A fragile peace~II
As far as the present ‘peace’ offensive in the Valley is concerned, it is quite possible that peace is gradually returning to the Valley, and there has indeed been a dip in violence.
As far as the present ‘peace’ offensive in the Valley is concerned, it is quite possible that peace is gradually returning to the Valley, and there has indeed been a dip in violence.
The Kheer Bhawani Mela started on 26th of May and concluded on 28th of May, i.e., on Jyeshtha Ashtami. On the first day of Mela, more than 2500 devotees reached the temple in 107 buses from Jammu.
Azad said that life is more important than employment and the government should transfer Kashmiri Pandits to Jammu.
A bench comprising Justices B.R. Gavai and C.T. Ravikumar told the counsel, representing the NGO We the Citizens, to raise the grievances before the Central government.
The PM Package employees are protesting for last one month in support of their demand to be relocated to safe places outside the Valley as they were not feeling safe in Kashmir in the face of targeted killings.
Amid tight security arrangements, about 250 devotees left Jammu on Tuesday in a fleet of government-arranged buses to pay obeisance at the Kheer Bhawani temple.
As the protest against the targeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits in the Kashmir valley entered its 10th day on Saturday, Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag tonsured their heads in protest.
Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister and Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Kumar Modi on Sunday said that Kashmiri Pandits must get the minority status in Kashmir.
In the absence of Kashmiri Pandit community in the valley, a few selective people in connivance with the J&K government officials operated defunct Temple Trusts
Taking a dig at certain political leaders, Union Minister Dr Jitendra Singh on Sunday said that those who were responsible for exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, are now shedding crocodile tears and demanding an enquiry into the genocide and killings of Kashmir Pandits.