Explained: The mass migration call by Kashmiri Pandits and what the J&K government is doing
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained: The mass migration call by Kashmiri Pandits and what the J&K government is doing

Firstpost  

The targeted killings of minorities — two were killed in May alone by terrorists — has caused widespread fear and panic amid the Kashmiri Pandit community working across the Valley. They are threatening an exodus like in the 1990s over safety concerns The killing of a Hindu teacher from Jammu’s Samba district, posted in Kulgam in the Valley on Tuesday, has sparked panic — with many members of the Kashmiri Pandit community threatening to leave the area. A wave of fear has washed over 4,000 employees from the Kashmiri Pandit community working across the Valley under the Prime Minister Rehabilitation Package owing to the targeted killings — 16, including police officials, teachers and sarpanches, since January this year. The targeted killings of minorities, especially Kashmiri Pandits, by terrorists in the Valley has caused widespread anger among the community, who said they had begun preparations for ‘mass migrations’ outside Kashmir. “Prime Minister Package employees and others from minority communities posted in Kashmir division will be immediately posted at secured locations and the process has to be completed by Monday June 6, 2022,” J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha told the officials at a high-level security review meeting.

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Rehabilitate us in Kashmir, evict encroachers from our properties; Kashmiri Pandits to LG
11 months, 1 week ago

Rehabilitate us in Kashmir, evict encroachers from our properties; Kashmiri Pandits to LG

Hindustan Times  

: Internally displaced Kashmiri Pandits, who live in Jagti satellite township in Jammu district on Monday urged the government to initiate some measures for their rehabilitation in Kashmir. Addressing media persons, Shadi Lal Pandita, president of Jagti tenement committee and Soan Kashmir Front said, “For the past, over 34 years, Kashmiri Pandits are living like refugees in their own country. …

Explained | Provision for reservation for Kashmiri migrants, PoJK refugees in J&K Assembly
1 year, 4 months ago

Explained | Provision for reservation for Kashmiri migrants, PoJK refugees in J&K Assembly

The Hindu  

The story so far: Amid uncertainty over a long-pending Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir and while the Supreme Court examines the abrogation of Article 370, the Centre has tabled a Bill to reserve three seats in the Legislative Assembly for Kashmiri migrants and representatives of people displaced from Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir. To summarise, “the term ‘displaced person’ means …

New Residential Flats Inaugurated for Kashmiri Pandits Employed Under PM Package
1 year, 7 months ago

New Residential Flats Inaugurated for Kashmiri Pandits Employed Under PM Package

News 18  

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has inaugurated newly constructed 576 residential flats at Baramulla, Bandipora, Ganderbal and Shopian districts, to ensure the safety and security of migrant Kashmiri Pandits employed under the Prime Minister Development Package. The administration had to speed up the construction of these flats after terrorists started targeting Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley last year. The PM …

Day not far when Kashmiri Pandits will return to their homeland: J-K LG Sinha
1 year, 10 months ago

Day not far when Kashmiri Pandits will return to their homeland: J-K LG Sinha

Deccan Chronicle  

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor, Manoj Sinha, said on Thursday that the day is not far when all Kashmiri Pandits would return to their homeland. “With God’s grace, all Kashmiri Pandits would return to their homes in Kashmir and the day is not far,” he told reporters after attending a 3-day-long Mahashivratri mela being held at Jagti Colony, a …

Dozens of Protesting Kashmiri Pandit Employees Detained in Jammu
1 year, 10 months ago

Dozens of Protesting Kashmiri Pandit Employees Detained in Jammu

News 18  

Scores of migrant Kashmiri Pandit employees demanding a transfer from the Valley and release of salary dues were detained on Wednesday, shortly after they assembled here for a protest to press for their demands, officials said. On February 4, Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said many of the employees had resumed their duties in the Valley and directions …

'They're not demanding alms': Rahul Gandhi demands J&K L-G's apology to Kashmiri Pandits
1 year, 11 months ago

'They're not demanding alms': Rahul Gandhi demands J&K L-G's apology to Kashmiri Pandits

India Today  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has demanded Jammu and Kashmir's Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to apologise to the Kashmiri Pandits for allegedly telling employees recruited under a central scheme that "they should not seek alms". Rahul Gandhi, who is currently in Jammu and Kashmir as part of his Bharat Jodo Yatra, made the statement shortly after he met a delegation of …

