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Angry Kashmiri Pandits block Jammu road to protest killing by terrorists

Hundreds of protesting displaced Kashmiri Pandit employees, who are seeking their relocation from the valley, on Saturday blocked Jammu-Akhnoor road to protest the latest targeted killing of their community member by terrorists in the valley. Puran Krishan Bhat was fired upon by terrorists near his residence in the Chowdhary Gund area of south Kashmir's Shopian district this afternoon, resulting in his death. The Pandits, employed under Prime Minister's employment package, are on protest at relief commissioners office in Jammu over the past five months following the killing of their colleague Rahul Bhat in Kashmir last May. As the news of the latest killing of Kashmiri Pandit broke out, they came out of the protest site and marched towards the main road and blocked the highway, amid high pitch sloganeering to denounce the target killings by terrorists and the alleged failure of the government to deal with the situation. Our worst fears have once again come true with the latest ...

Very few Kashmiri Pandits returning to Valley: Congress leader Karan Singh

Constant sense of fear and apprehension among Kashmiri Pandits is why very few of them are willing to return to their homeland in the Valley, veteran politician Karan Singh has said. Singh, who was speaking at the release of a book, "When the Heart Speaks", memoirs of well-known cardiologist Dr Upendra Kaul, said most of the Kashmiri Pandits who could afford to go out have gone and "settled for good" -- be it abroad or different parts of the country. However, Kashmir will always remain "incomplete" without Kashmiri Pandits, Singh said. "Kashmir is beautiful and beguiling and the tragedy that has taken over the Valley since 1947 is heartbreaking," Singh, whose father Maharaja Hari Singh was the last Dogra ruler of Kashmir, said. He commended Dr Kaul and other Kashmiri Pandits like him who have returned and built their homes in the Valley but added that "such examples are very rare". "Very few Kashmiri Pandits are doing that because there is always a sense of fear and a sense of ...

Electoral roll revision will not gift Jammu and Kashmir to the BJP

Muslim voters will play a deciding role in 10 out of 43 seats in Jammu, and in the valley's 47 seats, BJP may not be able to open its account. The arithmetic doesn't favour a BJP majority on its own

Kashmiri Pandits: A vulnerable, yet safe minority in J&K, shows govt data

Between nullification of Article 370 on August 5, 2019, until July 9 this year, 128 security force personnel and 118 civilians were killed by terrorists in J&K

KP killing: J-K admin to attach house of terrorist, police arrest kin

Jammu and Kashmir administration initiated the process of attaching the house of a terrorist who killed a Kashmiri Pandit in Shopian, while his father and 3 brothers were arrested for sheltering him

No Kashmiri Pandit working under PM's development package has resigned: MHA

MoS for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai informed Lok Sabha that as per information provided by the Govt of J&K, no Kashmiri Pandit working under PM's Development Package has resigned recently in protest

Kashmiri Pandits organisation asks UN to declare Pak a 'terrorist country'

The Kashmiri Pandit United Front (KPUF) urged the UN to declare Pakistan as a "terrorist country" alleging that the neighbouring country continued to sponsor terrorism in Kashmir Valley

Several measures taken to rehabilitate Kashmiri Pandits in valley: Minister

The Centre is keen on ensuring the welfare of Kashmiri Pandits and several measures have been taken for their rehabilitation in the valley, Union minister Nisith Pramanik said on Wednesday.

Kashmir: Back to the future

Govt must work for lasting political peace

Flight of Kashmiri Pandits: The aftershock of destroying civil society

The systematically delegitimised leaders of mainstream political parties in Kashmir could've been important instruments for mobilising public opinion against targeted killings of minorities

Uddhav Thackeray expresses concern about targeted killings in Kashmir

"Kashmiri Pandits were shown the dream of 'ghar vapasi' (resettlement in the Valley), but they are being targeted and killed. The exodus of Pandits is shocking," he said.

Kashmir, past continuous

Modi government's Kashmir policy has been a success in changing the status of the state and redefining what remains negotiable

Amit Shah reviews security situation in J-K amid killings of minorities

The security of Kashmiri Pandits living in the Valley was discussed threadbare at a high-level meeting on Friday chaired by Home Minister Shah, who took stock of the prevailing situation in J&K

Shift Kashmiri Pandits to safe place, says petitioner who moved HC

Citing media reports, KPSS chief Sanjay K Tickoo claimed that the Hindus living in Kashmir wanted to leave the Valley but the government was not allowing them to do so

Kashmiri Pandit employees threaten mass migration after teacher's killing

We have decided that if the government did not take any concrete steps for us (safety) within 24 hours, there will be mass migration again, one of the protestors said.

Take responsibility for security of Kashmiri Pandits: Rahul to PM

Rahul Bhat, who had got the job of a clerk under the special employment package for migrants in 2010-11, was gunned down by terrorists in Budgam district on Thursday

Attack on very soul of Kashmir: Farooq on Kashmiri Pandit's killing

'Every attack on our Pandit brothers is an out-and-out attack on the very soul of Kashmir. I'm looking for times, when both Kashmiri Muslims and Kashmiri Pandits live side by side'

J-K admin to form SIT to probe killing of Kashmiri Pandit in Budgam

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday announced formation of a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit employee in Budgam district. It also said a government job will be provided to the wife of the slain employee. Rahul Bhat was shot at and critically injured by militants in his office at Chadoora in Budgam district on Thursday. He succumbed to injuries at a hospital in Srinagar. "A decision has been taken to constitute special investigative team to probe all the aspects of the despicable terror attack. The SHO of the concerned police station has also been attached," Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha tweeted. He also announced a government job for Bhat's wife and said the administration will bear the educational expenses of his daughter. "J&K administration to provide a government job to Rahul Bhat's wife in Jammu and financial assistance to the family. The government will bear educational expenses of the daughter," Sinha added. Bhat's ..

Kashmiri Pandit employee shot dead inside Tehsil office in JK's Budgam

A government employee belonging to the Kashmir Pandit community was shot dead by suspected militants at his office in the Chadoora area of Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday

Kashmiri Pandits must get minority status in Kashmir: Sushil Modi

Modi said the Central government has filled an affidavit in the Supreme Court that if any state government would like to award minority status to any community in the state, it must be allowed