Tag: Kashmiri

Another targeted killing of Pandit in Kashmir; brother injured

Reports said that terrorists in yet another incident of targeted killing shot dead Sunil Kumar, son of Arjun Nath, and seriously wounded his brother Pintu Kumar who has been rushed to hospital for treatment.

August 16, 2022

Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik hospitalised

The top prison official informed that Sukesh was demanding to arrange a meeting with his wife Leena Maria Paul, who is currently lodged in Jail no 6 of Tihar Jail.

July 27, 2022

Anupam Kher performs ‘shradh’ for Kashmiri Pandits killed in 1990

The actor performed 'tripindi shradh' for the peace of the departed souls.

June 15, 2022

Delimitation Commission for J&K fails: Kashmiri organisation

Satish Mahaldar of 'JK Peace Forum' alleged: "Even after the reorganisation of the state under the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2O19, it was mandatory for the Delimitation Commission to mention Assembly seats for the PoK, which has not been mentioned in the gazette. This has hurt the sentiments of the people of India, more so of J&K."

May 6, 2022

J-K: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to address Kashmiri Hindus on April 3

Sanjeevani Sharda Kendra (SSK), Jammu is organising a three-day programme from April 1-3 to celebrate the 'Tyaag and Shaurya Divas' and urge the 'Kashmiri Samaj' to take a pledge for returning to their homeland on the auspicious occasion of Navreh.

March 30, 2022

Kashmiri leaders raise voice against allocation of land to security forces

PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti accused the centre of trying to convert J&K into a military garrison.

January 7, 2022

Kashmiri apple growers seek ban on “illegal import” of Iranian apple

Iranian apple was being imported "illegally" via Afghanistan and entering the country through the Wagah route in Punjab and also in Gujarat, said Fayaz Ahmad, president of Asia's second-largest fruit market in north Kashmir's Sopore.

January 6, 2022

Kashmiri leaders fume as delimitation commission proposes 6 additional assembly seats for Jammu, 1 for valley

The Delimitation Commission is headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai. Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra is an ex-officio member of the panel.

December 20, 2021

Rain plays spoilsport as Kashmiris throng markets on Eid eve

Prices fixed by the administration for sacrificial animals and other essentials of life were breached as both the sellers and the buyers did not seem bothered about the official rate lists of mutton, poultry, vegetables and other essential items.

July 20, 2021

Around 100 Kashmiri youth who visited Pakistan on visa in last three years are missing

The intelligence sleuths, along with immigration officials, are keeping a tab on movement of youth at Wagah border as well as at the New Delhi airport.

February 8, 2021

3 seats & Idea of India

The day political parties truly demonstrate that the real weight of those three seats from J&K in Parliament is worth 100 per cent to the 'idea of India', maybe the tide will finally turn. The perpetuation of the 'us-versus-them' storyline within J&K has to end, the security forces need to keep up the steel and guard as they have done so selflessly for decades ~wherever AFSPA is required, so be it ~but the government has to demonstrate empathy, compassion and creativity in reaching-out to the mainstream, politically and psychologically.

May 27, 2020

TADA court frames charges against separatist Yasin Malik, 6 others for killing 4 IAF personnel 30 years ago

Charges under the Sections 302, 307, Sections 3(3), 4(1) of TADA Act 1987 and Section 7(27) of the Arms Act of 1959 read with Section 120 have been framed against Malik and others for the terror attack on the IAF personnel in the Rawalpura locality of Srinagar.

March 16, 2020

Terror attack by Kashmiri insurgents could trigger Indo-Pak military confrontation

Increasing ethno-religious nationalism and anti-Muslim sentiment in India heighten this risk as they might induce the Indian authorities to respond with particular force, said the report released on the occasion of the conference at which the Indian delegation was led by External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.

February 18, 2020

PDP expels 8 leaders for meeting foreign envoys and Lt Governor Murmu

The PDP leaders were among a delegation of Kashmiri politicians who had earlier this week met the Lt. Governor GC Murmu at Jammu and the government had described it as an initiative towards the political process.

January 9, 2020

Stoles to have in your closet this wedding season

Woven shawls in India have been worn from as early as the Indus Valley Civilisation.

January 4, 2020

A hoary legend of the Amarnath Yatra

The Amarnath Yatra, which started for the cave shrine with its ice lingamon 28 June, is a vital strand in the perennial fabric that envelops Bharat Mata and the belief in Lord Shiva. But fewer Kashmiri woodcutters and shawl sellers, came to Delhi now, though the legend of the silver mace lives on.

July 13, 2019

BJP accuses Mehbooba Mufti of misleading Kashmiris with ‘half-baked truth’

Bharatiya Janata Party said that Mehbooba Mufti has been “rattled” by the low voter turnout in her perceived bastion of the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency.

April 25, 2019