Kashmiri Pandits meet Rahul Gandhi, brief him on targetted killings in valley
1 year, 11 months ago

Kashmiri Pandits meet Rahul Gandhi, brief him on targetted killings in valley

India Today  

During the Bharat Jodo Yatra in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district on Monday, a Kashmiri migrant pandit delegation met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and briefed him about the issues faced by them including "targeted killings" by terrorists and the resultant protest by those employed under a prime minister's package. Koul also said they have invited Rahul Gandhi to their Jagti …

Provide Security to Kashmiri Pandit Employees or Shift Them to Jammu: Congress
1 year, 11 months ago

Provide Security to Kashmiri Pandit Employees or Shift Them to Jammu: Congress

News 18  

Kashmiri Pandit employees should be provided security or shifted to Jammu until the situation in Kashmir Valley improves, a senior Congress leader said here on Wednesday. After the targeted killings, they have been on protest,” Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee president Vikar Rasool Wani told reporters here. The Jammu and Kashmir Congress president said, “I think it is important …

Kashmiri Pandit staff petition tribunal over relocation issue
1 year, 11 months ago

Kashmiri Pandit staff petition tribunal over relocation issue

The Hindu  

Amid growing differences between the J&K Lieutenant Governor and the BJP over the ongoing protests by Kashmiri Pandits in J&K, migrant Pandit employees, who were posted in Kashmir Valley under a special employment scheme, on Tuesday approached the Central Administrative Tribunal to strike down a clause that makes it mandatory for such Pandit employees to serve only in the Kashmir …

Kashmiri Pandit Employees Approach CAT Challenging Order Prohibiting Transfer from Valley
1 year, 11 months ago

Kashmiri Pandit Employees Approach CAT Challenging Order Prohibiting Transfer from Valley

News 18  

Protesting Kashmiri Pandit employees have approached the Central Administrative Tribunal against a Jammu and Kashmir administration order stating those granted employment under the prime minister’s special package cannot be transferred. Kashmiri Pandit employees have been on a strike for over seven months to demand their “relocation” from the Valley in view of targeted killings by terrorists. The application filed by …

Life more important, shift Kashmiri Pandit employees to Jammu: Ghulam Nabi Azad
1 year, 11 months ago

Life more important, shift Kashmiri Pandit employees to Jammu: Ghulam Nabi Azad

India Today  

Democratic Azad Party Chief and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday questioned the safety of the Kashmiri Pandits and said that that the Kashmiri Pandit employees should be shifted to Jammu till the situation improves in Kashmir. They can come back once the situation normalizes,” said Ghulam Nabi Azad. He said that life is more …

J&K Politics: With No Pay Or Safe Abode, Will Kashmiri Pandits' Plight Ever End?
2 years ago

J&K Politics: With No Pay Or Safe Abode, Will Kashmiri Pandits' Plight Ever End?

The Quint  

There are around six such transit camps across Kashmir where these employees are living. Earlier this month, the issue of the safety of Pandits cropped up again after the militant group TRF issued a 'hit list' consisting of names of 57 employees working under the PM’s Package in Kashmir. These employees' names appeared in the blog ‘Kashmir Fight’ which has …

Facing threats, Pandit staff protest outside BJP office in Jammu
2 years ago

Facing threats, Pandit staff protest outside BJP office in Jammu

The Hindu  

Facing relentless purported online threats from The Resistance Force militant outfit in Kashmir, migrant Pandit employees, who had opted Valley postings in the past one decade, on Friday staged a demonstration outside the BJP headquarters in Jammu and expressed unhappiness over Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha’s recent statement asking them to join duty. Scores of migrant Pandits and Hindu employees posted …

No salary to those sitting at home: J&K Lt. Governor tells protesting Kashmiri Pandit employees
2 years ago

No salary to those sitting at home: J&K Lt. Governor tells protesting Kashmiri Pandit employees

The Hindu  

Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday asserted all necessary measures have been taken for the safety of minority community employees including Kashmiri Pandits serving in the Valley, and sent out a "loud and clear" message to those protesting for transfer — no salary for sitting at home. Mr. Sinha made the remark amid the ongoing protest by …

