The Administrations intention to collect electricity rent from the displaced Kashmiri Pandits living in Jagti Migrant Camp in Nagrota has triggered anger among the community. Recently, the Relief Commissioner Refugees had said in the media that there is a government order that now the refugees will have to pay electricity rent. A round of discussions has started in the camp of this displaced Kashmiri Pandits regarding this. As per data, There are 4224 quarters of Kashmiri Pandits in Jagti where 20 thousand displaced Kashmiris are living. In 2011, the government had made a plan to collect electricity rent from the community, but Kashmiri Pandits came out on protest. After this the Government had to step back. Shadi Lal Pandita, the head of the committee calling the move as discrimi...

Barely a day after he was arrested, a court in Delhi on Wednesday granted bail to former BJP spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay arrested in connection with anti-Muslim slogans raised at Jantar Mantar.'' Ashwini Upadhyay has been asked to deposit a surety of Rs. 50,000. The order has been passed by a Court of Metropolitan Magistrate Udbhav Kumar Jain. Pertinently a group of men on Sunday raised slogans calling for violence against Muslims. ”Jab mulle kate jaenge, Ram Ram chillaenge [When Muslim will be killed they will shout the name of Ram]” was one of the slogans. The court said, “there is nothing on record to show that the alleged hate speech to promote enmity between different groups was done in the presence or at the behest of the applicant/accused. Even during the hearing, this Co...

The Shiv Sena has demanded that a 100-feet high tricolor shall be installed at Lal Chowk and Mubarak Mandi or Bagh-e Bahu, the historical sites of Jammu Kashmir. The state unit of Shiv Sena has written to the Lieutenant Governor's administration to raise the demand. Manish Sawhney of Shiv Sena, During the press conference at the party office in Jammu demanded completion of this work before 15 August. "Politics has been going on for decades over Lal Chowk and the national flag. The permanent hoisting of the tricolor at this historic site will put a complete halt to politics over the issue, which will be a true tribute to the soldiers of the security forces in Kashmir on Independence Day," he said, adding, "With this, the feeling of patriotism will grow among the people of Jammu Kas...