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77 Years After Migrating, West Pak Refugees Vote For 1st Time In J&K Polls
Ruldu Ram's joy knew no bounds after he voted for the first time in his life at the age of 90, nearly eight decades after migrating from Pakistan during the Partition.
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Job Benefits For 15 New Groups As J&K Redraws Social Caste List
Among those included in the list are refugees from West Pakistan who had settled in Jammu, Gorkhas and members from the Jat community
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Saved Millions Of Refugees From Massacre In Indo-Pak War, Says India At UN
TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, on Tuesday said when West Pakistan unleashed genocide on East Pakistan, India hosted millions of refugees and saved them from the massacre.
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"Refugees From West Pakistan, PoK Given Domicile Certificates in J&K": Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said refugees from West Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been provided domicile certificates in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Race To Take Credit As Refugees In Jammu And Kashmir Get Settlement Funds
75-year-old Vimla Devi's long wait has finally come to an end. Her family of 10 crossed into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir during the Partition. Since then, they have been living in a two-room house allotted by the government.
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After West Pak Refugees, Rohingya Settlers Spark Another Debate In Jammu
Zahid Hussain, 45, and his family were the first Rohingya Muslims to make Jammu their home in 2009. They were followed by others, who came to escape persecution in Myanmar. Today there are over 1,500 registered Rohingiya Muslim families in Jammu who are neither citizens of India, nor permanent residents of the state.
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70 Years On, West Pak Refugees In Kashmir Still Can't Apply For Jobs In State
While lakhs of people who left West Pakistan and settled across India enjoy all the citizenship rights, their compatriots who chose Jammu and Kashmir as their home have little rights seven decades on.
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Jammu And Kashmir Lawmaker Detained For Protest Outside Chief Minister's Home
It is minus 4.5 degrees in Srinagar but that did not seem to deter independent legislator Engineer Rashid as he spent the whole night yesterday under the open sky outside Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti's residence in Srinagar.
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Centre Approves Rs 2,000 Crore Package For POJK Refugees
A Rs 2,000-crore development package, approved by the central government recently, will be applicable to the displaced people of Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) and not to those from West Pakistan.
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77 Years After Migrating, West Pak Refugees Vote For 1st Time In J&K Polls
Ruldu Ram's joy knew no bounds after he voted for the first time in his life at the age of 90, nearly eight decades after migrating from Pakistan during the Partition.
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Job Benefits For 15 New Groups As J&K Redraws Social Caste List
Among those included in the list are refugees from West Pakistan who had settled in Jammu, Gorkhas and members from the Jat community
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Saved Millions Of Refugees From Massacre In Indo-Pak War, Says India At UN
TS Tirumurti, Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, on Tuesday said when West Pakistan unleashed genocide on East Pakistan, India hosted millions of refugees and saved them from the massacre.
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"Refugees From West Pakistan, PoK Given Domicile Certificates in J&K": Amit Shah
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said refugees from West Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) have been provided domicile certificates in Jammu and Kashmir.
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Race To Take Credit As Refugees In Jammu And Kashmir Get Settlement Funds
75-year-old Vimla Devi's long wait has finally come to an end. Her family of 10 crossed into Jammu and Kashmir from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir during the Partition. Since then, they have been living in a two-room house allotted by the government.
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After West Pak Refugees, Rohingya Settlers Spark Another Debate In Jammu
Zahid Hussain, 45, and his family were the first Rohingya Muslims to make Jammu their home in 2009. They were followed by others, who came to escape persecution in Myanmar. Today there are over 1,500 registered Rohingiya Muslim families in Jammu who are neither citizens of India, nor permanent residents of the state.
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70 Years On, West Pak Refugees In Kashmir Still Can't Apply For Jobs In State
While lakhs of people who left West Pakistan and settled across India enjoy all the citizenship rights, their compatriots who chose Jammu and Kashmir as their home have little rights seven decades on.
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Jammu And Kashmir Lawmaker Detained For Protest Outside Chief Minister's Home
It is minus 4.5 degrees in Srinagar but that did not seem to deter independent legislator Engineer Rashid as he spent the whole night yesterday under the open sky outside Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti's residence in Srinagar.
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Centre Approves Rs 2,000 Crore Package For POJK Refugees
A Rs 2,000-crore development package, approved by the central government recently, will be applicable to the displaced people of Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (POJK) and not to those from West Pakistan.