Continued threats to Kashmiri pandit employees belie government claims of normalcy: Congress
2 years ago

Continued threats to Kashmiri pandit employees belie government claims of normalcy: Congress

The Hindu  

The Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Sunday said the recent terror threats to the Kashmiri Pandit employees in the Valley, belied the government’s claims of normalcy. A blog linked to The Resistance Front, an offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, released separate lists of Kashmiri Pandit employees who were recruited under the Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package, and threatened to turn their transit …

Time to leave behind old challenges, benefit from new possibilities: PM to J-K youth
2 years, 1 month ago

Time to leave behind old challenges, benefit from new possibilities: PM to J-K youth

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday described Jammu and Kashmir as the pride of every Indian, and said that it is time to leave behind the old challenges and take full benefit of new possibilities. Referring to a record increase in the number of tourists visiting Jammu and Kashmir, the prime minister said the tourism sector in the …

Kashmiri Pandits slam L-G for failing to provide security
2 years, 2 months ago

Kashmiri Pandits slam L-G for failing to provide security

The Hindu  

The latest killing of a Kashmiri Pandit orchardist by militants in south Kashmir’s Shopian has sparked a fresh wave of protests in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday, as the Pandit community accused the J&K Lieutenant Governor’s administration of failure to provide them security. The price of L-G Manoj Sinha’s incompetency is paid for by Kashmiri Pandits,” Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti …

Must leave or get killed: Kashmiri Pandits' body after series of attacks
2 years, 4 months ago

Must leave or get killed: Kashmiri Pandits' body after series of attacks

India Today  

Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti, an organisation that represents the Pandits living in the Valley, on Tuesday asked community members to leave the valley in the wake of increased attacks on them by militants. "With another deadly attack on Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir, the terrorists have made it clear that they are going to kill all the Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir …

No Kashmiri Pandit migrated from Kashmir ever since abrogation of Article 370: Govt tells Rajya Sabha
2 years, 5 months ago

No Kashmiri Pandit migrated from Kashmir ever since abrogation of Article 370: Govt tells Rajya Sabha

India TV News  

J&K News: Not a single Kashmiri Pandit has left the Kashmir valley ever since the abrogation of Article 370 in August 2019, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday. Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai also said that as many as 118 civilians, including five Kashmiri Pandits and 16 other Hindus and Sikhs, were killed in Jammu and Kashmir …

Migrant Kashmiri Pandit employees continue to protest for relocation outside of Valley
2 years, 5 months ago

Migrant Kashmiri Pandit employees continue to protest for relocation outside of Valley

Firstpost  

The protesters assembled under the banner of ‘All Migrant Employees Association Kashmir’ outside the Jammu Press Club and said they reject the government’s proposal to relocate pandits in safe zones within the Valley Jammu: Hundreds of migrant Kashmiri pandit employees on Saturday staged another demonstration here urging Lieutenant Governor Manoj Singh-led administration to accept their demand to relocate them outside …

Kashmiri Pandits employees of food and civil supplies dept asked to resume duties on June 16
2 years, 6 months ago

Kashmiri Pandits employees of food and civil supplies dept asked to resume duties on June 16

India Today  

Kashmir Pandit employees working at the Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs department in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district have been instructed to return to work on June 16. The Kashmiri Pandit government employees had also made a desperate appeal for evacuation from the Kashmir Valley. In a letter to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha dated May 14, …

Why do militants in J&K only seem to target Pandits and non-locals?
2 years, 6 months ago

Why do militants in J&K only seem to target Pandits and non-locals?

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 12, 2022 18:00 IST A spate of killings rocked Kashmir in recent weeks, with terrorists waging a targeted and relentless attack on Kashmiri Pandits and some non-locals, marking a retreat to the ignominious days of 1990 when the Hindu community in the Valley fled to the safe haven of Jammu. He said: “Pandits returning to the Valley …

J&K government posts Kashmiri Pandit teachers to ‘safer zones’ within Kashmir Valley
2 years, 6 months ago

J&K government posts Kashmiri Pandit teachers to ‘safer zones’ within Kashmir Valley

