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Kashmir Back To Square One: Another exodus begins following 16 killed since January

June 4, 2022 Editor

This week in Kashmir was marked by murder of a Kashmiri Pandit school teacher Rajani Bala (36) in Kulgam, the seventh targeted killing in May alone, and the threat of yet another exodus of Pandits from the Valley. A summon sent to Yash Raj Sharma, editor in-charge of the portal The Kashmir Walla for an article published in 2011, asking him to present himself in Jammu on June 2, also indicated that the Government had not given up its hard security approach to Kashmir. Earlier, Fahad Shah, the editor of…

Recent verdicts show ‘Veneer of Calm’ in Kashmir serves New Delhi best

June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 Editor

The recent verdicts in the case of Yasin Malik and Waheed Parra once again confirm that prosecution in the case of Kashmiris is based on the message that the ruler in Delhi wants to convey. By: Ghazala Wahab Two recent judgments by lower courts, which usually take maximalist positions on the side of caution, suggest that the government of India may want to dial down provocation in the Kashmir Valley. At least for now. One, a Delhi court recently awarded Kashmiri separatist and former militant Yasin Malik multiple life sentences…

Kashmiri Pandits should not go, stay with us with Peace, Dignity: KCCI

June 4, 2022 Editor

Valley’s prominent business body Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Jamia Masjid, Anantnag, on Friday condemned the recent spate of killings, including those of members of minority communities and non-locals Valley’s prominent business body Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) and Jamia Masjid, Anantnag, on Friday condemned the recent spate of killings, including those of members of minority communities and non-locals. A KCCI spokesperson said it goes against the basic spirit and concept of Kashmiriyat. “As the fear has engulfed people, we stand with the innocents in this…

No end to traffic jams on Srinagar-Jammu National Highway

June 3, 2022 Editor

The commuters and drivers of various types of vehicles were up against huge inconvenience due to the traffic congestion between Nashri – Ramban ,Ramban and Ramsu sector of highway on Thursday. However, traffic officials said traffic congestion remained at a few places due to ongoing four lane construction work. Huge rush of vehicular traffic was witnessed on the highway for Srinagar and Jammu on Thursday while commuters and drivers were confronted with traffic jams at various places between Nahsri to Banihal sector of highway. Commuters and drivers alleged that traffic…

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…

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…