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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.

Senior UP cop caught on camera pledging to build Ram temple

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A controversy erupted after UP director general (home guard) Surya Kumar was caught on camera taking a pledge at a public event to construct a Ram temple in Ayodhya. Kumar is the second-most senior IPS officer in the state and was in the race for the state police chief ‘s post till last month. The 1982-batch IPS officer took the pledge, along with several others, at an event titled “Ram Mandir Nirman Samasya Evam Samadhan” at Lucknow University. The event was organised by Akhil Bharatiya Samgra Vichar Manch some days…

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Stone pelting a conspiracy, not law & order issue: National Investigation Agency

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Stone pelting incidents in Jammu and Kashmir is “not a law and order issue”, rather these are outcome of a cleverly drafted conspiracy by Hurriyat leaders, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani and terrorists like Hafiz Saeed and Syed Salahuddin, orchestrated with the covert and overt support and funding of Pakistan, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has claimed. “Stone pelting in Kashmir has become a full-fledged industry wherein the cadres of Hurriyat and its constituent groups have organised themselves at district, tehsil, wards and mohalla level, and leaders at appropriate stages…

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Kashmiri students ‘Beaten’ up in Haryana college, Mehbooba Mufti demands probe

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The Kashmiri students of the Haryana Central University were beaten up while returning to the campus after offering congregational Friday prayers in Mahendragarh town. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti has urged the Haryana government to take stringent action against the perpetrators for assaulting Kashmiri students and demanded a probe into the case. Mehbooba made the statement on Friday, hours after reports of the Kashmiri students of the Haryana Central University being assaulted surfaced. The victims were beaten up while returning to the campus after offering congregational Friday prayers…

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Three Killed, 17 Injured in road accident

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In a latest case of overloading of passenger vehicles, three persons were killed and 17 others critically injured in a road mishap near Budhal town in Rajouri district this evening. The deceased have been identified as Mohd Asraf of Bhella, Zul kafeel of Daraj and Mohd Tariq Iqbal of Samote. Khursheed Tantrey, naib tehsildar, Budhal, said a Matador carrying 30 passengers left the Budhal town for Kotranka at about 3.30 pm and while negotiating blind curves near Kewal village, it turned turtle on the road. “Three persons succumbed to their…

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Govt spent over 10 Cr in 10 Years on security of Hurriyat leaders

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today told the Legislative Assembly that the state had spent around Rs 11 crore on the security and transportation fuel of Hurriyat Conference leaders in the past 10 years. Mehbooba, while responding to a cut motion moved by Independent MLA from Udhampur Pawan Gupta in the Assembly, shared the details of the funds spent on the security of 14 Hurriyat leaders from 2008 to 2017. She said an amount of Rs 10.86 crore had been spent on their security and transportation fuel of Hurriyat leaders during…

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Kashmiri Separatist Leaders mentioned in NIA charge sheet but no formal charges

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The charge sheet claims that Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Yasin Malik and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq have formed the Joint Resistance Leadership, which espouses the cause of secession of Jammu and Kashmir from India. The charge sheet filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in January in the terror funding case that names Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed and Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin also points to links between them and the top leadership of several Kasmiri separatist groups that are part of the All Party Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Shah…

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Three Soldiers killed after avalanche hits army camp in Machhil Sector

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Three army personnel were killed on Friday when an avalanche struck their post in Machhil sector of Jammu and Kashmir, the Army said. “In an unfortunate incident of an avalanche in Machhil sector, the Army lost three valiant soldiers,” an army official said. The avalanche hit an army post of 21 Rajput around 4:30 pm at Sona Pandi Gali in Machil along the Line of Control. According to officials, four soldiers were trapped in the snow, and all were evacuated. However, one died on the spot and two other succumbed…

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25 Civilians killed, 162 Hurt in Pak shelling in 2 Years: Mehbooba Mufti

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Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday disclosed that 25 civilians were killed and 162 injured in firing and shelling by Pakistan along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Border (IB) in the past two years. She said 224 structures, including two mosques, had suffered damage in shelling along the LoC and the IB during the period. At least 94 terrorists were gunned down and three were arrested along the border and the LoC in the last two years. Five districts of the Jammu province — Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Rajouri…

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Due to lack of snowfall in Kashmir, water crisis threaten to leave Agriculture, Tourism sectors high and dry

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It is around 4.30 in the evening and many people including a few elders from a village in South Kashmir can be seen sitting at the front of a shop. One among the elders is gazing at a barren mountain that used to remain covered in snow during winter and spring. “It has become Punjab here. There will be huge water crisis this year and there is a low possibility of crop yield,” he rued. Almost everyone in Kashmir opines that this year will be difficult for agriculture and horticulture.…

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Restrictions in Srinagar, Shopian to prevent separatist march

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Authorities imposed restrictions in Srinagar and Shopian districts on Friday to prevent a separatist-called march in protest against the killing of five civilians over the last few days. Police said restrictions under Section 144 of the CrPC had been imposed in Rainawari, Nowhatta, MR Gunj, Safakadal, Khanyar, Maisuma and Kralkhud in Srinagar. The District Magistrate has also imposed restrictions in Shopian town to maintain law and order. Separatist conglomerate, Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) headed by Hurriyat leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Yasin Malik have called for…

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