The Hindu  

The Jammu & Kashmir administration has started posting Kashmiri Pandit teachers in government schools to “safer zones” in a bid to discourage their desire to leave the Kashmir valley following a string of targeted attacks by militants on members of the minority community that left nine people dead in the past one month. Srinagar’s Chief Education Officer has posted 177 …

Kashmiri Pandits flee Kashmir Valley
2 years, 6 months ago

Kashmiri Pandits flee Kashmir Valley

The Hindu  

Hundreds of fear-stricken Kashmiri Pandits left the Valley for Hindu-majority Jammu district on Friday even as the Centre turned down their demand of relocation. Amid this, a prominent Pandits’ body, the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti, in an open letter to the J&K Chief Justice, sought his intervention to allow frightened Pandits to leave the Valley. Scores of vehicles, carrying Pandit …

Kashmir target killings: Govt employees protest for 2nd day in Jammu, seek transfer to home districts
2 years, 6 months ago

Kashmir target killings: Govt employees protest for 2nd day in Jammu, seek transfer to home districts

India TV News  

Government employees, who are posted in Jammu and Kashmir, protested for the second day on Friday demanding transfer from Kashmir to their home districts. These employees have returned to Jammu after their colleague, Rajni Bala, was shot dead by terrorists at a school in south Kashmir's Kulgam district on Tuesday. She said they were living happily with the local population …

No let-up in protests by Kashmiri Pandits trying to relocate from Kashmir Valley
2 years, 6 months ago

No let-up in protests by Kashmiri Pandits trying to relocate from Kashmir Valley

The Hindu  

There was no let-up in protests by Kashmiri Pandit employees, working in the Kashmir valley, on Thursday, as their bid to leave the transit colonies for Jammu was foiled by the administration. There is still a deadlock between the Lieutenant Governor’s administration and the demand of protesting Pandit employees over their relocation outside the Valley. We are sure that the …

Centre not for relocation of Kashmiri Pandits now
2 years, 6 months ago

Centre not for relocation of Kashmiri Pandits now

The Hindu  

The Centre is not in favour of moving Kashmiri Pandits and Hindus from the Kashmir Valley to Jammu as it would be a repeat of the situation in the 1990s when thousands migrated out of the Valley under government’s watch in wake of repeated threats and attacks, a senior government official said on Thursday. As targeted killing of civilians in …

Panic-stricken Kashmiri Pandit staffers firm on relocation from Kashmir Valley
2 years, 6 months ago

Panic-stricken Kashmiri Pandit staffers firm on relocation from Kashmir Valley

The Hindu  

The Jammu and Kashmir administration and protesting Kashmiri Pandits engaged in a face-off on Wednesday, as the security forces disallowed street protests and stopped fear-stricken Pandit employees, recruited under the Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package since 2008, from leaving the Valley. Kashmir has been witnessing daily protests by Kashmiri Pandits ever since Rahul Bhat, a Pandit government employee, was killed on …

Kashmiri Pandits protesting but BJP busy celebrating its eight years: Rahul Gandhi
2 years, 6 months ago

Kashmiri Pandits protesting but BJP busy celebrating its eight years: Rahul Gandhi

India TV News  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday slammed the government over the killing of a Hindu woman teacher in Kulgam, saying Kashmiri Pandits are protesting but the BJP is busy celebrating eight years of the Modi government. His remarks come a day after school teacher Renu Bala was gunned down near her school in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam by terrorists. "Kashmiri …

Hindu schoolteacher’s killing | Fresh wave of fear hits Kashmir
2 years, 6 months ago

Hindu schoolteacher’s killing | Fresh wave of fear hits Kashmir

The Hindu  

A woman teacher’s killing has sparked a fresh wave of fears among the migrant Kashmiri Pandit employees, recruited under the Prime Minister’s special rehabilitation package, and the Hindu employees from Jammu recruited under the SC quota and posted in the Valley. National Conference vice president Omar Abdullah said, “This is yet another targeted killing in a long list of recent …

Targeted killings | Top officials urge Kashmiri Pandits to stay put
2 years, 7 months ago

Targeted killings | Top officials urge Kashmiri Pandits to stay put

The Hindu  

Top J&K officials, including Kashmir’s Divisional Commissioner and its Inspector General of Police, on Tuesday visited several transit camps of Kashmiri Pandits and advised the fear-struck community against migration from the Valley, in the wake of the killing of the Pandit employee, Rahul Bhat, on May 12. Within one year, fear will be completely eliminated and the militant numbers will …

