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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.

Pak army targets Nowshera, Bhimber Gali sectors

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The Pakistani army again violated ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Bhimber Gali and Nowshera sectors today. The Indian Army responded strongly and effectively. The defence PRO said at 5 am, the Pakistani army initiated indiscriminate firing from small arms, automatics and 82-mm mortars in the Bhimber Gali sector. The firing stopped at 5.45 am, he said. “Around 9.30 am, the Pakistani army violated the truce agreement in the Nowshera sector by firing with small arms, heavy automatics and recoilless rifles. The Indian Army also responded,” he…

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23 Degree Colleges without permanent buildings in J&K

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Belying the tall claims of successive regimes of Jammu and Kashmir on upgradation of infrastructure in education sector, as many as 23 colleges in the state are without buildings. Officials in the Higher Education Department said around 41 colleges were sanctioned during the past eight years under various centrally sponsored schemes and state plan, however the construction work is yet to be completed on 23 Government Degree Colleges (GDCs) in the state. The officials said the government has started different under graduate courses in all these colleges however the students…

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Rohingyas manage PRCs, buy property in Jammu

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A group of Rohingyas, living illegally in Jammu and Samba districts, have managed to buy land on the outskirts of Jammu city by fraudulently getting Permanent Residence Certificates, Aadhaar cards and ration cards. Intelligence agencies have already asked the local authorities to keep a strict vigil on the Rohingyas after some reports published that the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba was trying to exploit them for carrying out terror activities in India and Bangladesh. One Sayed Hussain, a Myanmar national, at present residing in the Belicharana area, has managed to buy state land…

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Jaish-e-Mohammed, not Hizbul, behind multiple grenade attacks

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Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Police (DGP) SP Vaid on Wednesday claimed that the multiple grenade attacks taking place in Pulwama district were the handiwork of the Jaish-e-Mohammad as per intelligence reports gathered so far. Jammu and Kashmir’s top cop on Wednesday claimed that the multiple grenade attacks taking place in Pulwama district were the handiwork of the Jaish-e-Mohammad and not Hizb-ul-Mujahideen as per intelligence reports gathered so far. “Hizb-ul-Mujahideen has a larger presence, but the Jaish-e-Mohammad was behind yesterday’s incidents as per our intelligence report, though the HM…

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‘Deceitful tactic to erode Article 370’, Resistance says GST law ‘Anti-Kashmir’

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Kashmir Traders and Manufacturers Federation (KTMF) has called for ‘Kashmir Bandh’ on Saturday (June 17) while the Kashmir Economic Alliance (KEA) said it would go for ‘Secretariat Gherao’ on the same day to protest proposed implementation of Goods and Services Tax in the state. Chairman of his faction of KTMF, Bashir Ahmad Rather, said “all stakeholders” should observe a complete shutdown on Saturday to protest implementation of GST “which is a direct attack on state’s special status.” “We had already boycotted the meeting with Chief Minister and Finance Minister as…

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Police officer assaults doc, SMHS staff threaten indefinite strike

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Doctors at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital in Srinagar have threatened to go on an indefinite strike after a police officer assaulted one of their colleagues on the hospital premises on Tuesday. Dr Owais Ahmad, a resident in the Medicine Department of Shri Maharaja Hari Singh Hospital (SMHS) Hospital, was beaten up by a police officer and his guards around 9.30 pm on Tuesday. The incident triggered day-long protests at Government Medical College (GMC), Srinagar, and one of its associated hospitals, SMHS Hospital, today. “Doctors, interns and medical students have…

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Ex-militant in NIA net, 19 Pandit families hope to get justice

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After a wait of 27 years, the families of those allegedly killed by former Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front militant Farooq Ahmed Dar, alias Bitta Karate, are hopeful of justice after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) started a probe into the shady financial transactions of separatists, including Dar. Dar is accused of killing 19 Pandits. In a video interview after his arrest in 1990, he had boasted of how he executed the murders. Among the victims was a social activist, Satish Tikku, 26, brutally gunned down on February 2, 1990, outside…

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Tourism Kashmir in Dire Straits

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Kashmir and tourism are more often taken as synonymous terms.As the valley of Kashmir is rich with scenic natural beauty that has no other analogy in the world. It is rightly called ‘paradise on earth’. Cradled in the lap of splendid mountains of the Himalayas, Kashmir is the most gorgeous place on earth. On visiting the Valley of Kashmir, Jehangir, a renowned Mughal King, is said to have exclaimed: “If there is paradise anywhere on earth, it is here, it is here, and it is here. But currently With every…

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LPG consumers in Kashmir deprived of gas subsidy

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Domestic gas consumers in Kashmir complain that their LPG subsidy amount is not being forwarded to their bank account from last several months. While the consumers blame the oil marketing companies of depriving them of their subsidy, as these OMC do not forward the details to National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). However, the OMC say that they forward the information on time and it is due to other reasons that the subsidy payment gets delayed. National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) which is an umbrella organization for all retail…

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Govt panel recommends Rs 4 lakh each for youth blinded by pellets

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An official panel tasked with identifying pellet victims with grievous eye-injuries for compensation has recommended that the victims who have lost vision in both eyes be given Rs four lakh each. Officials also said a proposal for compensating those whose one eye has been “completely blinded” by pellet shotguns last year is also under “active consideration”. A source told Kashmir Post that the divisional commissioner Kashmir-headed committee has so far finalized more than 16 cases for compensation. During the Budget Session in Jammu this year, the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti…

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