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Dialogue with Pakistan now will only be about Pakistan Admin...
( India )
New Delhi:Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday continued his tough talk vis a vis Pakistan stating that should bilateral talks happen, it would not be about Jammu and Kashmir, but on Pakistan Administered Kashmir, the territory under Pakistan’s control since it invaded the region in 1947. Speaking at a rally in Haryana, where assembly elections are due soon, Singh said: “If talks are held with Pakistan, it will now be on PoK (Pakistan-occupied Kashmir),” according to news...
Removing Article 370, 35A key steps in fulfilling Sardar Pat...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
New Delhi:The removal of Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution within 10 weeks of the new government has come as step towards realising the dreams of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. PM Modi said this while addressing the nation from the rampart of Red Fort in Delhi on the occasion of Independence Day of India. He said, “The new government has not even completed 10 weeks in office but even in this small period we have taken and strengthened initiatives in...
New era has begun after removal of Kashmir`s Internal Autono...
( India )
New Delhi:Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made his first public comments since his government’s risky power grab in Kashmir this week, and it’s clear he regrets nothing even though the move could potentially spark a war with Pakistan. Kashmir, a majority-Muslim region in both India and Pakistan’s north, has been partitioned between the two countries since 1947. It’s been a major source of tension ever since, with both sides disputing one another’s control over the region; the two...
Sitaram Yechury and D Raja detained at Srinagar airport day...
( Jammu and Kashmir )
New Delhi: Communist Party of India CPI(M)’s Sitaram Yechury and D.Raja was detained at the Srinagar airport a day after Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad was stopped from visiting Kashmir. CPM leader Sitaram Yechury, who had earlier written to the Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Satya Pal Malik, seeking permission to meet the party’s cadre in Srinagar, has been detained at Srinagar Airport. Yechury had said he will try to go to the restive region, even as restrictions under Section 144 are still...
Decision of Scrapping Article 370 a ‘cardinal blunder&...
( India )
New Delhi:Opposition leader in Rajya Sabha and former Home Minister P Chidambaram led the Opposition’s tirade against the Centre’s move to scarp Article 370 and bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir. Chidambaram, meanwhile, asked the Centre to explain why the State was bifurcated to scrap Article 370. The Opposition, however, could not guard its own flock as parties such as AAP and BSP voted in favour of the Bill and the Trinamool Congress abstained from voting. The Opposition won just 65 votes against...
Two PDP MPs removed from Rajya Sabha for ‘tearing’ copy ...
( India )
New Delhi:Registering their protest against the scrapping of Article 370, PDP MPs Mir Fayaz and Nazir Ahmed Laway on Monday tore up the Constitution in the Rajya Sabha, leading to their ouster from the House. Rajya Sabha chairman Venkaiah Naidu Monday removed two PDP MPs Monday after they attempted to tear the Constitution. Union Home Minister Amit Shah Monday announced that the government has scrapped the special status granted to the state of Jammu and Kashmir by modifying Article 370 of the Constitution. The...
By Srapping Article 370 India lost Kashmir:Kapil Sibal...
( India )
New Delhi:Slamming the government for proposal on scraping Article 370, Congress leader Kapil Sibal claimed that the move has alienated Kashmir from India. “We want Kashmir but today we have lost it,” Kapil Sibal said. Kapil Sibal accused that the government gave opposition very little time to prepare for a fair debate. “The bill will definitely be passed and you know that because you know that you have numbers. You did not discuss Article 370 with Kashmir leaders, you did not inform...
‘Traitor to the Country’: Ghulam Nabi Azad Says BJP Murd...
( India )
New Delhi:Senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha and Former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Ghulam Nabi Azad condemned the government’s proposal to revoke Article 370, abrogating the special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Responding to Home Minister Amit Shah’s statement in the House, Ghulam Nabi Azad accused the BJP of murdering the Constitution. A massive ruckus broke out in Rajya Sabha as the home minister proposed to revoke Article 370 and bifurcate...
Special Status to Jammu and Kashmir Under Article 370 scrapp...
( India )
New Delhi: India’s Hindu nationalist government on Monday unilaterally wiped out the autonomy of the restive Kashmir region, sending in thousands of army troops to quell any possible unrest the move would bring in a disputed territory fought over by India and Pakistan. Government authorities severed internet connections, mobile phone lines and even land lines, casting Kashmir into an information black hole that made it very difficult to discern what was unfolding. For years, Bhartiya Janta Party...
Iran-India relationship friendly; Haaj Mahdi Mahdavipor than...
( India )
New Delhi: Expressing gratitude to the people and government of India for sending their humanitarian aid to the flood victims and standing alongside with the Iran during the recent devastated flood, Representative of Supreme Leader for India, Ayatollah Haaj Mahdi Mahdavipor termed the relation between Iran and India friendly and expandable. Wilayat Times reports that While talking with the Fars News Agency, Representative of Supreme Leader Grand Ayatollah Syed Ali Khamanei for India, Ayatollah...