Book Review: Dinkar P. Srivastava's "Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control" sheds light on PoK
3 years, 2 months ago

Book Review: Dinkar P. Srivastava's "Forgotten Kashmir: The Other Side of the Line of Control" sheds light on PoK

The Hindu  

This book is timely, and, in a sense, was overdue. With telling effect, the author quotes Pakistan’s written submission to the U.N., asserting: “The Pakistan government emphatically deny that they are giving aid and assistance to the so-called invaders…” The author tells us about the little-known Karachi Agreement of April 1949 that made the so-called Azad Kashmir government an instrument at the disposal of Pakistan. An entire chapter is devoted to how the issue of Jammu and Kashmir was dealt with at the U.N., in which the author with irrefutable logic demolishes Pakistan’s case. The author writes: “Lord Mountbatten, while accepting the Maharaja of Kashmir’s unconditional offer to accede to the Indian Union, attached the condition that the State’s future should be decided in accordance with the wishes of the people determined in a plebiscite.” This statement is historically inaccurate. Mountbatten, with the approval of the Cabinet, wrote a separate personal letter to the Maharaja saying: “As soon as law and order have been restored in Kashmir and her soil cleared of the invaders, the question of State’s accession should be settled by reference to the people.” The above is taken from Ambassador Narendra Singh Sarila’s well-researched book The Shadow of the Great Game: The Untold Story of India’s Partition.

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Book Review: Unravelling the Kashmir Knot – Past, Present and Future By Dr. Aman Hingorani
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Book Review: Unravelling the Kashmir Knot – Past, Present and Future By Dr. Aman Hingorani

Live Law  

Three decades ago, I read Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre. Jammu s Kashmir's Accession and the Legal Framework At the time of independence, colonial India's territory included around 560 princely states, which had the option to accede to India, Pakistan, or remain independent under the Indian Independence Act of 1947 read with the amended Government of …

India's Ambitious Stance on Pakistan's Role in Kashmir: A Crucial Moment in Indo-Pak Relations
3 months, 1 week ago

India's Ambitious Stance on Pakistan's Role in Kashmir: A Crucial Moment in Indo-Pak Relations

ABP News  

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Protests in PoK consequence of Pakistan's policy of systemic plundering of resources: India
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Protests in PoK consequence of Pakistan's policy of systemic plundering of resources: India

The Hindu  

India on May 17 said the protests witnessed in several parts of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir are a "natural consequence" of Islamabad's continued policy of systemic plundering of resources from the region that remains under its "forcible and illegal" occupation. India also asserted that the entire Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh "have been, are and shall always remain integral …

POK Integral Part of India, All Muslims and Hindus Living There Are Indians: Amit Shah
9 months, 2 weeks ago

POK Integral Part of India, All Muslims and Hindus Living There Are Indians: Amit Shah

News 18  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday emphasised that both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the entire Parliament firmly believe that Pakistan Occupied Kashmir is an integral part of India, asserting that both Muslims and Hindus living there are Indians. People Misled on Article 370 While speaking on the government’s decision to revoke Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, Shah …

From PoK is ours to 'pada-likha bhashan' dig at Rahul Gandhi: Amit Shah's top quotes
1 year, 1 month ago

From PoK is ours to 'pada-likha bhashan' dig at Rahul Gandhi: Amit Shah's top quotes

India TV News  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha saying some people just read a 'padda likha bhashan' in the House adding for the past 29 years, he had remained in various Assemblies but never read a handed over documents as all his speeches are based on facts and figures. One …

India hits back after Pakistan caretaker PM raises J&K at UN: ‘Malicious propaganda’
1 year, 3 months ago

India hits back after Pakistan caretaker PM raises J&K at UN: ‘Malicious propaganda’

Hindustan Times  

India on Friday called out Pakistan after its caretaker prime minister Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar raised Jammu and Kashmir in his address to the UN General Assembly. Kakar had called Kashmir as the key to peace between India and Pakistan, Petal Gahlot, India's first secretary at United Nations for second committee of UNGA. Petal Gahlot, India's first secretary at United Nations for …

Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status
1 year, 5 months ago

Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Kashmir’s top pro-India politician had a stark message Friday — the eve of the fourth anniversary since India revoked the disputed region’s special status, throwing the Himalayan territory into political chaos: “Democracy stops where the boundaries of Jammu and Kashmir begin.” In an interview with The Associated Press, Omar Abdullah said India’s 2019 decision to strip the …

Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status
1 year, 5 months ago

Kashmir leader says the region lacks democracy and asks India to restore its special status

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Kashmir’s top pro-India politician had a stark message …

Book Review | American slams J&K policy but doesn't factor Islamist militancy
1 year, 6 months ago

Book Review | American slams J&K policy but doesn't factor Islamist militancy

Deccan Chronicle  

Between 2006 and 2008, a young American, David Lepeska, found himself in Kashmir where he ultimately secured a job as correspondent in a local newspaper. His assessment of Kashmir’s troubled history is quite fair and displays a clarity rare among Western writers on the subject. “And unless more Indians take the risk of responding to the troubles in Kashmir and …

India slams Pakistan foriegn minister Bilawal for raking up Kashmir at UNSC debate
1 year, 10 months ago

India slams Pakistan foriegn minister Bilawal for raking up Kashmir at UNSC debate

Hindustan Times  

India tore into Pakistan after its foreign minister raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a Security Council debate on women, peace and security, saying it is “unworthy” to even respond to such “malicious and false propaganda”. Responding to Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj …

India slams Pak foriegn minister Bilawal for raking up Kashmir at UNSC debate
1 year, 10 months ago

India slams Pak foriegn minister Bilawal for raking up Kashmir at UNSC debate

Deccan Chronicle  

United Nations: India tore into Pakistan after its foreign minister raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a Security Council debate on women, peace and security, saying it is “unworthy” to even respond to such “malicious and false propaganda”. Responding to Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari's remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador …

Pakistan remarks on Kashmir ‘frivolous’, says India
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan remarks on Kashmir ‘frivolous’, says India

The Hindu  

India tore into Pakistan after its Foreign Minister raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a Security Council debate on women, peace and security, saying it is “unworthy” to even respond to such “malicious and false propaganda”. Responding to Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj …

India slams Pak foriegn minister Bilawal for raking up Kashmir at UNSC debate
1 year, 10 months ago

India slams Pak foriegn minister Bilawal for raking up Kashmir at UNSC debate

Live Mint  

India tore into Pakistan after its foreign minister raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a Security Council debate on women, peace and security, saying it is “unworthy” to even respond to such “malicious and false propaganda”. Responding to Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira Kamboj …

Unworthy to even respond: India slams Pak foriegn minister Bilawal over Kashmir remark at UNSC
1 year, 10 months ago

Unworthy to even respond: India slams Pak foriegn minister Bilawal over Kashmir remark at UNSC

India TV News  

India on Wednesday slammed Pakistan for raising the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at a United Nations Security Council debate on women, peace and security stating that it is 'unworthy' to even respond to such 'malicious and false propaganda'. Responding to Pakistan Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s remarks on Jammu and Kashmir, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Ruchira …

Unending ordeal: The Hindu Editorial on the continued civilian killings in Jammu and Kashmir
1 year, 10 months ago

Unending ordeal: The Hindu Editorial on the continued civilian killings in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

The death of Kashmiri Pandit and bank guard Sanjay Sharma at the hands of terrorist gunmen in Pulwama is yet another murder in a series of attacks on the minority community in the Valley. Last year, militant attacks resulted in the deaths of 29 civilians including three local Pandits, three other Hindus and eight non-local labourers and also caused the …

Book Review | Kashmiri lives matter: Book reveals how Congress betrayed ‘paradise’
1 year, 10 months ago

Book Review | Kashmiri lives matter: Book reveals how Congress betrayed ‘paradise’

Deccan Chronicle  

Writing about Jammu and Kashmir is not easy owing to its many complexities and much of its actual pre- and post-Independence history being suppressed and/or ‘altered’. The author, veteran journalist Jawaharlal Kaul, describes the volume as a product of his personal engagement with Kashmir, its unknown conversations and histories, and the people’s optimism to rebuild the paradise. Sir Muhammad Iqbal …

Book Review: ‘A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of Kashmir After Article 370’ by Anuradha Bhasin
1 year, 11 months ago

Book Review: ‘A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of Kashmir After Article 370’ by Anuradha Bhasin

