Srinagar, July 4 (IANS) Gunshots were heard on Saturday during a cordon and search operation (CASO) in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district, police sources said.Police sources said gunshots were heard during a CASO in the Saidpora area of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Saturday evening.Joint security forces had launched the operation in the area following intelligence inputs about the presence of terrorists there.Sources said that after gunshots were heard in the cordoned-off area, reinforc…
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Jammu, June 29 (IANS) More than 35 years after the abduction and brutal killing of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat, her family has blamed successive governments for failing to bring those responsible to justice, saying decades of inaction prolonged their suffering and denied closure to the victims’ kin.Reacting to the filing of a 737-page chargesheet by the Jammu and Kashmir State Investigation Agency (SIA), Sarla Bhat’s cousin, P.K. Bhat, recalled the horrors surrounding her killing and allege…
New Delhi, June 22 (IANS) For hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits living across Delhi-NCR, Monday was an occasion to gather, pray and reconnect with their roots at the Mata Ragnya Bhagwati temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad district.The temple holds special significance because it is modelled on the revered Mata Kheer Bhawani shrine at Tulmulla in Kashmir’s Ganderbal district, one of the holiest sites for Kashmiri Hindus. Nestled amid a natural spring and shaded by majestic Chinar trees, the original …
Srinagar, June 22 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Monday joined hundreds of devotees from different parts of the country at the revered Mata Kheer Bhawani temple in Tulmul town of Ganderbal district.The historic shrine witnessed a large gathering of Kashmiri Pandits and other devotees who travelled to the Valley to participate in the annual mela, one of the most important religious occasions for the community. Pilgrims began arriving at the shrine on Sunday, with many…
Jammu, June 20 (IANS) More than 9,000 pilgrims, mostly Kashmiri Pandits, left Jammu city for the annual Mata Kheer Bhawani Mela in Kashmir’s Ganderbal district on Saturday amid elaborate security arrangements.Officials said MLA Devyani Rana, DIG Shridhar Patil, and other senior officials flagged off the pilgrimage in the city. The pilgrims are taken to the Kashmir Valley in around 200 Jammu and Kashmir Road Transport Corporation buses under tight security cover.With participation significantly h…
Srinagar, June 13 (IANS) Describing the journey of Kashmiri Pandits to that of exile to excellence, Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor (L-G) Manoj Sinha said on Saturday that time has come for this community to reclaim its place in the Union Territory. Addressing the global Kashmiri Pandit Conclave 2026 titled ‘From Exile to Excellence’, L-G Sinha added that time has come for Kashmiri Pandits to reconnect with their roots and contribute to the future of a transformed Jammu and Kashmir.He said…
Washington, May 18 (IANS) For 36 years, Kashmir existed for Sheerin Raina in fragments — stories told at the dinner table in New Jersey, fading photographs, temple names spoken with reverence, and memories inherited from parents who had left in the middle of the night and never truly returned. Now, at 21, she is preparing to go there for the first time.In an exclusive webinar interaction with IANS, Kashmiri Pandit community leaders, activists and second-generation youth across the United States…
Srinagar, May 17 (IANS) Displaced Kashmiri Pandits came to celebrate the Sumbli Mawas festival after 36 years in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Sunday.Scores of migrant Kashmiri Pandits came to the historic Nand Kishore temple in the Sumbal area of Bandipora after decades to celebrate the three-day-long Sumbli Mawas festival.The festival, celebrated on the birth anniversary of Kashmiri Pandit Saint, Maharaj Nand Kishore, is being attended by migrant Pandits from different parts of t…
Jammu, May 7 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government said on Thursday that it has asked the police to register an FIR against a Kashmiri migrant Pandit leader Sunit Bhat for his Facebook comment against the Union Territory’s Relief Commissioner Arvind Karwani. Officials said that the Jammu and Kashmir administration has written to the police, seeking the registration of an FIR against a Kashmiri migrant Pandit leader for making allegations of illegal allotment and accepting bribes against the Re…
Jammu, April 1 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said on Wednesday that while the government continues to prioritise the protection of their religious sites, security is the key to the return of Kashmiri Pandits to their native places.The chief minister told the Legislative Assembly that as the government continues to prioritise the restoration of their religious places, the key to the return of displaced Kashmiri Pandits to their native places depends on the security environ…