[From the LA Times] His two-room apartment in a run-down township is a far cry from Chand Pandita’s hometown of Anantnag, 150 miles away, in the disputed territory of Kashmir, where pristine agricultural fields spread to the horizon. “Not a day goes by when we do not miss our home,” said Pandita, sitting in his two-room apartment
Read moreOnly 651 families left, face economic and social problems [From Tribune News Service]: Although Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA-government in New Delhi is making plans to resettle displaced Kashmiri Pandits back in the Valley, Hindus who did not migrate after the eruption of separatist insurgency in 1989-90 are leaving their homes now due to economic and
Read more[From Economic Times] NEW DELHI: The United States has confirmed to India that of the 23 most active terror email accounts operating in the Valley, 11 are functioning from Pakistan and four of these were created using mobile phones with Pakistan numbers. Of the remaining, two were created in the US and two others, which show as
Read more[As reported in various newspapers] London, Jan 22: The first-ever motion to commemorate the displacement of Kashmiri Pandits from Jammu and Kashmir 25 years ago has been tabled in the British Parliament. The Early Day Motion (EDM) was tabled by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) of British Hindus, led by lawmaker Bob Blackman and supported by
Read more[From Business Standard]: ANI | Washington: American officials are keenly watching the political drama unfolding in Jammu and Kashmir, where Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is running to claim the coveted prize of winning India’s only Muslim-majority state. They are aware that if the BJP successfully completes its most ambitious and audacious project or comes close to the
Read more[From Trove.com] Robin Raphel, former US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia and India’s long time foe is now under a counter-intelligence probe. According to media reports from Washington DC, the investigation involves allegations of spying on behalf of foreign governments. If the charges are proven, then it would hold that Ms Robin
Read more[From Indian Express]: Five people were killed and nearly 50 others injured in Pakistani shelling in Arnia sector along the International Border near Jammu during early hours of Monday. Sources said that four people died at the main bazaar in Arnia town itself when over a dozen mortar shells from across the border exploded around 3 am. It
Read more[From Hindustan Times]: was a night of horror in Arnia village of RS Pura sector in Jammu district, situated 5km from the international border, when Pakistani troops resorted to high calibre mortar shelling on the civilian areas, leaving five dead and 29 injured. Pakistani Rangers resorted to firing and shelling of mortars on 10 border outposts and civilian
Read more[From Hindustan Times] Suggesting that Pakistani army and its spy agency ISI were targeting India and their own Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a dangerous game, a former CIA analyst has advocated greater US-India intelligence cooperation. Release of a new al Qaeda videotape of its leader, Ayman Zawahri, announcing the creation of an al Qaeda franchise in
Read more[From Foreign Policy] On July 31, 1988, two explosions shook the Kashmiri summer capital of Srinagar. It might have been a shot heard ’round the world: Although nobody was killed, the bombings by the previously nonviolent Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front marked the beginning of an insurgency that would soon be a focal point for global
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