The Hindu  

Published : Feb 09, 2023 10:25 IST Anuradha Bhasin’s A Dismantled State is a powerful rebuttal of the Central government’s normalcy narrative in Kashmir that is peddled on television and social media while ignoring, and in many instances legitimising, the brick-by-brick removal of basic civil liberties of Kashmiris. A Dismantled State: The Untold Story of Kashmir After Article 370 By …

Steps Towards A Peaceful and Prosperous Kashmir - News18
2 years ago

Steps Towards A Peaceful and Prosperous Kashmir - News18

News 18  

Days after The Resistance Front, an infamous offshoot of dreaded terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, issued threats and released a so-called ‘hit list’ with the names of 56 Kashmiri minority persons employed under the Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package in the Kashmir valley, an FIR has been filed and an investigation has been initiated. What makes the latest hit list particularly worrisome is …

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Writes: Nehru’s 5 Blunders on Kashmir – The Real Story - News18
2 years, 1 month ago

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju Writes: Nehru’s 5 Blunders on Kashmir – The Real Story - News18

News 18  

A recent article that I wrote on Jawaharlal Nehru’s ‘Panch Bhool’ or ‘Five Blunders’ on Kashmir has invited varied reactions. Fourth, Nehru’s note to Lord Mountbatten before his visit to Kashmir in June 1947 is unequivocal on what Hari Singh actually wanted. This will satisfy both the popular demand and the Maharaja’s wishes.” So, Nehru was absolutely aware in June …

Rajnath reasserts India\'s resolve to reclaim Gilgit and Baltistan
2 years, 2 months ago

Rajnath reasserts India\'s resolve to reclaim Gilgit and Baltistan

Deccan Chronicle  

SRINAGAR: India's northward journey of development will be complete after reaching Gilgit and Baltistan, parts of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday, while referring to the 1994 resolution passed in Parliament on getting back the territories “under illegal occupation” of the neighbouring country. Singh, who was addressing the Shaurya Diwas function here that mark India's first military …

PoK is India’s Integral Part, Says Rajnath Singh at Kargil Vijay Diwas Event
2 years, 5 months ago

PoK is India’s Integral Part, Says Rajnath Singh at Kargil Vijay Diwas Event

News 18  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday said that Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir is an integral part of India, adding that India has become a strong and confident nation, which is well-equipped to protect its people from anyone who tries to cast an evil eye. Speaking at the commemoration ceremony of ‘Kargil Vijay Diwas’ in Jammu, Singh said that today’s India is one …

Pakistan’s record in PoK is exploitative and predatory, has no business talking about Jammu & Kashmir
2 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan’s record in PoK is exploitative and predatory, has no business talking about Jammu & Kashmir

Firstpost  

Jammu and Kashmir is considered one of the most intractable challenges faced by independent India. It is interesting that Pakistan, to this day, complains of the expelled and/or killed Muslims of Jammu, but no mention is made of the unfortunate Hindus and Sikhs of PoK by any organisation or government. In the June 2018 report, the Office of the High …

Jammu & Kashmir: The hidden agenda behind the delimitation exercise
2 years, 9 months ago

Jammu & Kashmir: The hidden agenda behind the delimitation exercise

The Hindu  

THE Delimitation Commission, which had been tasked with redrawing the Assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, published its proposals on March 14 in the Gazette of India and the Gazette of Jammu and Kashmir. A notification issued by the commission reads: “Any objection/suggestions in regard to these proposals should reach the secretary, Delimitation Commission, Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, …

Pakistan’s Jalebi Narrative on Kashmir - News18
2 years, 9 months ago

Pakistan’s Jalebi Narrative on Kashmir - News18

News 18  

Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan has apparently lost his parliamentary majority as more than two dozen of his party members in the National Assembly have defected to the opposition and a motion of no-confidence has been submitted with the speaker of the House. However, to invite Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is a representative of an Indian separatist organisation from …

Hope PoK will become part of India by 2024, says Union minister
2 years, 11 months ago

Hope PoK will become part of India by 2024, says Union minister

India TV News  

Highlights PoK has been under the illegitimate control of Pakistan since October 22, 1947 India-Pak have been embroiled in tensions over the Kashmir issue ever since India has always maintained that PoK is part of J&K and hence an integral part of India The Pakistan-occupied Kashmir has always been a contentious issue since India’s independence. Pakistan occupied Kashmir and Aksai …