Pandits’ killings: Intercepted messages signal grim times for J&K
2 years, 7 months ago

Pandits’ killings: Intercepted messages signal grim times for J&K

The Hindu  

With no let-up in the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and non-local labourers that began in the Valley 18 months ago, intercepted messages by militant outfits on social media and chat applications are sending ominous signals. Hours after the little-known outfit Kashmir Tigers claimed responsibility for the killing of a Kashmiri Pandit employee at his office in Budgam, a web …

Kashmiri Pandit employees demand relocation to safe places outside Valley
2 years, 7 months ago

Kashmiri Pandit employees demand relocation to safe places outside Valley

Firstpost  

Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit, was killed by Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorists in the Tehsil office at Chadoora in Budgam district on Thursday Srinagar: A group of Kashmiri Pandit employees staged a protest here on Saturday against targeted killings and demanding their relocation to safe places outside Kashmir Valley, days after a community member was killed by terrorists in his office in …

Kashmiri Pandit Employees Demand Relocation to Safe Places Outside Kashmir Valley
2 years, 7 months ago

Kashmiri Pandit Employees Demand Relocation to Safe Places Outside Kashmir Valley

News 18  

A group of Kashmiri Pandit employees staged a protest here on Saturday against targeted killings and demanding their relocation to safe places outside Kashmir Valley, days after a community member was killed by terrorists in his office in Budgam district. Alleging that camps housing Kashmiri Pandit employees have been locked following the killing of Rahul Bhat, the protesters demanded that …

'Kashmir not safe for us': Kashmiri Pandit government employees' evacuation SOS
2 years, 7 months ago

'Kashmir not safe for us': Kashmiri Pandit government employees' evacuation SOS

India Today  

Days after Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit, was shot dead by terrorists at a government office in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, government employees from the Kashmiri Pandit community have made a desperate appeal for evacuation from the Kashmir Valley. In a letter to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha dated May 14, the All PM Package Employees …

Kashmiti Pandit killings sparks protests
2 years, 7 months ago

Kashmiti Pandit killings sparks protests

Deccan Chronicle  

SRINAGAR: Protests and vigils across Jammu and Kashmir continued for the second day running on Friday over the targeted killing of a government employee belonging to the minority Kashmiri Pandit community. “Due to the dejection by the policies of the administration and subsequent failure of providing a sense of security to the Kashmiri Pandit minorities serving in the Valley for …

Kashmiri Pandit groups raise concerns over targeted attacks
2 years, 8 months ago

Kashmiri Pandit groups raise concerns over targeted attacks

The Hindu  

Several Kashmiri Pandit organisations on Friday raised the alarm over the renewed threats against members of the minority community in Kashmir and the recent targeted killings of non-locals and Hindus by suspected militants. Sanjay Tickoo, who heads the Kashmiri Pandit Sangarash Samiti, said the government, in the past three years, has again failed in ensuring the security of minorities living …

Attacks on non-locals, Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir: night patrols, area domination, CCTV surveillance soon
2 years, 8 months ago

Attacks on non-locals, Kashmiri Pandits in Kashmir: night patrols, area domination, CCTV surveillance soon

The Hindu  

In the wake of increased attacks on non-locals and Kashmiri Pandits by militants, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Wednesday decided to launch night patrolling, domination of areas inhabited by migrant labourers and enforce strict rules to make closed-circuit television mandatory for businesses in the Valley. “Security forces have intensified night patrolling in remote villages where Kashmiri Pandits live and …

Kashmiri Pandits will return to their homeland on own conditions soon: Mohan Bhagwat
2 years, 8 months ago

Kashmiri Pandits will return to their homeland on own conditions soon: Mohan Bhagwat

India TV News  

Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that the time has come for Kashmiri Pandits to fulfil the pledge of returning to their homes in Kashmir. Addressing Kashmiri pandits virtually on the last day of the three-day ‘Navreh’ celebrations on Sunday, he said that Kashmiri Pandits should settle in the Valley in a way that nobody can dare to …

