kashmiri pandits

'Treat Muslims as equals', Farooq Abdullah urges Centre to stop acts that spark communal tension

December 02, 2024 10:23 pm

The National Conference (NC) president, who recently performed Umrah (minor Hajj pilgrimage) along with his son and chief minister Omar Abdullah and several of his colleagues, said no one was against the return of Kashmiri Pandits to the Valley.

‘We have lost everything’: Kashmiri Pandits’ shops demolished in Jammu, political storm brews

November 22, 2024 8:12 am

The shop owners said they were not given any prior notice regarding the demolition drive, a claim denied by the JDA.

For Kashmiri Pandits contesting J-K polls, community's rehabilitation, livelihood issues top agenda

September 23, 2024 7:31 am

A total of 12 candidates from the community are contesting the elections in 13 Assembly segments as against 8 in 2014.

The silent exodus: Sikhs in Kashmir caught between staying and leaving

August 27, 2024 3:30 pm

Those Who Stayed, a new book by Kashmir-based school teacher Bupinder Singh Bali, sheds light on the plight of minuscule Kashmiri Sikhs.

Amit Shah's idea of AFSPA removal in J&K is welcome. Return of Kashmiri Pandits with dignity must be next step

March 30, 2024 9:26 am

It is critical that the forthcoming elections are completely free and fair. Recall that it was rigged elections, in the past, including the infamous 1987 election, that contributed to the alienation on the ground

3 British MPs table motion demanding Indian govt to deliver 'justice' to Kashmiri Pandits

January 18, 2024 11:03 pm

Conservative Bob Blackman, Democratic Unionist Party leader Jim Shannon and Labour leader Virendra Sharma tabled the ‘34th anniversary of the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and Kashmir in India' on January 15.

'Majority of Muslims in India have converted from Hinduism': Ghulam Nabi Azad

August 17, 2023 9:29 pm

Taking a dig on the use of religion for votes, Azad said, "Whoever takes refuge in religion in politics is weak."

‘Perceptions of normalcy in J&K no more than delusions’: Kashmiri Pandit outfit's message to Centre

April 26, 2023 11:54 am

Panun Kashmir asks the Centre to ‘recognise the internal failures in J&K’ over the handling of security affairs, at the level of the security establishment and the top political leadership.

If govt wants to grant minority status to Hindus in J&K, let them do it: NCM member

April 18, 2023 7:36 am

The NCM member earlier in the day held discussions with UT Chief Secretary Dr Arun Kumar Mehta on implementation of centrally funded welfare schemes for minorities in Jammu and Kashmir.

Kashmiri Pandits posted in Valley end 310-day strike seeking relocation

March 05, 2023 5:16 am

Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandit employees posted in Kashmir had returned to Jammu in May last year following the targeted killing of Rahul Bhat, a Revenue Department employee inside the tehsil complex, alleging that situation was not congenial for their stay in the Valley.

Burhan Warns Of Attacks On Sainik Colonies

June 08, 2016 3:23 pm