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Arvind Kejriwal slams killing of Pandits, says Centre has no Kashmir plan in place, makes four demands amid spurt in targeted killings

June 6, 2022 Editor

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday condemned the ‘targeted’ killing of Kashmiri Pandits in the Kashmir Valley and warned Pakistan to stop supporting terrorism in India even as the slammed the BJP-led central government for mishandling the issue. Addressing a ‘Jan Akrosh’ rally at Jantar Mantar, Kejriwal said Kashmiri Pandits are being forced to leave the Valley due to the targeted killings of the minority community, and added that this shows that the BJP cannot handle Kashmir and it only knows how to do dirty politics. “The era of…

Targeted Killings: Hours after banker’s killing, two labourer shot upon, killing one & injuiring one in Budgam

June 3, 2022 Editor

Targeted Killings: Hours after banker's killing, Labourer shot Dead in Kulgam

Two non-locals, including a bank manager from Rajasthan, were shot dead by militants in two attacks in the Valley on Thursday, triggering a fresh wave of migration of Kashmiri Pandit employees from Kashmir. A pistol-wielding militant gunned down the manager, Vijay Kumar, in Kulgam, the ninth targeted killing since May 1. The ultra entered Ellaquai Dehati Bank in the Arreh area and fired at the manager, killing him on the spot. Kumar had joined the Kulgam branch only a week ago. He was earlier working with the Kokernag branch of…

10th hike in 12 days; Surge in fuel prices continues

April 2, 2022 Editor

Petrol and diesel price today, April 2, 2022: According to news agency PTI, petrol and diesel prices have hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in their rates to ₹7.20 a litre. Fuel is set to be costlier in India with yet another surge on Saturday as petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise a litre. This is the tenth hike the country is witnessing in 12 days after there was no change in the prices for four months since November. The government has…

Un-Known gunmen shot down three civilians within hours in Kashmir

October 5, 2021October 6, 2021 Editor

Three civilians were killed in three separate militant attacks at three different places within hours in the Kashmir valley. Officials told Kashmir News Service (KNS) that three civilians were shot dead by militants in three separate militants attacks in Srinagar and Bandipora areas of the Kashmir valley. They said that two civilians including a Kashmiri pandit and a non-local vendor were shot dead in Srinagar within an hour today evening. The officials said that the militants fired upon the owner of famous medicate shop Bindroo medicate at his shop near…

GoI tightens grip on government-critical state employees

June 5, 2021June 5, 2021 Editor

A series of dismissals of public servants in Kashmir has triggered fears that India is clamping down on state workers in the region. The dismissals were issued under the pretext of protecting “state security.” Muhammad Yusuf Ganaie, a schoolteacher in Indian-administered Kashmir, found out that he was fired from his job through a Facebook post last month. He was the sixth employee in the region to be sacked under the pretext of protecting the “security of the state,” and the series of dismissals has sparked fears of a widespread effort…

Abu Dhabi’s LuLu confirms food processing investment in J&K

December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 Editor

The LuLu Group is setting up food processing and logistics centre in Jammu and Kashmir, as part of a wider strategy to build a pan-India presence. “The state has got immense potential and we are one of the leading importers of food and non-food products from India,” said Yussuf Ali M.A., Chairman. “Setting up of a new food processing and logistics center will further boost export of Kashmiri products.” Incidentally, Lulu was the first retailer to import the fabled Kashmiri apples across its 190 plus hypermarkets in the GCC and…

J&K’s Roshni Act is gone, leaving thousands fearing that they will become landless

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 Editor

In Jammu, the law has been used in communal rhetoric about ‘land jihad’. On October 31, the Jammu and Kashmir government declared the State Land (Vesting Ownership to the Occupants) Act, 2001, null and void. The law, which had proposed to transfer ownership of state land to its occupants for a fee determined by the government, was popularly known as the Roshni Act, as the proceeds from these transactions were to fund power projects in Jammu and Kashmir. Transactions under the Roshni Act had already been halted in 2018, as…

Kashmiri Muslims fear planned demographic change as fewer locals got key administrative posts

October 8, 2020October 8, 2020 Editor

Of the 66 top bureaucrats in Muslim-majority J&K at this time, 38 are from other states. Of the 12 sitting judges at the high court, only two are Muslim. And there is not a single Muslim officer in the LG’s secretariat. Irfan Amin Malik An officer of the Kashmir Administrative Service (KAS) has alleged that Kashmiri and Muslim officers have been deliberately sidelined or kept away from key positions since June 2018, when Mehbooba Mufti, the last chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, lost power. “This process picked up pace…

Silent rage in Kashmir

August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 Editor

One year after Jammu and Kashmir was deprived of its special status and its mainstream political voices were stifled, the people of the valley remain committed to fighting for justice. Anando Bhakto The first anniversary of the revocation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status on August 5 was accompanied by a low-key yet determined exhibition of political resolve by mainstream actors, who emphasised their commitment to fight in the Supreme Court and outside for the restoration of Articles 370 and 35A. The administration had imposed a two-day curfew on August…

Three missing labourers killed in alleged staged encounter in Shopian

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 Editor

Family of three missing labourers from Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir have alleged that the missing trio were killed in a staged encounter in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on July 18. Saleem Ahmad, cousin of one of the missing civilians Ibrar Ahmad, told that he identified his cousin and two other relatives through circulated photographs of militants killed in an encounter on July 18 in Amshipora village of south Kashmir’s Shopian district. “They are my relatives. The one in the centre of the photograph (of the alleged militants) is…