Curbs continue in Srinagar’s old city after shrine fire
June 29th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 29 (IANS) Curfew-like restrictions continued in the old city areas of Srinagar for the fourth consecutive day Friday in the wake of tension after fire gutted the revered ... Read more...
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Normalcy slowly returning to Srinagar
June 27th, 2012 - 12:53 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 27 (IANS) Life in Jammu and Kashmir summer capital Srinagar, especially in the uptown areas, started returning to normal Wednesday with educational institutions, markets and public transport operating ... Read more...
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For Kashmiri Hindus and Muslims, Shivratri bridges a gap
February 20th, 2012 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Feb 20 (IANS) As bells tolled in the temples of Lord Shiva Monday, what emerged was a heartening story of healing wounds between Hindus and Muslims - wounds inflicted ... Read more...
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Will government resettle Kashmiri Hindus, asks BJP
January 19th, 2012 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday questioned the central government on its plans for rehabilitating Kashmiri Hindus."Twenty-two years before, on 19th Jan, 1990, an ... Read more...
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Jammu migrants: A neglected second cousin?
April 1st, 2011 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 1 (IANS) Abdul Aziz Khan, 49, and Shanker Dass, 53, have more than one thing in common. As victims of militancy in the Jammu region, they migrated ... Read more...
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Revoke AFSPA, start dialogue with Kashmiris, demand political leaders
February 1st, 2011 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Senior leaders from various political parties Tuesday demanded revocation of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act [AFSPA] in Jammu and Kashmir as well as more autonomy ... Read more...
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Elements’ motive to disrupt our meeting cannot succeed: Mirwaiz Farooq
December 2nd, 2010 - 1:18 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Dec 2 (ANI): Commenting on the current scenario in Kashmir, the chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has said that elements who disrupt their meetings and seminars ... Read more...
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Pandits, BJP boycott interlocutors in Jammu (Lead)
October 28th, 2010 - 7:32 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 28 (IANS) The central team of interlocutors on Kashmir Thursday concluded their visit to Jammu region on a disappointing note with some of the important groups, including the Pandits ... Read more...
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Padgaonkar, Kumar arrive in Jammu (Lead)
October 27th, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 27 (IANS) Two of the three central government interlocutors arrived in Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu and Kashmir, Wednesday afternoon on the second leg of their first visit ... Read more...
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Padgaonkar, Kumar to meet jailed separatists in Jammu
October 27th, 2010 - 1:42 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 27 (IANS) Meeting jailed separatist leaders in Jammu tops the agenda of the two interlocutors on Kashmir who are arriving here Wednesday afternoon from Srinagar, officials say.Journalist Dileep Padgaonkar and ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Hindus protest against Geelani, Arundhati at seminar (Lead)
October 21st, 2010 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Some Kashmiri Hindu activists created a disturbance as they tried to prevent hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani and author-activist Arundhati Roy from speaking at a seminar ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Hindus protest Geelani event in Delhi
October 21st, 2010 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Kashmiri Hindu activists tried to prevent hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani from speaking at a seminar here Thursday.Waving the national flag, the Hindu activists shouted pro-India ... Read more...
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All-party team meets Shabir Shah, Kashmiri Pandits
September 21st, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 21 (IANS) Members of the all-party delegation visiting Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday met arrested separatist leader Shabir Ahmad Shah at a government hospital here and also visited a ... Read more...
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Sikhs in Kashmir Valley feel unsafe: Community leaders
August 23rd, 2010 - 9:44 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 23 (IANS) Rubbishing claims of the Jammu and Kashmir government that Sikhs in the valley had nothing to fear, several leaders of the community Monday said that they were ... Read more...
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Muslims greet Kashmir’s Hindus at temple festival
June 19th, 2010 - 3:14 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 19 (IANS) Thousands of Kashmiri Hindus from across the country Saturday thronged the Khirbhawani temple in north Kashmir's Ganderbal district for an annual festival. Local Muslims greeted them with sweets ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Hindu devotees arrive at Khirbhawani temple
June 18th, 2010 - 10:21 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 18 (IANS) Scores of Kashmiri Hindus from different parts of the country have started arriving at the Khir Bhawani temple in north Kashmir's Ganderbal district for an annual festival, which, ... Read more...
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Hindus, Muslims celebrate ‘Malmaas’ in Kashmir
May 10th, 2010 - 5:39 pm ICT by ANI
Anantnag (Jammu and Kashmir), May 10 (ANI): Promoting communal harmony and brotherhood, Hindus and Muslims celebrated 'Malmaas', the extra month in the Hindu calendar, at the famous Martand Teerth Shrine in Jammu ... Read more...
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Kashmiri migrants to get enhanced relief
April 3rd, 2010 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, April 3 (IANS) Kashmiri migrants living in Jammu and its adjoining areas will get enhanced relief from the government from this month. The amount has been increased to Rs.5,000 from ... Read more...
