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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.

Student Protests continues across Kashmir, scores injured

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Students clashed with police and paramilitary forces in south Kashmir’s Anantnag, north Kashmir’s Baramulla and Kupwara district and central Kashmir’s Budgam district Thursday. Students of Government Higher Secondary School Magam clashed with the forces when they allegedly tried to enter the Government Degree College Magam and Government Higher Secondary School Magam premises. As protesting students pelted stones at the forces, they fired dozens of tear smoke canisters and charged students with batons to disperse them. Six students were detained during the clashes, locals said. In north Kashmir’s Sopore town, 13…

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UN calls Social Media ban in Kashmir a ‘Collective Punishment’

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Urges India to restore internet services immediately to allow free speech Terming the ban on social media networks in Jammu and Kashmir as “collective punishment”, two United Nations human rights experts on Thursday demanded that it be immediately lifted. In a press release on the official website of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), David Kaye and Michel Forst asserted that “the scope of these restrictions has a significantly disproportionate impact on the fundamental rights of everyone in Kashmir, undermining the government’s stated aim of preventing dissemination…

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Army’s Cordon and Search Ops (CASO) return to Kashmir after 15 Years

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Cordon and Search operations in Kashmir were abandoned 15 years ago by the army in view of inconveniences faced by locals Two days after terrorists dragged out a young army officer, tortured and murdered him, the army decided to make “cordon and search operations” a permanent feature of its anti-terror operations in Kashmir. The procedure, which was followed rigorously at the height of militancy in Kashmir in the 1990s, had been abandoned 15 years ago in view of the inconvenience locals faced during such operations. The biggest cordon and search…

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Students clashes rocks Sopore, Magam, Langate, Dooru

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Students of Government Degree College Magam Thursday clashed with forces in Magam area of Budgam.Local sources told Kashmir Post that forces resorted to heavy tear smoke shelling to disperse the protesting students. Reportedly, forces have also lobbed tear gas shells inside the premises of the college. Kashmir is in grip of student protest after forces entered the college premises of GDC Pulwama on April 15 in which 60 students were injured. Since April 15, more than 120 students have been injured across Kashmir in various forces action. Students of Government Higher Secondary…

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Opposition pushes plan for conclave on Kashmir, all-party meeting likely soon

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Kashmir Conclave: Sharad Yadav meets Manmohan Shah; Omar Abdullah reaches out to CPI. A series of meetings between Opposition leaders to plan a conclave on Kashmir, as also to look for a political solution, has picked up pace in Delhi. On Wednesday, JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav met former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for the second time in recent days to discuss the proposed conclave. A date for the conclave is likely to be decided after a meeting between Singh and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi. In the half-hour meeting, Yadav is…

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Travel agents accuse helicopter operators of flouting norms

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Accusing helicopter operators, providing their services to Amarnath pilgrims, of corruption, Travel Agents from both Jammu and Kashmir divisions on Wednesday alleged that these operators are appointing general sales agents for selling the tickets in lieu of huge kickbacks, thus “cheating pilgrims”. In a joint press conference organized by travel agents associations of both divisions- Travel Agents of Jammu, Tourists Trade Interest Guild, PLTOF, Association of Jammu Travel Agents accused the helicopter operators especially UT AIR Helicopter of throwing the eligibility criteria to wind in selecting ticketing agents. President, Travel…

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‘Restore Srinagar as permanent capital of J&K’ Er. Rasheed

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Er Rasheed to Mehbooba: ‘Ban Indian channels whom you accuse of adding fuel to the fire’ Reacting to BJP’s demand to abandon the practice of bi-annual Durbar Move AIP Supremo and MLA Langate, Er. Rasheed has said that it would be in the interest of entire state for more than enough reasons, if Srinagar is restored as the permanent capital of the state. Interacting with the people in Srinagar, Er. Rasheed said “There is no reason to disagree to the fact that Durbar Move has yielded nothing except adding to…

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Railway line linking Kashmir with rest of India may become functional by 2021

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India is fast-tracking a project to connect Kashmir valley with the rest of the country by rail, which will enable trains to operate between New Delhi and Srinagar in 14 hours flat. The railway line, which could become functional in four years, is seen as a big development push by the Narendra Modi government in the valley. Costing over Rs 10,000 crore, it will provide all-weather connectivity and be a cornerstone of the government’s outreach programme in Jammu & Kashmir. The project is being personally monitored by rail minister Suresh…

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Governor N N Vohra steps in to defuse Student Unrest in Valley

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Seeks to insulate educational system from recurring disruption Asks CM to take steps to ‘immunize’ students against law and order situations Conveys concerns to Chief Secy, DGP, Edu Minister, KU VC Governor N N Vohra has stepped in to defuse the escalating tensions in the wake of unrelenting protests by students across valley. On Wednesday, the Governor had extensive discussions with Minister for Education, Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari at Raj Bhavan based on the inputs received from the various quarters to find a way out of the current unrest involving…

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PDP hits back at ally BJP over isolation remarks on Hurriyat leaders

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Day after J&K president of Bharatiya Janata Party Sat Sharma asserted that the decision to “isolate” Hurriyat leaders has been taken at the highest level in New Delhi, the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday hit back at its ally BJP, saying holding a dialogue with separatists and Pakistan is envisaged in the Agenda of Alliance and “no one can afford a volte-face on this.” In a statement here, PDP’s Vice-President Sartaj Madni said dialogue without Hurriyat is meaningless and repeated utterances of local and national BJP leaders discounting dialogue with…

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