Jobs For Kashmiri Pandits

For Navjot Kumar, it's a fight over identity to get a government job in Jammu and Kashmir. A court ruling that he's not a Kashmiri Pandit has shattered his dreams.

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday called for restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood before assembly elections are held and batted for land and job rights for its residents.

At least 3,841 Kashmiri migrant youth have moved back to Kashmir, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, noting that they have taken up jobs in various districts of Kashmir under the Prime Minister's rehabilit

At an hour-long meeting in Delhi today, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti discussed the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits, particularly jobs for them in the Kashmir Valley. Sources say Ms Mufti assured the Home Minister that legalities have been worked out for appointing Pandits in the Valley.

At their first meeting after former intelligence chief Dineshwar Sharma's appointment as the centre's interlocutor for Kashmir, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Home Minister Rajnath Singh today discussed how the take the initiative forward. They also reviewed the implementation of a special package for the state. One of the key issues that Mr Sin...

The end of a five-year-long legal battle between a group of Kashmiri Pandit job aspirants and the state government has brought joy on the faces of nearly 200 such youths after the latter approved their appointments.

The Mehbooba Mufti government has identified 723 kanals of land - which is above 90 acres -- to build 6,000 transit homes for Kashmiri Pandits in the valley. Under a plan to resettle Pandits -- who left Kashmir after violence broke out there in the early 90s -- the families are offered homes and jobs if they are willing to come and work there.

The Mehbooba Mufti government has said 6000 transit homes will be built for Kashmiri Pandits who are willing to come and work in the valley. Land has already been identified for the homes under a Central grant of Rs 1618.4 crore sanctioned in 2008-2009, the government said today in response to a question in the assembly.

On the 27th anniversary of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly unanimously passed a resolution for creating a conducive atmosphere for their return.

Kashmiri migrants will get 3,000 additional government jobs and 6,000 transit accommodations, the Union Cabinet has said, further enhancing monetary assistance for people displaced from the hilly areas of Jammu region.

For Navjot Kumar, it's a fight over identity to get a government job in Jammu and Kashmir. A court ruling that he's not a Kashmiri Pandit has shattered his dreams.

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Tuesday called for restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's statehood before assembly elections are held and batted for land and job rights for its residents.

At least 3,841 Kashmiri migrant youth have moved back to Kashmir, Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai told Rajya Sabha on Wednesday, noting that they have taken up jobs in various districts of Kashmir under the Prime Minister's rehabilit

At an hour-long meeting in Delhi today, Home Minister Rajnath Singh and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti discussed the rehabilitation of Kashmiri Pandits, particularly jobs for them in the Kashmir Valley. Sources say Ms Mufti assured the Home Minister that legalities have been worked out for appointing Pandits in the Valley.

At their first meeting after former intelligence chief Dineshwar Sharma's appointment as the centre's interlocutor for Kashmir, Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and Home Minister Rajnath Singh today discussed how the take the initiative forward. They also reviewed the implementation of a special package for the state. One of the key issues that Mr Sin...

The end of a five-year-long legal battle between a group of Kashmiri Pandit job aspirants and the state government has brought joy on the faces of nearly 200 such youths after the latter approved their appointments.

The Mehbooba Mufti government has identified 723 kanals of land - which is above 90 acres -- to build 6,000 transit homes for Kashmiri Pandits in the valley. Under a plan to resettle Pandits -- who left Kashmir after violence broke out there in the early 90s -- the families are offered homes and jobs if they are willing to come and work there.

The Mehbooba Mufti government has said 6000 transit homes will be built for Kashmiri Pandits who are willing to come and work in the valley. Land has already been identified for the homes under a Central grant of Rs 1618.4 crore sanctioned in 2008-2009, the government said today in response to a question in the assembly.

On the 27th anniversary of the exodus of Kashmiri Pandits, the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly unanimously passed a resolution for creating a conducive atmosphere for their return.

Kashmiri migrants will get 3,000 additional government jobs and 6,000 transit accommodations, the Union Cabinet has said, further enhancing monetary assistance for people displaced from the hilly areas of Jammu region.