Tag: Kashmiri Pandits


  • โ€œThe Government of Jammu and Kashmir has appointed 1739 migrants and selected additional 1098 migrants under PMDP-2015.โ€ SRINAGAR โ€” The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) Wednesday said that 6000 transit accommodations at an estimated cost of Rs 920 crore will be constructed in Kashmir while the land has been restored to Kashmiri migrant applicants in…

  • “We see a larger conspiracy by selective state government bureaucrats who are deliberately discriminating against Kashmiri Migrants on the basis of religious lines.” SRINAGAR โ€” A Kashmiri pandit body on Thursday said that the Finance Department has denied the inclusion of 2.5% of the annual budget for Resettlement and Rehabilitation of Kashmir Migrants, despite the…

  • SRINAGAR โ€” Sheikhpora Pandit Colony in Central Kashmirโ€™s Budgam district wore a deserted look on Friday. The previous day a Kashmiri Pandit teacher and a Sikh teacher were gunned down by โ€œunknown gunmenโ€. Two days before their killings, a renowned Kashmiri Pandit businessman, Makhan Lal Bindroo, was killed in his shop. Otherwise a bustling place…

  • On the day when Kashmiri Pandits are celebrating Herath, Mountain Ink presents the living legend of Mohini Raina โ€” the beloved nurse who sought salvation in her sisterhood and spiritual roots to overcome an overwhelming situation in her homeland when her tribe members migrated from the valley. When Indian Home Minister Mufti Sayeed played his…

  • The islet where farewell moments were once performed by Muslim cremators has now become a shimmering example of loyalty. Birds chirping and insect shrilling evocatively echo a ghost islet in the backwater of iconic Dal Lake. The shed under which pyre was once prepared still stands under the shade of mighty Chinars. Dead would arrive…