Day: October 15, 2021

Srinagar, October 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmiri Pandit Sangarsh Samiti (KPSS), and an organization of non-migrant Kashmiri Pandit, has said that despite the targeted killings in the Kashmir Valley, they will not migrate and continue to live with their Muslim brethren the way they have been since decades.

The KPSS chief, Sanjay Tickoo, told media that the level of fear was high in the past few weeks due to the targeted killings in Kashmir but the fear had gradually gone down and the Kashmiri Pandits were feeling relieved. Tickoo is one among the KPs who didn’t flee Valley when majority of the members from his community had left Kashmir in 1990 on the instructions of the then Governor of the occupied territory, Jagmohan Malhotra, who launched a massive crackdown to suppress the Kashmiris’ ongoing freedom struggle.

He said that his appeal to the majority community to extend support to minority community members, especially KPs living in Kashmir, proved a real morale-booster. “I saw people making appeals on the loudspeakers of masajid, extending support to the minorities. That was a really good gesture. In fact, that was the need of the hour as the step helped instill confidence among the minorities who were otherwise planning to leave Valley,” he said.

Tickoo said that the major reason for the fear among them was the killing of famous chemist, Makhan Lal Bindroo, a Kashmiri Pandit, who had also stayed back in Kashmir since 1990s. “Since the majority community made strong appeals and assured us all support, we feel relieved and fear too has gone down,” he added.

Asked how many KP families fled from Kashmir after selected attacks, he said only seven families out of total 808 KP families living in the Valley had temporarily migrated to Jammu. “But the good news is that all seven families are back firstly because of the all-out support from the Muslim brothers and secondly due to the exams of their children slated later this month,” Tickoo said. On whether non-migrant families in Kashmir are planning to leave the valley due to fear, he said: “We will live and die with our Muslim brethren, there is no question of migration.”

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Srinagar, October 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, ninety-eight persons tested positive for COVID-19. According to Kashmir Media Service, among those COVID-19 fresh cases, 72 received in Kashmir, 21 in Jammu and five in Ladakh region.

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Jammu, October 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Indian National Congress leader, Raman Bhalla, has said that dislodging people and snatching their livelihood has been core agenda of the Modi-led fascist Indian government over the last seven years. Raman Bhalla interacting with different market associations in Jammu said that the people of Kashmir wanted development but never at the cost of their livelihood.

He said the core issues, which need attention for sustainable development and improvement in the living standard of the public, are generation of employment, establishment of research parks for startups, cleanliness of city, smart ways of waste disposal, uninterrupted power supply and safety and security of women and children.

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Patna, October 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):A 45-year-old priest was shot dead and a devotee was injured by attackers in the Indian state of Bihar. The incident took place when four armed men barged into Kankali temple and shot dead the priest, Rajeev Kumar Jha, and injured a devotee in the University police station area of Darbhanga district of the state, Station House Officer, Satya Prakash Jha said.

The injured devotee identified as Shambhu Choudhary has been hospitalised and his condition is stated to be stable, police said. After the incident, locals chased the alleged assailants and nabbed three of them, while one managed to escape. The trio was brutally thrashed by the locals, as a result one of them identified as Pulkit Singh died while the other two were arrested by the police, the officer said.

“Preliminary investigation suggests that the deceased assailant had some dispute over a mobile phone with the priest’s son,” police claimed, adding further investigation is underway. Locals, however, claimed that the slain priest had lodged a police complaint against the lynched man a few days ago but no further action was taken against him. Police, though, remained tight-lipped over the charge.

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Srinagar, October 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Students and Youth Forum has put up posters across the territory calling upon the valiant Kashmiri people to stand with one voice against the continued illegal occupation of their motherland.

The posters, praising the valour and determination of the enslaved Kashmiris, emphasized upon the fact that it was high time for the fettered people to come out in open defiance against India and demand an end to the colonial enslavement and to restore their internationally recognised and guaranteed birth right to self-determination. The posters reiterated the Kashmiris’ resolve to pursue their sacred dream of freedom with absolute devotion and commitment, undeterred by the arrogance, intransigence and repression of the occupying power.

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Chhattisgarh, October 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):Top Maoist leader, Akkiraju Haragopal, alias Ramakrishna, who led the Maoists in peace talks with then Andhra Pradesh government in 2004, died of illness in Chhattisgarh. The 58-year-old leader, popularly known as R.K., succumbed to chronic illness in south Bastar on Wednesday.

He was member of Central committee of the Communist Party of India-Maoist and Incharge of Andhra-Odisha Border Special Zonal Committee of the organization. Hailing from Tumrukota village in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district, he had led then CPI-ML (Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) People’s War in the peace talks with the Congress government headed by Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy in undivided Andhra Pradesh.

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Islamabad, October 15, 2021 (PPI-OT):India is planning one more state-sponsored terrorist attack in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) to defame Pakistan and the Kashmir freedom movement. A report released by Kashmir Media Service, today, said that back to back low level attacks in the territory had already created an alarm among international circles, Pakistan and the besieged people of IIOJK. It deplored that India was creating environment for yet more false flag operation in IIOJK with the aim of maligning Pakistan.

The report said, in the past, India tried to implicate Pakistan in false flag operations without giving any concrete evidence. By implicating Pakistan in another false flag operation, Modi-led Indian fascist government is trying to get Islamabad on Financial Action Task Force (FATF) blacklist, it added.

The report further said, India is striving to equate Kashmir freedom struggle with terrorism through false flag operations and concerted propaganda as New Delhi has a history of carrying out such operations to achieve its nefarious designs. The report maintained that Samjotha Express blasts as well as Pulwama, Pathankot, Uri and Jammu Indian Air Force base attacks were some of the false flag operations staged by India in the past.

It said, Kashmiris’ struggle for securing right to self-determination is based on the Charter of the United Nations and Pakistanis and the Kashmiris are determined to foil India’s wicked plans against them. Modi will fail in its nefarious designs against Pakistan and the Kashmir freedom movement by staging another false flag operation in IIOJK, the report maintained.

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