In the backdrop of ongoing exodus of Kashmiri Pandits taking place from the valley due to targeted terror attacks, Congress wants discussion on Jammu and Kashmir.
A total of nine Kashmiri Pandits were killed in the Kashmir Valley during 2020 to 2022, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Saturday said that there are no "top commanders" of terrorists in the region while stating that 44 of them have been neutralized this year.
A curative petition filed by Roots, a Kashmiri Pandit-based NGO was dismissed by the Supreme Court on Thursday. The petition sought a probe into the killing of Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley in 1989-90, during the heights of militancy.
IFFI Jury Head Nadav Lapid called the film "propaganda, vulgar" at the festival's closing ceremony on Monday.
A video from the festival went viral in which Lapid is seen making controversial remarks about the film.
The pandits held the march on the occasion of Constitution Day on November 26 demanding from the government to safeguard their "Right to Life" provided in Article 21 of the Constitution of India.
At a time when many Kashmiri Pandits have threatened to leave the Valley citing lack of security in the wake of recent targeted militant attacks and killings, Arhan, also a Pandit who was born in Delhi, returned to his roots in pursuit of shaping a 'new and prosperous' Kashmir.
Mehbooba Mufti should not shed crocodile tears. Everyone is aware of the fact that she used to empathize with the terrorist when they were killed when she was chief minister," said BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain.
"Targeted killings of Kashmiri pandits are taking place, whose government is there? The Kashmiri Pandits have been protesting in Jammu for the past six months. Today, Farooq Abdullah nor I am in power. There is a BJP government at the Centre. Why are the Kashmiri Pandits compelled to flee?"
The Shopian district administration through a statement issued here has termed the claims made by the news agency (PTI) and as published by Kashmir Images and Kashmir Observer Newspapers, regarding Kashmiri Non-migrant Hindu population at Chodrigund Shopian leaving as "baseless" and called i
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], October 18 (ANI): Reacting sharply to Farooq Abdullah's "killings won't stop unless..." remark, Jammu and Kashmir BJP chief Ravinder Raina on Tuesday said that the NC chief should condemn Pakistan instead of calling for talks with the neighbouring country.