June 2, 2022 | Kashmir POST

Busy Promoting Films: Rahul Gandhi hits BJP post another targeted killing in Kashmir

June 2, 2022 Editor

Rahul Gandhi’s tweet comes just a day after Union home minister Amit Shah watched the Akshay Kumar-starrer ‘Samrat Prithviraj’ movie at a special screening. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for “neglecting the security issues” in Kashmir and alleged that those supposed to protect Kashmiri Pandits are “busy promoting films”. The attack from the Congress leader comes in the wake of the killing of a bank employee from Rajasthan by terrorists inside the bank premises in Kashmir’s Kulgam district earlier on Thursday.…

Elaqahi Dehati Bank Manager shot dead in Kulgam

June 2, 2022 Editor

The deceased has been identified as Vijay Kumar, Bank Manager of Elaqahi Dehati Bank. He was fired upon by the terrorists when he was on duty at the Arreh Mohanpora Branch in the Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir. In another attack on civilians in Jammu and Kashmir, a bank employee was shot dead by terrorists in the Kulgam district on Thursday. The deceased has been identified as Vijay Kumar, Bank Manager of Elaqahi Dehati Bank. Kumar, who hails from Rajasthan, was rushed to a nearby hospital after he was…

The resurgent Pandits of Kashmir

June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 Editor

By: Lalit Anjum Kher The Kashmiri Pandits shun being guinea-pigs, and has to realize the underlying schema controlling the govermentality of the establishment. To fight an existential battle for life and honor, the time is ripe to invoke Parashurama within. Background In the wake of recent gruesome cold blooded murder of Rahul Bhat, a J&K state government employee working in Kashmir valley has sent shock waves around the nation and the world. He was singled out and subsequently murdered by terrorists in broad daylight inside the Revenue Office, Budgam in…

Kashmiri Pandit’s stir grows over terror hits, Over 100 families fled Valley post recent killed

June 2, 2022 Editor

Several Kashmiri Pandits who were given jobs under a package by the Centre protested against a series of targeted killings of non-Muslim civilians on Wednesday, even as officials said Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha asked for such employees to be promptly moved to secure locations. Sinha held a meeting on the security situation with top officials on Wednesday, a Raj Bhawan official said, asking not to be named. “The LG chaired a high level meeting of administrative heads, senior police officers wherein he decided that Prime Minister package…

Wasim Sadiq Nargal, first Muslim HC judge from Jammu notified

June 2, 2022 Editor

The department of justice issued a notification confirming Nargal’s appointment as an additional judge. The Union government on Wednesday notified the appointment of Wasim Sadiq Nargal as a judge, paving the way for the first Muslim judge from Jammu in the J&K and Ladakh high court, while also clearing the oldest pending recommendation of the Supreme Court collegium to the Centre. The department of justice issued a notification confirming Nargal’s appointment as an additional judge. As reported first by HT on Tuesday, the Union law ministry and the Prime Minister’s…

Farooq Sheikh shot by unknown gunmen in south Kashmir’s Shopian

June 2, 2022 Editor

A man was shot at by terrorists in Chidren, Keegam area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday evening, police said. “Terrorist fired upon one #civilian Farooq Ahmad Sheikh in Chidren, Keegam area of #Shopian. He got injury in leg & has been shifted to hospital. His condition is stated to be stable,” a police spokesman said. The area has been cordoned to nab the attackers.

Civilians being killed in Kashmir, BJP busy celebrating 8 years of Modi Govt: Rahul Gandhi

June 2, 2022 Editor

A day after a school teacher was killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a jibe at the Centre saying 15 security personnel and 18 civilians were killed in the last 5 months and Kashmiri Pandits have been protesting for the past 18 days but the BJP is ‘busy’ celebrating 8 years of the Modi government. The Congress leader’s statement came after a Hindu school teacher Rajni Bala was fired at by terrorists in the Kulgam district of the Kashmir region on Tuesday. “In…

Post mass migration warning locks and checkpoints erected near Kashmiri Pandit Camps

June 2, 2022 Editor

About 4,000 Kashmiri Pandits have threatened to leave Kashmir if the administration did not relocate them to safe places within 24 hours The Jammu and Kashmir administration has confined Kashmiri Pandits to their transit camps after the community’s members threatened mass migration in the wake of targeted killings. About 4,000 Kashmiri Pandits employed under a Prime Minister’s special package yesterday threatened to leave the Valley if the administration did not relocate them to safe places within 24 hours. This came after a Hindu school teacher from Jammu, Rajni Bala, was…