DC Edit | What government owes Kashmir migrants
2 years, 9 months ago

DC Edit | What government owes Kashmir migrants

Deccan Chronicle  

Reports that only 1,025 or 17 per cent of the 6,000 transit homes the Narendra Modi-led Union government had in 2015 promised to build for the Kashmiri migrants, including the Kashmiri Pandits, are completed, reflect the lethargy with which the Indian State approaches the issue of people who have been made homeless in their own land. The Rs 920-crore transit …

More than 1400 Kashmiri Pandits flee to Jammu in the last 3 days
3 years, 2 months ago

More than 1400 Kashmiri Pandits flee to Jammu in the last 3 days

Op India  

The recent surge in the incidents of targeted killing of Hindus in the valley has led to the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits residing in transit camps. These Hindus have said that almost 250 government employees have fled Kashmir to reach Jammu on Thursday night alone. According to a report by NDTV, around 400 families of Kashmiri Pandits had been living …

Civilian killings: Kashmiri Pandits urged not to panic
3 years, 2 months ago

Civilian killings: Kashmiri Pandits urged not to panic

The Hindu  

In a bid to instill confidence among 'fear-stricken' Kashmiri Hindu employees living in various colonies and on rent in the Valley, Relief Commissioner A.K. Pandita on October 7, 2021, urged them not to repeat " the exodus" from the Valley and said all deputy commissioners have assured full security to their colonies. Fear psychosis was triggered among over 3,000 Kashmiri …

In Kashmir, wave of fear spreads among minority community after militant attacks
3 years, 2 months ago

In Kashmir, wave of fear spreads among minority community after militant attacks

Firstpost  

An estimated 5 lakh Kashmiri Pandits migrated from Valley after the rise of armed militancy and are living in different parts of India with a majority of them settled in the Hindu majority Jammu region Srinagar: Twenty-eight-year-old Karan Sahoo and his wife have become worried after the targeted militant attacks on non-locals especially the members of the minority community in …

All Hindus Living In Kashmir Valley Cannot Claim Benefits Meant For Kashmiri Pandits: J&K High Court
3 years, 3 months ago

All Hindus Living In Kashmir Valley Cannot Claim Benefits Meant For Kashmiri Pandits: J&K High Court

Live Law  

The Jammu and Kashmir High Court has held that all Hindus residing in the Valley cannot be said to be a Kashmiri Pandit, thereby allowing them to avail the benefits of the schemes meant exclusively for the Pandits. "Kashmiri Pandits" is a separately identifiable community distinct from other Hindus residing in the Valley like Rajputs, Brahmins other than Kashmiri Pandits, …

Not All Kashmiri Hindus are Kashmiri Pandits, Rules HC, Legal Challenge Likely
3 years, 3 months ago

Not All Kashmiri Hindus are Kashmiri Pandits, Rules HC, Legal Challenge Likely

News 18  

Not all Kashmiri Hindus are Kashmiri Pandits, the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh said in a significant judgment on Tuesday, dismissing a petition that sought to include Kashmiri Hindus in a government recruitment drive. “Kashmiri Pandits is a separately identifiable community distinct from other Hindus residing in the Valley like Rajputs, Brahmins other than Kashmiri Pandits, Scheduled …

India Can Help Sikhs Fleeing Afghanistan Find a Home in Kashmir Valley
3 years, 3 months ago

India Can Help Sikhs Fleeing Afghanistan Find a Home in Kashmir Valley

News 18  

The hasty withdrawal of the American troops from Afghanistan last month and the rapid advance of the Taliban to Kabul to capture power created a very insecure environment for the minorities, including the Tajiks, Hazaras and the Sikhs. The Indian government with some reassurances from the Taliban was able to evacuate most of the Indian community, including the Sikhs and …

3,841 Kashmiri Pandits have returned to the valley in recent years: Reports
3 years, 4 months ago

3,841 Kashmiri Pandits have returned to the valley in recent years: Reports

Op India  

The Ministry of Home Affairs has confirmed that 3,841 Kashmiri Pandits have returned to Kashmir in the last few years and have taken up jobs there under the PM’s Rehabilitation Scheme, as they are feeling more secure after the Abrogation of Article 370. For the uninitiated, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s package for Jammu and Kashmir, over 30,000 Kashmiri Pandits …

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