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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.

Shocked over rally in support of Rape-and-Murder accused: Mehbooba Mufti

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Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Friday expressed shock over the protests rallies taken by Hindu Ekta Munch at Kathua in support of accused in the rape and murder of eight year old girl. Terming use of tri color by Hindu Ekta Munch as “desecration” to it, Mehooba said she was terrified by such act. In an veiled message to the group protesting in favor of the accused Mehbooba also said that law will take its own course. “Appalled by the marches & protests in defense of the…

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Padmaavat: An exercise in Islamophobia

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Padmaavat—a Sanjay Leela Bhansali bollywood production has hardly anything that should have made Hindutva zealots run riot on streets. I got to see the movie in a Bradford cinematic theatre, during annual sojourn with my children and grandchildren living in England. Bradford has large Asian population, mostly Pakistanis. The rush to see the highly controversial movie was obvious. You had to have an advanced online booking to get in. We were in a packed hall. No surprises that the film netted 250 crore plus globally over first few weeks of…

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CBI arrests another SPO in Rape-n-Murder of Asifa Bano

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Hindu Ekta Manch leaders to meet CM, threaten agitation With the arrest of one more Special Police Officer (SPO) in kidnapping and subsequent rape and murder of Asifa Bano, Hindu Ekta Manch (HEM) Friday threatened to force a shutdown over the issue. Members of the saffron party have planned to meet Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to seek a CBI probe into the rape and murder case of Gujjar girl at Hiranagar in Kathua district. “Yes, we have arrested another SPO Surinder Verma. He had proper information about Asifa’s case,” Additional…

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CBI files FIR against Gitanjali Group,Probe widens as I-T attaches Nirav Modi properties, banks accounts

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The government suspended passports of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi. In the CBI raids on the Gitanjali Group, officials said, gold, diamond and jewellery worth Rs 549 crore were seized. The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party traded charges over the fraud at the state-owned Punjab National Bank involving jeweller Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi on a day when the Central Bureau of Investigation registered fresh complaints against the latter and some of his companies, the Ministry of External Affairs suspended their passports for four weeks, the Enforcement…

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Russian skier Stanislav dies in Gulmarg avalanche

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Second foreign tourist killed this winter A foreign tourist died today and four others were rescued after being hit by an avalanche in a second such incident this winter at the famed skiing resort of Gulmarg, police and tourism officials said. “One Russian skier was hit by an avalanche in Gulmarg and died on the spot,” a police spokesman said, adding that four more skiers were rescued from the spot. The tourist has been identified as Stanislav, 30, a Russian national, who had arrived in Gulmarg on Wednesday. An official…

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Kashmir Problem won’t end by locking mosques: Mirwaiz Umar Farooq

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Behave like mature, sensible nations, Mirwaiz to India, Pak Little scope for military solution to K-issue At a time India and Pakistan are blazing guns on borders, Hurriyat (M) chairman and chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Friday asked the two countries to “behave like mature and sensible nations.” Asking India and Pakistan to resolve Kashmir issue peacefully, Mirwaiz said there is little scope for a military solution to the 70-year old Kashmir issue. “Our past experience of 70 years is evident that there is little scope for a military solution…

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Amnesty to first time Stone Pelters draws flak

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The state government’s decision to grant amnesty to over 9,700 stone throwers in the Kashmir valley has come under sharp criticism after a stone-throwing mob “helped” a militant escape from the encounter site in Palhalan village of Baramulla district today. According to reports, there was a brief exchange of gunfire between security personnel and a militant in Palhalan village. Youth engaged the security forces in stone-throwing, giving the militant scope to escape. Last month, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti had announced that her government had approved amnesty to 9,730 stone throwers,…

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Amid Clashes, Ultra flees from encounter site in Palhalan

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An anti-militancy operation sparked intense clashes in Palhalan village of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district that left at least four people, including a police officer, injured. A heavy contingent of the Army, CRPF and Special Operations Group of the J&K Police launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Tantaraypora, Palhalan, some 30 km from Srinagar, in the wee hours following a tip-off about the presence of a local militant in the area. A police spokesman in Srinagar said while the cordon was being established and civilians being evacuated from the…

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One-way traffic restored on Jammu-Srinagar highway

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The strategic Jammu-Srinagar national highway that had remained closed for the last four days, was restored for one-way traffic on Friday. “Traffic will move from Jammu to Srinagar. No vehicle will be allowed in the opposite direction,” a traffic official said. The highway had remained closed due to multiple landslides in Udhampur and Ramban districts stranding thousands of passengers on both sides. Over 2,000 vehicles were stuck at various places on the highway during this period.

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LeT, Jaish want Syed Salahuddin to quit as Hizb losing influence in Kashmir

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Pakistan’s ISI is reportedly under tremendous pressure from the LeT and JeM to remove Syed Salahuddin as the head of United Jihad Council, the intelligence agencies claim. Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) chief Syed Salahuddin is reportedly under tremendous pressure from Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) to quit, according to an assessment by the intelligence agencies. According to inputs gathered by intelligence agencies, the growing pressure on Salahuddin to quit is indicative of deepening rivalries in the ranks of Pakistan-based jihadi outfits that target India. Apparently, with the backing from Pakistan’s…

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