Opinion: Let Us Give Peace an Honest Chance in Kashmir
3 years, 1 month ago

Opinion: Let Us Give Peace an Honest Chance in Kashmir

News 18  

The new Kashmir that has emerged out of the ashes of three decades of Pakistan- The unfortunate incident of killing of two Kashmiri civilians in Hyderpora area of Srinagar in an encounter in which two militants, including one from Pakistan, were also killed raises an important question: how should we deal with such incidents that involve Kashmiri civilians, who at …

1990 or 2021, Hindus Remain Soft Targets in Kashmir
3 years, 2 months ago

1990 or 2021, Hindus Remain Soft Targets in Kashmir

The Quint  

The fresh spate of killings of the minorities in Kashmir has ruptured the semblance of peace and vitiated the overall environment. It also exhibits that the government of India’s invalidation of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution doesn’t automatically translate into neutralisation of Islamist terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. The ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, has widely publicised a …

Afghanistan Crisis Coupled With BJP’s Exploits in J&K Is a Recipe for Disaster
3 years, 4 months ago

Afghanistan Crisis Coupled With BJP’s Exploits in J&K Is a Recipe for Disaster

The Quint  

The mobilisation of the Taliban after the US pullout from Afghanistan should have sent alarm bells ringing about Jammu & Kashmir in defence circles. Instead, in its trademark style, the government chose to take a cosmetic measure by calling a meeting of leaders from various parties of the Union Territory, never to follow it up with anything substantial. Marketing clearly …

What is India’s new endgame in Kashmir?
3 years, 4 months ago

What is India’s new endgame in Kashmir?

Al Jazeera  

The Indian government has changed its approach to the ‘Kashmir problem’ because it has new strategic priorities. In June this year, however, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Kashmir’s integrationist parties to a meeting in New Delhi and, according to some of the participants, encouraged them to “speak unfiltered”. India’s decision to engage Islamabad over Kashmir, after persistently claiming that …

Building Indian narratives and battling new militancy in Kashmir
3 years, 5 months ago

Building Indian narratives and battling new militancy in Kashmir

Hindustan Times  

Societies saddled with conflicts often reproduce the differentiation and distancing between two broader collectives, thus sharpening the divide between ‘us’ and ‘them’, which in turn reinforces the very same conflicts. The violent secessionist outbreak in 1989, and since then, the government’s anti-militancy and counterinsurgency operations, have embedded strong ‘Us vs Them’ narratives amongst the Kashmiris and alienated them from the …

Troops patrol Kashmir on anniversary of statehood revocation
3 years, 5 months ago

Troops patrol Kashmir on anniversary of statehood revocation

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Government forces patrolled much of Indian-controlled Kashmir and ordered shops and businesses to remain open Thursday to foil a planned strike by separatists on the second anniversary of India’s revocation of the disputed region’s semi-autonomy. “The paradox is that India has destroyed this place and are now forcing us to celebrate our subjugation and humiliation.” On Aug. …

Kashmir’s status quo is fragile, PM’s all-party meet key to stopping a dangerous drift
3 years, 6 months ago

Kashmir’s status quo is fragile, PM’s all-party meet key to stopping a dangerous drift

Firstpost  

Although killings of terrorists have also been high — 174 ethnic-Kashmiri jihadists were shot last year, up from just 34 in 2016 — levels of violence remain higher than in the five years before the 2016 uprising, data from the South Asia Terrorism Portal shows The leaflet was glued onto the signboard that welcomes students into the Government Boys High …

UKPNP Chairman says part of J-K illegally held by Pakistan since 1947
3 years, 10 months ago

UKPNP Chairman says part of J-K illegally held by Pakistan since 1947

Hindustan Times  

Shaukat Ali Kashmiri, exiled Chairman of United Kashmir People's National Party on Saturday said that Pak occupied Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan were a part of the erstwhile princely state of Jammu and Kashmir but have been illegally held by Pakistan since 1947. Speaking at a press conference at Geneva on human rights violations in Pakistan and the occupied territory of …

India Committed to Retrieving Pakistan-occupied J&K: Union Minister Jitendra Singh
4 years, 1 month ago

