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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.

Negative media coverage decreased tourist influx to Kashmir: Nazir Gurezi

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Saying that certain media outlets are creating negative perception about Jammu and Kashmir, Deputy Speaker Nazir Gurezi on Wednesday said it has squeezed influx of the tourists to the state. Gurezi was speaking at a conference in Patna which was attended by Speakers and Deputy Speakers from other Indian states and asked them help in clearing the negative perception created by certain media outlets about Kashmir. Maintaining that public representatives have a great role in sustainable development, he requested the speakers and deputy speakers to advise the people of their…

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Not Central Jail but state’s aggressive policies ‘forcing’ youth to join militancy: JRL

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Ridiculing recent Crime Investigation Department (CID) report in which it had stated “militants are recruited inside Srinagar’s Central Jail”, Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik on Wednesday said instead aggressive policies are “forcing” youth towards militancy. In a statement issued here, JRL termed recent CID report regarding central jail Srinagar as “illogical”. “Following recent escape of an inmate from SMHS hospital, so-called rulers, their agencies and police have started panelizing political prisoners and other inmates especially at central jail Srinagar,” said the JRL.…

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J&K Bank Hit -Choksi defrauded J&K Bank worth about Rs 152 Cr

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Mehul Choksi, the infamous diamond businessman, who has fled the country along with his nephew Nirav Modi, has also defrauded Jammu and Kashmir Bank of Rs 152 crore, which he had taken in the form of loan from the Bank for ‘Gitanjali Gems’. Confirming this to the Kashmir Post, official sources said Jammu and Kashmir Bank’s Fort branch had sanctioned loan of Rs 121 crore to Mehul Choksi for his diamond showroom ‘Gitanjali Gems’ in Mumbai in the year 2012. However, Choksi, Chairman and Managing Director of Gitanjali Gems turned…

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India Inc’s Recent Scams Turn In-Laws into Outlaws

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‘Marriage arrangements help ensure that control over capital doesn’t go out of the community.’ A recent spate of loan defaults – most of which curiously centre around trade finance and buyer’s credit – has shined a spotlight on the close and influential links between some of India’s wealthiest business families. The world over, it is natural for the sons and daughters of business elite to marry into other family-run corporate empires, even if such alliances are a more pronounced feature of the Indian power elite than of their counterparts in…

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Snow & Rain likely in J&K from Friday

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Minimum temperatures improved appreciably in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday as the Met forecast rain and snow across the state beginning Friday. “A Western disturbance is approaching the state. It is likely to become active on Friday and Saturday. Rain and snow are expected during this period,” a MET official said. The minimum temperatures across the state improved on Wednesday after an overnight cloud cover, he added. Minimum temperatures were 5.6 in Srinagar while it was 1.4 in Pahalgam and minus 2.4 in Gulmarg. Kargil town in the Ladakh region…

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Article 370 a bridge between Kashmir & India: Mehbooba Mufti

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Jammu & Kashmir: Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti said that that the article 370 which bestows special position to the state, is the basis of state’s affiliation to India. According to the party, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has written in ‘Agenda of Alliance’ that it will not talk of removing article 370. Speaking at a foundation ceremony of Passport Seva Kendra here the vice president of PDP Sartaj Madani told the media persons that Indians should think and understand that if Jammu…

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Al-Qaeda claims separatist leader’s killing in Kashmir; Zakir Musa warns Hurriyat against pursuing ‘secular politics’

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A week after two unidentified gunmen killed former militant commander and separatist leader, Mohammad Yusuf Rather, shooting him dead inside a passenger vehicle, the police is investigating claims made by Al-Qaeda’s Kashmir head, Zakir Musa, that the killing was carried out to warn Hurriyat parties against pursuing secularism. Rather, who was associated with Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani for the last 14 years, was killed by two gunmen on Saturday, when he was travelling from Beerwah in Budgam to his house in the same district. Two pistol-wielding men…

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Militants strike at security vehicle near IAF station in Pulwama

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Militants on Tuesday fired at a vehicle of the security forces near the Indian Air Force station in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district. “There was a brief exchange of fire near Malangpora Air Force station after security forces retaliated,” the Jammu and Kashmir Police said. The area has since been cordoned off for searches. Meanwhile, news agency ANI reported: “At around 1800hrs, terrorists fired bullets and lobbed grenades at Malangpora water point outside Awantipora Air Force station. The firing was retaliated by Defence Security Corps (DSC) guards. The terrorists ran…

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Kashmir Editors Guild aghast at efforts of NIA to define working of a journalist

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KEG reiterated that Kamran Yousuf “has been a news photographer who was freelancing with various media outlets”. The editors sought his early release and have continuously insisted that Yousuf requires a fair trial. Kashmir Editors Guild (KEG), an organisation of the editors of the newspapers published in Kashmir on Tuesday strongly reacted to the ‘new definition’ of a journalist by National Investigation Agency (NIA) detailed in the chargesheet of incarcerated Kashmir photo-journalist Kamran Yousuf. “If the cops are supposed to define the roles and responsibilities of the journalists, which manage…

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Respite for 44 villages as typo error fixed after 13 years

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Over one lakh residents of 44 backward villages of Udhampur district have been at the receiving end as the successive state governments took 13 years to rectify minor typing errors, which denied them reservation and other benefits. The typing errors were finally rectified on February 9. Highly placed sources said the typing errors were rectified when Ramnagar MLA RS Pathania raised the issue in the Assembly in the first week of February and the minister concerned assured the House that the typing mistake would be rectified in a day or…

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