Wed 07 August 2019: India’s Hindu nationalist government on Tuesday hailed “historic” legislation to bring Kashmir under its direct control but Pakistan and China challenged the divisive move, sending tensions soaring between the nuclear neighbours. China has called India’s move to abolish Kashmir’s special status “not acceptable” and said it was not binding, following condemnation […]
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Tue 06 August 2019: The revoking of Article 370 is just the latest step in the BJP’s grand plan to transform India into a Hindu-only nation. Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Hindu nationalist BJP government has rushed through a presidential decree to revoke the part of the constitution that gives Indian-administered Kashmirspecial status, fueling growing Kashmiri fears of […]
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Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Imran Khan. File Photo Tue 06 August 2019: President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan held a phone call with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan Monday after India said it was revoking the special status of Kashmir amid rising tensions in the region. Diplomatic sources said Khan informed Erdoğan of […]
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Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard at a roadblock in Srinagar, Kashmir. Photograph: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images Tue 06 August 2019: Indian authorities say they have detained three political leaders in Kashmir because they are a threat to peace, with the Muslim-majority region under lockdown following an explosive government move to revoke its special autonomy. The three […]
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Tue 06 August 2019: India on Monday scrapped the special provision granted to disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir. Since 1947, the Muslim-majority region enjoyed special provisions to enact its own laws. The special provision also protected its citizenship law that disallowed outsiders to settle and own land in the territory. Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
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Mon 05 August 2019: UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, his spokesman said on Monday, after India revoked the special status of Kashmir, the Himalayan region that has long been a flashpoint in ties with neighboring Pakistan. “We urge all parties to exercise restraint,” U.N. […]
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel welcomes India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File Photo) Mon 06 August 2019: Berlin says India must comply with Constitution as tensions rise over revocation of special status for Jammu and Kashmir Germany urged the Indian government on Monday to hold dialogue with the people of Jammu and Kashmir and comply with […]
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Demonstrators hold signs and chant slogans as they march in solidarity with the people of Kashmir. Reuters Mon 05 August 2019: Protests were held across Pakistan on Monday as the government said it strongly condemned India’s constitutional changes in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir claimed by both countries. India revoked the special status of […]
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Sun 04 August 2019: There is speculation that PM Narendra Modi might break convention and hoist the national flag from Kashmir instead of the Red Fort (New Delhi) on August 15 A large number of troops are being deployed in the Kashmir Valley, which has led to rising concerns among the local masses and regional […]
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Wrongly convicted as young men for bombing attacks on Delhi and Rajasthan, three men return home to find they have lost families and livelihoods. Lateef Ahmad Waza, 42, lives in an old part of Srinagar city, in India-controlled Kashmir. His home is tucked away behind a warren of run-down houses where visitors are arriving […]
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