A month after Rahul Bhat’s killing, over 5,400 Pandit employees refuse to join duty in Valley

[ad_1] More than 5,000 Kashmiri Pandit employees, recruited under the Prime Minister’s special employment package since 2008, continued to stay away from offices in the Valley on Monday, even as a month has passed since a Pandit employee was shot dead by militants in his office in Budgam.  However, top government officials were hopeful that […]

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J&K government posts Kashmiri Pandit teachers to ‘safer zones’ within Kashmir Valley

[ad_1] Move comes in for criticism after the list of 177 transferred teachers goes viral on social media  Move comes in for criticism after the list of 177 transferred teachers goes viral on social media  The Jammu & Kashmir administration has started posting Kashmiri Pandit teachers in government schools to “safer zones” in a bid […]

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Kashmiri Pandits flee Kashmir Valley

[ad_1] Hundreds of fear-stricken Kashmiri Pandits left the Valley for Hindu-majority Jammu district on Friday even as the Centre turned down their demand of relocation. Amid this, a prominent Pandits’ body, the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti (KPSS), in an open letter to the J&K Chief Justice, sought his intervention to allow frightened Pandits to leave the […]

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Intercepted messages signal grim times for J&K

[ad_1] With targeted killings showing no signs of abating, officials are on their toes; Gupkar alliance asks locals to ensure safety of minorities With targeted killings showing no signs of abating, officials are on their toes; Gupkar alliance asks locals to ensure safety of minorities With no let-up in the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits […]

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The Good News from Kashmir Valley to premiere at Tongues on Fire film festival in U.K.

[ad_1] The movie, a collaboration between a Kashmiri Muslim and a Pandit, tells the tale of a warm and common past shared by the communities and also their sufferings. The movie, a collaboration between a Kashmiri Muslim and a Pandit, tells the tale of a warm and common past shared by the communities and also […]

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