Month: June 2022

More than 100 Hindu families have fled the Kashmir valley post the Killing of Rajni Bhan, 36, in south Kashmir's Kulgam district on Tuesday. In a report, Reuters quoted Avtar Krishan Bhatt, who is the president of a Hindu Kashmiri Pandit colony in northern Kashmir's Baramulla, as saying that around half of the 300 families living in the area had fled since Tuesday. "They were terrified after yesterday's killing. We will also leave by tomorrow as we are waiting for a government response," he said. "We had asked the government to relocate us outside Kashmir," he told. Earlier the residents claimed that the police had sealed off a migrant colony area in Srinagar and Anantnag and stepped up security around places where Kashmiri Pandit government employees live. The local administratio...

‘4500 migrant employees posted at District of Municipal Town Areas, In last week, 100 couples among 500 employees posted at locations preferred by them; employees from other minorities to be posted secured locations too’ The Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday said that all the Kashmiri Pandit employees working under Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package (PMRP) will be posted at secured locations by June 6. A top official in the divisional administration Kashmir, told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that all the PM Package employees and others from minority communities posted in Kashmir division will be immediately posted at secured locations and the process to be completed by Monday (June 6, 2022). The official said that approximately 4500 migrant employees have been...

The JK administration has ordered the release of the senior IAS Officer Naveen Choudhary, with his transfer to Mizoram. As per an official, soon after the transfer of Naveen Choudhary to Mizoram, his charge of Principal Secretary Health and Medical Education was given to Manoj Dewedi, Commissioner Secretary GAD. Given that the GAD issued his relieving order from J&K on Tuesday, Naveen Choudhary did not join Mizoram, the official said. Soon after the registration of two FIRs against Naveen Choudhary and subsequent raids at his houses in Jammu, Srinagar and Bihar, Naveen was posted as Principal Secretary Health and Medical and in a couple of days, was shunted out to Mizoram, he said, adding that following the delay in his joining at Mizoram, the J&K UT Government on Tuesday ...

A CRPF man posted at District Police Line Pulwama has died after he fell unconscious on Wednesday. An official told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) that a CRPF man posted at DPL Pulwama fell unconscious on Wednesday morning following which he was shifted to district hospital Pulwama. He said that from district hospital Pulwama, he was referred to SMHS Srinagar for treatment, however, he was declared brought dead on arrival. He identified the deceased as HC Shiv Shankar of 182 Bn CRPF and said that further investigation under us 174 CRPC has been started—(KNO)