Human suffering and pain defy measurement; tragedies resist quantification. Yet, six years ago, economist Swaminathan Aiyer, renowned for ‘Swaminomics,’ undertook an unusual accounting—comparing two cases of ethnic cleansing: the expulsion of Hindus (Pandits) from Kashmir in 1990 and Muslims from Jammu in 1947. Later, author of ‘Devil’s Advocate’, Karan Thapar echoed similar calculations, both concluding […]
NEW DELHI: The leading Kashmiri Pandit youth organisation Youth 4 Panun Kashmir (Y4PK) is set to organise a unique and impactful event, “Nishkasan Ka Dard,” on an international scale to commemorate Kashmiri Pandit Holocaust Day which will take place on January 19, 2024, in New Delhi. President of Y4PK Rahul Kaul declared that the youth organisation […]
The arrest of Sheikh Adil Mushtaq, a DSP in Jammu and Kashmir Police on in Srinagar came as a shock this month. He has been charged with corruption and destroying evidence. His arrest followed a dramatic incident in which he attempted to escape from his house by jumping out of a window and after allegedly […]
A Kashmiri Pandit was shot dead by terrorists in Choudry Gund area of Shopian district in south Kashmir on Saturday, officials said. The victim has been identified as Pooran Krishan Bhat. He was in the lawn of his home when unidentified terrorists fired at him. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Wednesday said that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been constituted to investigate the targeted killing of a Kashmiri Pandit in Shopian.
Kashmiri pandit shot dead, brother injured in terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district
SRINAGAR: The valley continued to simmer as protests against the killing of Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit government employee, went on for the third consecutive day in Kashmir. Such was the intensity of this unprecedented protest that the authorities have to lock transit camps for Kashmiri Pandits in the valley to restrict the community from […]
SRINAGAR: Police on Friday said that two terrorists who were involved in the killing of Rahul Bhat at Chadoora were gunned down by the security forces in the Bandipora district of north Kashmir. Rahul Bhat, a Kashmiri Pandit who worked in the tehsil office, was gunned down by terrorists in Kashmir’s Budgam district on Thursday. […]
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Emotions ran high as slogans of “Rahul Bhat amar rahe” (Long Live to Rahul Bhat) and “Pakistan Murdabad” (Death to Pakistan) reverberated as the last rites of slain Kashmiri Pandit Rahul Bhat were performed in Jammu on Friday. Bhat was killed by terrorists inside the tehsil office in Chadoora, Budgam in central Kashmir on […]
SHEIKHPORA (BUDGAM): “Har Ghar Rahul Nikli Ga” (There will be a Rahul from every home). For ages, a large part of Kashmir valley was abuzz with slogans against India and the Indian army. On Thursday, Kashmir was once again abuzz with the slogan. But it is a slogan of a different kind as hundreds of […]