistan to “move forward” on the K-issue and also listed a five-point formula for creating a “propitious environment” in the volatile region. Abdul Gani Bhat, an executive member of a separatist amalgam headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, also urged all parties to the dispute to “rise above hostility, intransigence and historical ironies.” “India and Pakistan as responsible nuclear states owe a duty to millions in the region who seek peace to rid them of the ghosts…

Chorus for CBI probe grows louder, Jammu Bar joins right-wing bandwagon

March 10, 2018 Editor

A day after Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s refusal to hand over the Hiranagar “murder and rape” case of the minor girl to the CBI, various organisations today decided to join hands to corner the state government over its “adamant” approach. The case has deepened the regional divide in the state as all Jammu-centric social, political and religious organisations today came forward in support of the demand for a CBI probe into the case to ensure justice to the victim and her family. In contrast, Kashmir-centric leaders, both mainstream and separatist,…