The State Investigation Agency (SIA) has reopened investigation into the 1998 Wandhama massacre in Jammu and Kashmir's Ganderbal district, where 23 Kashmiri Pandits were shot dead by terrorists, officials said on Tuesday.
Kashmiri Pandits protest against Tuesday's murder of a lady teacher in Kulgam by terrorists.
The State Investigation Agency (SIA) conducted raids in central Kashmir as part of its investigation into the 35-year-old murder of Sarla Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit woman. The raids targeted individuals formerly associated with the banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF).
Kashmiri Pandits in Srinagar continued their protests on Wednesday, May 18, 2022, in the wake of the killing of government employee Rahul Bhat, who was shot dead by terrorists inside his office in central Kashmir's Budgam district on May 12.
Jailed Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chief Mohammad Yasin Malik, accused in the 1990 murder of a Kashmiri Pandit woman, has submitted a 25-page affidavit. In it, he pleads not guilty, refuses to contest the case, and asks for capital punishment. Malik also announced his decision to divorce his wife, Mushaal Hussein Mullick, citing prolonged incarceration and inability to communicate. He claims the charges are fabricated and politically motivated, arguing he was critically injured at the time of the alleged murder.
Terming the killing a "cowardly act", the protesters said assurances given by the Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration to ensure the safety of minorities in the Valley have proved to be false.
The community members, including Rahul Bhat's family, accused the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre of making young Kashmiri Hindus 'cannon fodder' in the name of rehabilitation of the community.
The appeal by the Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) came after a delegation led by its president Farooq Abdullah met Jammu and Kashmiri Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha at the Raj Bhavan in Srinagar.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Sunday ordered an inquiry into the use of force against the Kashmiri Pandit employees who were protesting the killing of Rahul Bhat.
A day after he was shot dead by terrorists, Kashmiri Pandit bank guard Sanjay Sharma was cremated in his native village in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district on Monday, with his Muslim neighbours lending a helping hand to his grief-stricken family.
Ajay Pandita, sarpanch of the Larkipora area in Anantnag district and a member of the Congress party, was shot at by terrorists in his native village at around 6 pm, a police official said. He said Pandita was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to injuries.
A curative petition was filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking reconsideration of its 2017 order dismissing a plea which had sought investigation into the alleged mass murder of Kashmiri Pandits in the valley in 1989-1990.
Anupam Kher lashes out at Haider director Vishal Bhardwaj.
A government employee belonging to the Kashmir Pandit community was shot dead by suspected militants at his office in the Chadoora area of Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday, officials said in Srinagar.
"If a person is shot inside his office, nobody is safe in the valley. When such a thing has happened it is a glaring example of the government's failure. Those serving (among the Kashmiri Pandits) there are doing it at their own risk as the government has failed to provide security to them," Bhat's father said.
The State Investigation Agency (SIA) has filed a comprehensive chargesheet against banned JKLF chief Yasin Malik and four accomplices for the 1990 kidnapping and brutal killing of Kashmiri Pandit nurse Sarla Bhat, marking a "historic milestone" in addressing legacy terror crimes.
Citing media reports, KPSS chief Sanjay K Tickoo claimed that the Hindus living in Kashmir wanted to leave the Valley but the government was not allowing them to do so.
On Thursday, May 12, 2022, Rahul Bhat, a government employee belonging to the Kashmiri Pandit community, was murdered by terrorists at his office in the Chadoora area of Budgam in Srinagar.
The spokesperson said the identity of all such persons shall be kept secret and protected, besides all useful and relevant information shall be suitably rewarded.
'The expulsion of Kashmiri Pandits -- and all other non-Muslims -- is its clear objective.'
Northern Army commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday said the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits and non-local labourers by militants was to keep terrorism alive in Kashmir.
Vidhu Vinod Chopra on Parinda.
The clip contains various scenes depicting the period of militancy, including women in mourning.
The third-highest category of security in the country has been granted to Agnihotri because of the film-maker's increased threat perception after the The Kashmir Files release.
The activists of the BJYM, led by its president Tejasvi Surya, staged a protest near Kejriwal's residence at Civil Lines in Delhi, demanding an apology from him for allegedly mocking Kashmiri Pandits, with the AAP alleging vandalism during the demonstration.
But why is everyone getting so het up over what, after all, is a mere film? If you don't like it, don't watch it. Why create a public spectacle over it? asks Virendra Kapoor.
A Sikh school principal and a Kashmiri Pandit teacher were shot dead by terrorists at a school in the Eidgah area of Srinagar on Thursday.
The sectarian killings by hit-and-run groups have revived and sharpened communal fears among the victims while the Poonch encounter reveals how deep the terrorists have dug in without getting noticed in the porous border area, notes Mohammad Sayeed Malik, the distinguished commentator on Kashmir affairs.
'The people of the state can be won over by love, and not by swords.'
'There is a trust deficit between Delhi and Srinagar. It is there even today.'
'The people of Jammu and Kashmir are your own people. Do not use them as cannon fodder in your laboratory.'
Bala and Kumar were transferred to another school in a safer area only on Monday night. Tuesday was supposed to be the last day for Bala at her old school.
'Everyone knows Pakistan is doing it.' 'But what are we doing? We should not incite more violence.'
'The government is plucking leaves and not destroying the plant.'
'A threatened people should not be forcibly held in a place where their lives may be at risk.'
Gauba said the JKLF spearheaded the separatist ideology in Kashmir Valley and the action was taken following the 'zero tolerance' policy of the central government against terrorism.
The Kashmir Files director Vivek Agnihotri on Tuesday said he will quit filmmaking if intellectuals, including Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid, are able to prove that events depicted in his film are false.
Twenty years after the demolition of the Babri Masjid, India is in rebirth mode. Whether there is a Babri Masjid or a Ram temple or not in Ayodhya, India will go on. And it will see many tomorrows, says Syed Firdaus Ashraf.
'The current government must act sooner rather than later,' asserts Vivek Gumaste.
