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Vidhu’s next to star a Kashmiri cast?

If there’s anything tentative on Vidhu’s part, it’s the film’s title. The source suggests, “The working title of the film could change to Chittiyan.”

25 Feb 2018 12:10 AM

Turbulence in the city forces non-Muslims to leave their homes and migrate to other cities. This aspect has been shown in a very emotional way. It is heart wrenching to see Prithvi moving out of his home.

Heart-wrenching portrayal of displacement issues

The play depicts Kashmiri pandit families located in a place called Nandigram. The households manage their daily expenses by doing various odd jobs.

31 Jan 2018 1:12 AM

A Kashmiri bride is flanked by her parents ahead of her rukhsati (when the bride moves in with her huband in his house). (Photo: H.U. Naqash)

Matchmakers in Kashmir Valley fade away with time

J&K’s economy is based on agriculture, horticulture, handicrafts and tourism.

09 Dec 2017 5:16 AM

Dineshwar Sharma on his way for a meeting with various delegations in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Make separate homeland, liberate PoK: J&K Pandits

Both the constitutional provisions have been challenged in Supreme Court through a clutch of petitions.

11 Nov 2017 12:56 AM

Amnesty unhappy over SC decision

The AI said that all allegations of unlawful killings must be investigated into independently.

29 Oct 2017 2:16 AM

Left, Right and Centre: The Idea of India by Nidhi Razdan, Penguin, Rs 599

Like India: Profound, mundane, exciting

Alas, it was a mixed fare. Like India itself, the book is profound and mundane, in parts, in parts exciting, edgy, but at others, clichéd and trite.

20 Aug 2017 2:57 AM

Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti. (Photo: AP)

Cross-LoC trade will not stop, says Mehbooba Mufti

The chief minister also appealed to all parties to collectively find a solution to the problems of Jammu & Kashmir.

30 Jul 2017 2:41 AM

Supreme Court refuses probe into J&K Pandits’ killings

The petitioner also accused the Centre and the J&K government of not taking note of the crimes against Pandits.

25 Jul 2017 1:27 AM

An organisation named 'Roots of Kashmir' has alleged that 215 FIRs had been lodged relating to the murder of over 700 Kashmiri Pandits and none of the cases have reached a logical conclusion. (Photo: File)

Evidence lost in 27 yrs: SC says no to plea on offences against Kashmiri Pandits

Kashmiri Pandits were forced to flee the Valley in the early 1990s amid rising threats and attacks during the peak of militancy.

24 Jul 2017 12:38 PM

Kashmiri Pandits to knock PM door over reopening of ancient site in PoK

A delegation of the APMCC last year met chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to push for reopening of Sharda Peeth for pilgrims from Jammu and Kashmir.

15 Jul 2017 2:05 AM

A protest rally by Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu. (Photo: PTI/File)

Kashmiri Pandits block Jammu-Srinagar highway over cops' failure to trace constable

Hundreds of Kashmiri Pandit migrants from Nagrota and Jagti camps thronged the highway and held anti-government and anti-police protests.

29 May 2017 9:00 AM

1,700 Pandit employees fled the valley following violent protests after Hizbul militant Burhan Wani's killing in an encounter last year. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmiri Pandit employees don't feel safe in Kashmir, organisation tells Mehbooba

APMCC chairman Vinod Pandita that employees who have been posted under Prime Minister's Employment Package have developed fear psychosis.

12 May 2017 3:51 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Centre calls meet to douse Jammu and Kashmir fire

Top officials will review package to boost tourism, infrastructure in the state today.

27 Apr 2017 2:11 AM

Mystic Mantra: Guru Tegh Bahadur — ‘Hind di Chadar’

Guru Tegh Bahadur, the ninth Sikh Guru, was born at Amritsar in 1621 in the month of April.

21 Apr 2017 2:04 AM

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti interacts with an elderly Kashmiri Pandit woman during a visit to migrants' camps in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Kashmiri Pandits should return with respect, says Mehbooba Mufti

Please pray on holy night of Shivratri to create peace in Kashmir, says Mehbooba Mufti.

23 Feb 2017 5:30 AM

Men warm themselves around a fire at a market as it rains in Srinagar. (Photo: AP)

Separatists call off strike in Valley due to Shivratri

Shivratri is a festival of great significance for Kashmir’s Brahmin Hindus called Pandits.

21 Feb 2017 1:16 AM

Hindu Yuva Vahini Chief Yogi Adityanath. (Photo: File)

Yogi Adityanath: Western UP situation like J&K

Yogi accused the ruling Samajwadi Party and Mayawati’s BSP of allowing it to happen with their pro-minority policies over the years.

01 Feb 2017 2:59 AM

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti (Photo: PTI/File)

Kashmir cannot become Afghanistan or Syria: Mehbooba Mufti

Terming Jammu as a live example of Kashmiriyat, she lamented that you can no longer see a Pandit, a Muslim and a Dogra walking together.

31 Jan 2017 11:14 AM

J&K govt identifies 100 acres for Kashmiri Pandits

The Centre has already allocated Rs 500 crore for rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits.

24 Jan 2017 1:29 AM

Independent MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid (left) in a verbal argument with BJP MLAs during the Budget Session of the J&K Legislative Assembly in Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Resolution in J&K House seeks Kashmiri pandits’ ‘safe return’

Official statistics show that there are nearly 60,000 registered Kashmiri migrant families in the country.

20 Jan 2017 5:48 AM

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