Tag: Kashmir Issue

New Delhi: India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday rejected the reference to Jammu and Kashmir in the joint statement issued by China and Pakistan in which China has reaffirmed its support to Pakistan on the issue. Responding to a query on the reference to Jammu and Kashmir in the joint statement issued after […]

Geneva: India and Pakistan are set to battle it out over Jammu and Kashmir at the UN Human Rights Commission (UNHRC) on Tuesday, with Islamabad desperately trying to internationalise the abolition of special status of the state. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi is expected to make a statement on Jammu and Kashmir, after which […]

Prayagraj: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Tuesday said that no one in the world needs to bother about Kashmir as India is working for its development. “Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made it clear that India will not bother anyone over Kashmir. The government is working for the development of the state and its […]

Ahmedabad: Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru was wrong and Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the country’s first home minister, was right in handling the Jammu and Kashmir issue after Independence. Prasad was addressing a press conference here to mark the National Democratic Alliance government completing 100 days in […]

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Wednesday asserted that the erstwhile state is on the edge of normalcy, with restrictions almost lifted from most of the districts. “We are very close to normalcy. If you take the entire state into account, all 10 districts of Jammu have become absolutely […]

Geneva: Uneasiness over non-cooperation by world leaders on the Kashmir issue could easily be traced in the statements of Pakistani leaders. Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s fresh statement is an example of it in which he said that despite knowing everything about Kashmir, the European Union countries are not saying even a single word […]

Washington: Two US lawmakers have expressed concerns over the human rights situation in Kashmir, and urged Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to press India to immediately end the communication blockade and release those who have been detained. In a letter to Pompeo dated September 11, Pramila Jayapal, the first and the only Indian-American Congresswoman in […]

New Delhi: Top Muslim body Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (JuH) on Thursday passed a resolution stating that Kashmir is an “integral part” of the country and said the welfare of the people in the valley lies in their integration with India. The resolution which was adopted in JuH’s annual general meeting held here, also attacked Pakistan, saying […]

New Delhi: Pakistan has abstained itself from the SCO’s Military Medicine Conference that kicked off here on Thursday even as it is participating along with India in a joint anti-terror drill that is at present underway in Russia. The conference on military medicine is the first military co-operation event under the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) […]

Udhampur (J&K): Amid desperate efforts by Pakistan to push militants into the valley and disturb the calm, Northern Army Commander Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh took stock of security preparedness in Kashmir. Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh was accompanied by Chinar Corps Commander Lt. Gen. K.J.S. Dhillon. Both of them visited formations in North Kashmir deployed along […]

Islamabad: In a major embarrassment for the Imran Khan government, his Interior Minister Brigadier (Retd) Ijaz Ahmed Shah has admitted that Pakistan has failed to garner support from the international community on the Kashmir issue, saying despite Islamabad’s efforts the world “rather believes India”. In an interview with Hum News channel on Thursday, Shah said […]

Islamabad: Pakistan has refused to engage in backdoor talks after some powerful countries as well as certain Muslim states sought de-escalation of the ongoing tensions between the two neighbours over the Kashmir issue, the media reported on Monday. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan was also requested to tone down his verbal attacks on his Indian […]

New Delhi: Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed was planning to carry out ‘fidayeen’ attacks at several places in India, including Delhi and NCR, similar to the February 14 Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir that left 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel dead, the National Investigation Agency’s chargesheet said on Monday. In its chargesheet filed […]

Washington: US President Donald Trump on Monday said he will be meeting the prime ministers of India and Pakistan soon, even as he maintained that tension between the two Asian countries had reduced. While Trump will address Indian-Americans, along with PM Modi, at the “Howdy Modi!” event in Houston on September 22, the American president […]

New Delhi: India on Tuesday made its position on Kashmir very clear, stating that revocation of Article 370 was a purely internal affair which it would not discuss with Pakistan, and that it expects to one day to have “physical jurisdiction” over Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar, addressing his first press conference on […]