Jammu, March 14 (IANS) Kashmir migrant Pandit organisation ‘Panun Kashmir’ said on Saturday that it has expelled its chairman, Ajay Chrungoo from the organisation over alleged foreign links.A circular issued by Panun Kashmir said today that the organisation has expelled its chairman, Ajay Chrungoo from the organisation with immediate effect and ordered an enquiry into his alleged foreign links, including a reported interaction with US-based Pakistani ISI agent, Ghulam Nabi Fai.“Chrungoo ha…
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Srinagar, March 9 (IANS) More than three decades after their exodus, issue of migrant Kashmiri Pandits was highlighted at the 61st session of United Nations Council for Human Rights in Geneva. Satish Maldhar, Jammu and Kashmir Peace Forum Chairman, an organisation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits, on Monday said, “After more than three decades of silence, the tragic displacement of Kashmiri Pandits has once again entered the global spotlight. In a development that is stirring political and diplomatic…
Jammu, Feb 19 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha said on Thursday that he salutes the resilience of Kashmiri Pandits, who preserved the philosophy, spirituality, culture, language and tradition of Kashmir in the crucible of struggle and adversity that the community endured.Lt Governor Sinha released the book by Prof. Ashok Koul titled ‘Kashmir — Nativity Regained’. The book explores the Kashmiri Pandit exodus and captures the terror of those dark days and the lasting devastat…
Mumbai, Feb 15 (IANS) Team India will vanquish the Pakistani rivals easily and decisively, bringing joy to billions of Indians on the occasion of Maha Shivratri, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar said on Sunday, ahead of the summit T20 World Cup clash between arch-rivals – India and Pakistan. Madhur Bhandarkar told this to scribes during a visit to the city’s iconic Babulnath Temple, where he paid obeisance to Lord Shiva on Maha Shivratri. Bowing down before the deity at Babulnath Temple, also kno…
Srinagar, Feb 7 (IANS) Congress leader and MP Shashi Tharoor on Saturday expressed regret that disruptions in Parliament prevented him from introducing a Private Member’s Bill on the rights of Kashmiri Pandits, a proposal he first drafted and submitted in 2021.Taking to X, Tharoor said the repeated adjournments deprived him of the opportunity to table the bill, despite it finally being listed after nearly five years.“The disruption of Parliament yesterday deprived me of an opportunity to int…
Washington, Jan 20 (IANS) Kashmiri Hindu advocacy groups in the United States on Monday (Indian time) renewed their call for justice, restoration and secure rehabilitation of the community, marking January 19 as Exodus Day.In a statement, the Kashmir Hindu Foundation and Panun Kashmir described the date as a reminder of what they called the systematic displacement of Kashmiri Hindus from the Valley.The groups said January 19 symbolises a “deliberate and sustained process of ethnic cleansing” tha…
Dubai, Jan 19 (IANS) The exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in early 1990 must be remembered not only for its human cost but also the mechanism that produced it. Kashmiri Pandits did not leave because their future was uncertain but they left as Pakistan-backed terrorism made the present unlivable, a report has stated. “The exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from the Kashmir Valley in early 1990 is often described as a tragic by-product of instability. That characterisation understates bo…
Jammu, Jan 19 (IANS) Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference (NC) President, Farooq Abdullah, said on Monday that he does not believe that Kashmiri Pandits will ever return permanently to the Valley. “They may come as visitors, but I don’t think Kashmiri Pandits will ever return permanently to the Valley,” Farooq Abdullah told reporters here.He, however, added that the displaced Kashmiri Pandits are always welcome to return to their homes.Emphasising that the Valley is th…
New Delhi, Jan 18 (IANS) Thirty-five years is a long time in the life of a nation. It is long enough for governments to change, for narratives to be rewritten, and for uncomfortable truths to be buried under layers of convenient silence. But for a community driven out of its homeland solely because it was Hindu, time has not softened the pain – it has only deepened the wound.Three-and-a-half decades after the exodus of the Kashmiri Pandits, the questions remain unanswered. Not because the answer…
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Mehbooba Mufti, the former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and President of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), recently associated certain protests in Jammu with the decision made by the Muslim-majority region of J&K to join India in 1947.It was profoundly disheartening to witness one of the most outrageous remarks from a leader who has held a constitutional position. Referring to the Jammu groups as “right-wing Hindus”, she stated, “Recent developments champio…