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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.

At 12.13% J&K has highest unemployment rate in India: Report

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At 12.13 percent, J&K had the highest unemployment rate in India in 2017, says the data compiled by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy in collaboration with Bombay Stock Exchange. The other states with high unemployment rates are Kerala (9.60 percent), Assam (8.60), Chandigarh (8.05) and Haryana (7.16). The national unemployment average is 4.7 percent. According to the BSE, the unemployment rate is the sum of the number of unemployed persons as a percentage of the labour force, where the latter consists of the unemployed plus those in paid or…

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We’ll talk peace with Pakistan only when it stops supporting terror: General Bipin Rawat

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Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat on Friday said peace talks with Pakistan can take place only when it stops supporting terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir. Given its actions, it doesn’t appear that Pakistan really wants peace, the Army chief added. He was in the western sector, close to the India-Pakistan border, to witness the ‘Hamesha Vijayee’ exercise conducted by the Southern Command in Thar desert. Rawat said Pakistan should stop supporting terrorists. “Only then can we say that peace talks should take place,” he told reporters in the exercise…

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Cold wave grips Kashmir, At -9.1°C, Ladakh coldest in state, highway open for 1 way traffic

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Kashmir continued to remain in the grip of intense cold wave on Friday, even as the Srinagar-Jammu highway was open for one-way traffic, officials said. A meteorological department official said that thick fog enveloped most parts of Kashmir on Friday, making minimum temperatures touch several notches below freezing point due to clear overnight sky. Because of the fog, people began their day a little late as the weather condition caused inconvenience to motorists and other commuters, according to several reports and witnesses. There was no fog, however, around the Srinagar…

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Interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma’s third visit begins on Monday

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The Centre’s representative on Kashmir, Dineshwar Sharma, will arrive here on Monday on his third visit to the state for holding talks with all stakeholders and to find ways for restoration of peace in the trouble-torn region. The interlocutor told Kashmir Post over phone from New Delhi that he would be arriving in the summer capital to meet various delegations. The groups scheduled to meet him, however, are yet to be finalised. Sharma had met people from a cross-section of society in both Kashmir and Jammu divisions during his two…

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Gov nominates Tassaduq Mufti as MLC, enters council on seat vacated by Vikramaditya

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In exercise of powers Governor NN Vohra, exercising powers vested in him under sub-section (6) of Section 50 of the J&K Constitution, has nominated Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s brother Tassaduq Hussain Mufti as a Member of the state Legislative Council against the seat available in the Upper House. Tassaduq is nominated on the seat vacated by Vikramaditya Singh, who had resigned as MLC in protest against the state government for not declaring a holiday on last Dogra ruler Maharaja Hari Singh’s birth anniversary. With his nomination as member of the…

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Geelani completes 8 yrs in house detention: Hurriyat (G)

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Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Friday completed eight years under house detention, a Hurriyat (G) spokesperson said. He said Geelani has remained confined to home for last eight years due to restrictions imposed by authorities on his movement. “No court has ever issued any formal detention order for Geelani’s detention,” the spokesman said. He said police officials have so far failed to produce any court order or any administrative document in support of this “illegal detention”. “What is the justification in turning his residence into a sub-jail”. Strongly…

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Christmas celebrations get going in Jammu city

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Religious procession taken out; churches decked up for prayers A colorful procession was taken out by the joint churches of Jammu and Christians to mark the Christmas celebrations in the city today. The procession began from Residency Road church and passed through the main markets, including Raghunath Bazar, City Chowk, Raj Tilak Road, Rani Park, Kachi Chawni, Chowk Chabutra, Jain Bazar, Purani Mandi and Kanak Mandi. People dressed as Santa Claus, angles, a chariot with King Herod and soldiers of the Roman cavalry were the special attractions of the procession.…

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This year Jamia Masjid locked for record 18th Friday

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Even in peak militancy we haven’t seen such restrictions: Mirwaiz The Authorities Friday disallowed congregational prayers at Jamia Masjid in a record 18-th time this year. All gates of Jamia Masjid were locked as forces remained deployed in full riot gear while the main road and other link roads leading to the mosque were blocked with concertina wires. Chief cleric of the mosque and Hurriyat (M) chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was put under house arrest while worshippers were disallowed to enter the mosque. The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed…

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Recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, 128 nations including India, defy Trump at UN

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India joined an overwhelming majority of UN member countries to vote for a resolution criticising the United States for recognising Jerusalem of Israel bucking an international consensus lasting decades. The resolution was adopted with the support of 128 countries, with nine voting against and 35 abstaining. The United States faced complete isolation and humiliation in the world body, which disregarded Trump’s threat of cutting US aid to countries that backed it, a move that brought the United States further criticism for “bullying”. India has long held an “independent and consistent”…

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Wearing Off the Ikhwan Taint

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A defiant populace and new crop of militants are challenging the might of the State. The phenomenon of Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen (Muslim brotherhood), a paradoxically named militia propped up by the State in the mid 90s across Kashmir to fight militancy, is permanently imprinted on the landscape of Hajin area of Bandipora district. So much so that nearly all the recent media analyses have been linking the resurgence of militancy in Hajin to the dark era of Ikhwan. Local residents also have been saying that they risk their lives to save militants…

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