Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday greeted Kashmiri Pandits "Herath Poshte!" on the eve of Maha Shivratri.
Veteran actor Anupam Kher, who essays the role of Lok Nayak Jayaprakash Narayan in the recently released movie ‘Emergency’, recited a poem for Kashmiri Pandits on Kashmir Hindus Exodus Day.
In February 2024, a series of threatening posts were published on social media by the terror outfits’s social media handle, following which an investigation was initiated by SIA Jammu.
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.
National Conference leader Omar Abdullah and Peoples Conference chief Sajad Lone have condemned the killing and have expressed sympathy with the family of the deceased.
“It is a tragedy that the state has failed to safeguard the lives of those people who preferred to stay back against terrorism in Kashmir”, Rana said in a statement.
Kashmiri Pandits have been maintaining their tryst with the deity even after the mass exodus from the valley in 1990 when terrorism broke out in J&K.
The PAGD constituents are this time in a meeting at the Jammu residence of former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and Lok Sabha MP Dr Farooq Abdullah, who is also the president of National Conference (NC).
The envoys flew to Jammu after the briefing and interacted with Lt. Governor GC Murmu.
