Recent spate of killings may trigger fresh wave of migration of minority community from Kashmir Valley

Recent spate of killings may trigger fresh wave of migration of minority community from Kashmir Valley

At least 10 to 15 families, who had returned to Kashmir by availing the benefits under Rehabilitation Package announced by the Manmohan Singh govt in 2008, have already fled the Valley, say sources The pictures of the lifeless bodies of two teachers lying in the well-manicured lawns of a government school gave the willies to Ajay Koul (34), a Kashmiri Pandit living in central Kashmir’s Budgam district. Ever since the news about the killing of Supinder Kour and her colleague Deepak Chand in the Eidgah area of Srinagar spread, Koul…

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Heightened security in Kashmir no reason to open fire at civilians: Omar Abdullah

Heightened security in Kashmir no reason to open fire at civilians - Omar Abdullah

Youth of Jammu was killed by CRPF jawans after he failed to stop his vehicle near the checking point at Anantnag Condemning the killing of a youth by the CRPF in Anantnag, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said the heightened state of alert cannot be a reason to open fire at a civilian. Yasir Ali, a resident of Jammu, had been killed by CRPF jawans after he failed to stop his vehicle near the checking point at Anantnag on Thursday night. He died on the spot. “Yasir…

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