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2,000 Muslim families living as migrants in Jammu: Minister
March 23rd, 2010 - 4:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 23 (IANS) There are more than 2,000 Kashmiri Muslim families living as migrants in Jammu, a state minister said Tuesday.
Revenue Minister Raman Bhalla, replying to a question by Peoples Democratic ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Pandits condemn Congress spokesperson’s statement
January 28th, 2010 - 12:20 am ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 27 (ANI): Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandits protested against Congress spokesperson Manish Tiwari and condemned his statement on Wednesday.Tiwari had reportedly commented about the compulsions which led Kashmiri Hindus for ... Read more...
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‘Kashmiri Pandits victims of emotional apartheid for 20 years’
January 19th, 2010 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Emotions ran high as Kashmiri Pandits gathered here Tuesday to mark 20 years of their exodus from their ancestral homes in the Valley, and lamented the "neglect" ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Hindus heckle Yasin Malik at peace conference
January 11th, 2010 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir's separatist leader Yasin Malik was heckled by a group of Kashmiri Pandits at the three-day India-Pakistan peace conference here Monday.
Malik, the chief of the ... Read more...
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Madhya Pradesh chief minister slams Kashmir autonomy report
December 27th, 2009 - 11:50 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 27 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Sunday slammed the Prime Minister's Working Group report on centre-state relations vis-à-vis Jammu and Kashmir, describing it as against the "national ... Read more...
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Employment package to cover Kashmiri migrant youth
December 3rd, 2009 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 2 (IANS) There is some good news in store for Kashmiri Hindu migrants with the state government likely to finalize an employment package for them Thursday.
The cabinet is meeting ... Read more...
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Chidambaram promises rehab of Kashmiri Hindu migrants (Lead)
November 4th, 2009 - 7:54 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 4 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday assured Kashmiri Pandits that he would do his best to fulfil the central government's commitment on the return and rehabilitation of the ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Pandits pray for their brethrens’ early return to valley on Diwali eve
October 17th, 2009 - 5:29 pm ICT by ANI
By Bilal ButtSrinagar, Oct.17 (ANI): As people across the country were overwhelmed with the celebration of Diwali, the festival of lights, on Saturday, a number of Kashmiri Pandits or Hindus offered prayers ... Read more...
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Hindus and Muslims join hands to renovate a temple in Kashmir
October 16th, 2009 - 6:59 pm ICT by ANI
By Afzal ButtSrinagar, Oct.16 (ANI): A group of Kashmiri Hindus and local Muslims have set an example of brotherhood and communal harmony by coming together to renovate an abandoned temple in Srinagar ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Hindus hear out plans on returning to valley
September 23rd, 2009 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Sep 23 (IANS) Shedding their reservations, many organisations of Kashmiri Hindus Wednesday evening heard out the Jammu and Kashmir government's plans for their return to their homeland, though two key ... Read more...
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Migrant Kashmiri Pandit voter number halved in 12 years
May 2nd, 2009 - 9:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The number of voters among Kashmiri Pandit migrants has dropped "considerably", from nearly 150,000 in 1996 to just 71,000 presently - a 52 percent dip.
In 1996 ... Read more...
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RSS missive to cadres: Vote for Hindu agenda
April 19th, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Anand
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has appealed to cadres to vote for parties and candidates that support the Hindu nationalist agenda, including abolition of ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Hindus pray for peace on the occasion of Ram Navami
April 3rd, 2009 - 10:58 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Apr 3 (ANI): Many Kashmiri Hindus celebrated Ram Navami, the birth anniversary of Lord Ram, on Friday with reverence in Srinagar, as this festival brought various devotees together at a Hindu ... Read more...
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Separatists in Kashmir offer to help rebuild temples
April 1st, 2009 - 2:26 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, Apr 1 (ANI): Separatists in Kashmir have offered to help rebuild and renovate temples damaged during the near two decades militancy. Yasin Malik, chairman of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Muhammad, ... Read more...
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Kashmiri Pandits to field candidates for Lok Sabha polls
March 28th, 2009 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, March 28 (IANS) A migrant Kashmiri Hindus' group Sunday said it would field candidates from two of the six Lok Sabha constituencies in the state.
The Jammu Kashmir National United ... Read more...
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Documentary portrays migrant Kashmiri Hindus’ ordeal
March 7th, 2009 - 9:37 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 7 (IANS) A documentary portraying the ordeal of displaced Kashmiri Hindus was screened here Saturday evening, followed by the inauguration of a photo exhibition highlighting the manner in which hundreds ... Read more...
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Jammu and Kashmir to establish transit clusters for Hindu migrants
December 19th, 2008 - 5:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Dec 19 (IANS) The Jammu and Kashmir government Friday announced that it is setting up three transit clusters for Kashmiri Hindu migrants willing to return and settle in the Kashmir valley. ... Read more...
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