Page 9 - Kashmir

Curfew in Srinagar ahead of first anniversary of revocation of Article 370

Police and CRPF personnel were deployed in strength across the valley to ensure that the plans of the separatists to disturb peace did not succeed, officials said.

Muslims in Kashmir Valley offer Eid prayers, maintain social distancing

Concertina wires and barricades were placed at many intersections in the city to prevent free movement of people

Govt order asks OMCs to stock up LPG supply in Kashmir, sparks speculations

Describing the order as a 'matter most urgent', the director asked the oil marketing companies to make adequate stocks of LPG

Pakistan PM Imran Khan want to be an ambassador for Kashmiri people

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday said he would become the ambassador of the Kashmiri people to raise their issues

Pakistani among four terrorists killed in Kashmir encounters, says report

Among the slain militants was Shakoor Farooq Langoo who, according to police records, was involved in the killing of two BSF personnel in Soura area on May 20.

Shopian encounter in pictures: All you should know about the operation

Joint troops of 178 battalion of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and Special Operation Group (SOG) at Zainapora launch a cordon and search operation in Shopian

Pak raises Kashmir issue at Saarc Covid-19 line; 'churlish', says India

PM proposed the creation of an emergency fund to combat the pandemic and pitched India's initial offer of $10 million

Singhvi slams Pakistan for raising Kashmir at SAARC video-conference

Senior Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi slammed Pakistan on Sunday for raising the Kashmir issue during the SAARC nations' video-conference on coronavirus, saying the country deserved to be "quarantined" by the global community. Pakistan used the SAARC nations' video-conference on coronavirus on Sunday to raise the Kashmir issue, with the country's State Minister of Health Zafar Mirza calling for an immediate lifting of the "lockdown" there to allow virus containment measures. "Pakistan can't stoop lower than this. During a humongous humanitarian crisis, it sends a junior minister for SAARC meeting of heads of state. Then raises Kashmir issue in the meeting out of nowhere. Pity," Singhvi said in a tweet. The neighbouring country deserved to be "quarantined" by the global community, he added. Congress spokesperson Jaiveer Shergill tweeted, saying, "Pakistan raising Kashmir issue during 'SAARC fights Corona' meeting reflects their 'petty, poor & pathetic' standard of governance ...

Modi meets Apni party, assures J&K's demography will remain unchanged

A 24-member delegation of J&K's Apni Party led by its chief Altaf Bukhari met the Prime Minister at his residence

Limitations of defence diplomacy

With its stock nowhere near what it was a year ago, New Delhi has turned to defence as a lever of foreign policy - a strategy that can at best yield limited dividends

British MP Debbie Abrahams's visa revoked for her 'anti-India activities'

Abrahams, who chairs a British parliamentary group on Kashmir, was denied entry into India upon her arrival at the New Delhi airport on Monday

India refuses entry to British lawmaker critical of Kashmir policy

Abrahams said she was "treated like a criminal" and told to leave India before being marched on to a plane bound for Dubai

British MP heading parliamentary group on Kashmir stopped at Delhi airport

A Home Ministry spokesperson said the British parliamentarian had been duly informed that her visa was cancelled and she arrived in Delhi despite knowing this fact

Aide and abet

In epic literature, the chief aide is painted in many shades of grey too

'Remarkable' dip in no of youths joining militancy in J&K since Aug 2019

On an average five local youths have joined militancy every month since August 5 last year, as compared to the earlier rate of 14 per month

PDP's Naeem Akhtar sixth Kashmiri leader to be booked under PSA

Akhtar became the sixth mainstream leader in Kashmir to be booked under the controversial PSA, which was enacted in 1978 to deal with rampant timber smuggling.

Kashmir policy, at cross-purposes

By not engaging with those who condemn its actions, India is unwittingly putting Kashmir on the global stage

'Too small to fight India': Malaysia rules out action over palm oil ban

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has criticised India's new religion-based citizenship law.

China makes fresh pitch to raise Kashmir issue in closed-door UNSC meeting

China has made a request to deliberate on the Kashmir issue under the agenda of "Any Other Business Points".

Govt gets wiggle room in Kashmir, but it may not be enough for calm

Foreign diplomats' visit and Supreme Court ruling may give government ways to create some semblance of a return to 'normalcy' in Jammu and Kashmir.