India raises objection over China issuing separate visas to KashmirisOctober 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India on Thursday raised objections with China over the issuing of separate visas to Kashmiri travellers to that country. External Affairs Ministry's spokesperson Vishnu Prakash said: "It is our considered view and position that there should be no discrimination against visa applicants of Indian nationality on the grounds of domicile for ethnicity."
"We have conveyed our well justified concern to the Chinese government in this regard," he added.
Centre wants Kashmir Pandits to return home, says ChavanSeptember 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The central government wants Kashmir Pandits, who left their homes after militancy hit Jammu and Kashmir early 1990s, to return and is in touch with the state government, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) Prithviraj Chavan said Saturday. "We want the state to become fully normal like earlier days.
Kashmiri Pandits in 'exile' to tonsure head in DelhiSeptember 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Twenty years after the first ever killing of a Kashmiri Pandit by militants in Jammu and Kashmir - which triggered the community's exodus from their ancestral homes in the valley - some members living in Delhi will tonsure their heads Monday to protest their "exile". "On Sep 14, 1989, militants killed a Kashmiri Pandit in the heart of Srinagar.
Kashmiri separatist leader Geelani releasedSeptember 9th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Senior hardline Kashmiri separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani, chairman of the breakaway Hurriyat group, was released by authorities late Wednesday. Geelani's release from detention came after the state high court Tuesday quashed the Public Safety Act (PSA) under which he was detained.
Don't resume talks with Pakistan: Kashmiri PanditsJune 21st, 2009 JAMMU - A Kashmiri Pandit group, Panun Kashmir, has warned India against resuming talks with Pakistan under US pressure. "Linking improvement in situation in Pakistan or for that matter in Kashmir as a basis of Kashmir resolution is a suicidal move," said Ajay Charungoo, chairman of the Panun Kashmir, at a seminar here Sunday.
Manmohan Singh willing to talk to Kashmiri separatist groupsJune 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Wednesday that he is willing to talk to any group, including the separatists in Jammu and Kashmir, if they are interested in a dialogue. He was addressing a news conference on board after attending twin summits in the Urals city of Yekatarinburg in Russia.
Kashmiri Pandit migrants unhappy with tag, boycott pollsMay 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Unhappy at being classified as 'migrants', the Kashmiri Pandits who were forced to leave their homes in Jammu and Kashmir boycotted elections Thursday. The Election Commission has not received a single 'M' (Migrant) form, which Kashmiri Pandit migrants have to fill up to be eligible to vote.
Kashmiri Pandits unhappy with migrant tag, boycott pollsMay 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Unhappy at being classified as 'migrants', the Kashmiri Pandits who were forced to leave their homes in the Kashmir Valley boycotted elections Thursday. The Election Commission has not received a single 'M' (Migrant) form, which Kashmiri Pandit migrants have to fill up to be eligible to vote.
Kashmiri Pandits unhappy with migrant tag, boycott pollsMay 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Unhappy at being classified as 'migrants', the Kashmiri Pandits who were forced to leave their homes in the Kashmir Valley boycotted elections Thursday. The Election Commission has not received a single 'M' (Migrant) form, which Kashmiri Pandit migrants have to fill up to be eligible to vote.
Kashmir's Pandits accuse Election Commission of discrimination against themMay 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Kashmir's Pandits staged a silent protest here, saying their names were struck off from the voters' list. Most of Kashmiri Pandits live in Jammu, and the rest who fled the region reside mostly in New Delhi and other cities across the country.
Migrant Kashmiri Pandit voter number halved in 12 yearsMay 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The number of voters among Kashmiri Pandit migrants has dropped 'considerably', from nearly 150,000 in 1996 to just 71,000 presently - a 52 percent dip. In 1996 there were 147,000 voters among the migrants all over the country, in 2002 the number went down to 117,000 and during the assembly elections last year it was only 71,000, according to the Roots in Kashmir (RIK), a migrant Kashmiri Pandits' organisation.
Delhi police rebut CBI, insist two arrested men are militantsApril 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Five months after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said that two men arrested by Delhi Police in 2006 were innocent, the city police Tuesday sought to buttress its claim that the two were Al-Badr terrorists. The Delhi Police Special Cell, in a fresh affidavit filed in the Delhi High Court Tuesday, said the two were in touch with a Pakistan-based terrorist.
Poll panel to make voting arrangements for refugeesApril 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Thursday said it would make voting arrangements for the people who have fled their states and are living in refugee camps in the country. 'The Election Commission will make all arrangements in the refugee camps in Jammu, Delhi, Kandhamal and Chhattisgarh so that people (living in camps) could cast their voters,' Deputy Election Commission J.P.
Tibetans thank India for its supportMarch 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A five-day 'Thank You India Festival' hosted by Tibetans-living-in-exile in India is underway in New Delhi. The festival organised by the India International Centre and the Bureau of Hisoliness the Dalai Lama is to commemorate the 50 years of exile.
'Amarnath land row helped BJP in Jammu'December 27th, 2008 NEW DELHI - The migrant Kashmiri Pandits in the Indian capital have attributed the good showing of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Jammu and Kashmir elections to the Amarnath land row that had seen the state divided along religious lines. The BJP is leading on 12 seats in the Jammu region, compared to just one seat it won in 2002.
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