Labroo’s appointment is deeply symbolic for a community that was forced to flee the Valley in the 1990s. 'It feels like we’ve come back home,' said Kashmiri Pandit Rakesh Bhat.
Rohit Raina is calling Kashmiri Pandit families living outside Kashmir to visit their temples at least once a year. 'That’s how the process of revival will start.'
‘Whenever there is a targeted killing or an attack, Kashmiri Pandits become the first ones to be confined. Their makeshift accommodations have turned into jails,' said a non-migrant Kashmiri Pandit.
Gen Z Kashmiri Pandits are trying to keep their culture alive on Instagram through recipes, language lessons, cultural snapshots, and community-specific humour.
The Kashmiri Pandits, employed in the Valley under the PM's rehabilitation package, said they should be relocated and posted in the Jammu region till situation becomes conducive.
Puran Krishan Bhat was allegedly attacked near his residence on the way to an orchard in Chowdari Gund, Shopian, stated Kashmir Zone Police on Twitter.
Hundreds of Kashmiri Hindu govt employees have left the Kashmir Valley over the last 10 days in the light of alleged targeted killings by terrorists, and returned to Jammu.
The restoration of statehood to J&K at an ‘appropriate time’ has been promised by the BJP in Parliament. That must be the first step before dialogue starts.
Hindus accuse the J&K govt of turning a deaf ear to their requests for leaves and urgent transfers to safer areas; Kulgam chief education officer says 'never denied leaves'
The Russia-Ukraine war exposes a complex paradox of power where the world’s most powerful country, with all its resources, is falling short in coercing a much more weakened Russia to kowtow to its demands.
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.
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