India Committed to Retrieving Pakistan-occupied J&K: Union Minister Jitendra Singh

News 18  

Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said India stands committed to retrieving Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir and it was the only outstanding issue between the two countries. Referring to a resolution of Parliament passed in 1994 wherein it was unanimously accepted by all parties that Pakistan has to vacate the areas of the Indian state of Jammu & Kashmir, the …

Pakistani PM angers India with plan to change Kashmir status
4 years, 2 months ago

Pakistani PM angers India with plan to change Kashmir status

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s prime minister has rekindled controversy with archrival India this week by pledging to make part of the Pakistani-administered Himalayan region of Kashmir officially part his country. Imran Khan’s pledge to declare the area of Gilgit-Baltistan — which is part of the Pakistani-ruled Kashmir — the fifth province of Pakistan promptly angered neighboring India, which itself last year …

Terrorism, clandestine nuclear trade constitute Pakistan's only 'crowning glory', says India at UN
4 years, 3 months ago

Terrorism, clandestine nuclear trade constitute Pakistan's only 'crowning glory', says India at UN

Firstpost  

The strong rebuttal came after Imran Khan spoke about India’s internal affairs, including the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, at the high-level General Debate United Nations: The “only crowning glory” that Pakistan has to show to the world for the last seven decades is terrorism, ethnic cleansing, majoritarian fundamentalism and clandestine nuclear trade, India said in a scathing response on …

In Kashmir, still a long way to go
4 years, 4 months ago

In Kashmir, still a long way to go

The Hindu  

In August last year, Parliament removed Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution from the statute book, effectively emasculating the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. The domicile certificate issue has become a ‘ticking time-bomb’, with some political parties declaring that it could “change the demography of the erstwhile State of J&K”. The latest notification allows non-locals to apply for …

Mapped: How India’s boundaries evolved since 1947
4 years, 4 months ago

Mapped: How India’s boundaries evolved since 1947

Live Mint  

A defence ministry document noting Chinese ‘transgressions’ in eastern Ladakh that was hurriedly disowned last week has reignited the debate on the extent of territory that India may have lost to China. Chinese incursions in the region have revived memories of the bloody 1962 war, and brought the world’s two largest armies face-to-face in a tense stand-off along the Line …

Bringing the Israeli model to Kashmir
4 years, 6 months ago

Bringing the Israeli model to Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

For more than 70 years, Kashmiris have lived with the dread of the Indian government changing the demography and special status of Indian-administered Kashmir, which was till recently Jammu and Kashmir state. In October 2019, J&K was dissolved as a state, which meant it no longer had a state assembly empowered to pass legislation, and was divided into two union …

Jammu, the pawn on the Kashmir chessboard
4 years, 7 months ago

Jammu, the pawn on the Kashmir chessboard

The Hindu  

Ten months after the dilution of Articles 370 and 35A, new laws have been laid down and administrative structures are beginning to take shape. Caught between Hindu nationalistic winds blowing from the south and Kashmir domination plus conflict, Jammu’s political, social and economic aspirations were already buried long ago. The market economy has witnessed disruption on account of two factors …

India questions Pakistan over holding polls in Gilgit Baltistan
4 years, 8 months ago

India questions Pakistan over holding polls in Gilgit Baltistan

Hindustan Times  

India on Monday lodged a strong protest with Pakistan over a move to conduct elections in Gilgit Baltistan, with New Delhi saying the region is an integral part of the country that had been “illegally and forcibly occupied”. A senior Pakistani diplomat was served a “demarche” or formal diplomatic representation over telephone to lodge India’s strong protest against the Pakistan …

J-K ‘was, is and shall forever’ remain integral part: India tells Pak at UNHRC
4 years, 10 months ago

J-K ‘was, is and shall forever’ remain integral part: India tells Pak at UNHRC

Hindustan Times  

Jammu and Kashmir “was, is and shall forever” remain an integral part of India, a top Indian diplomat said at the UN Human Rights Council’s meeting here on Wednesday, a day after Pakistan sought the international community’s intervention on the Kashmir issue. India abrogated the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 on August 5 and bifurcated it …

Analysis | Several obstacles on the political front in Jammu and Kashmir
4 years, 11 months ago

Analysis | Several obstacles on the political front in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

This January 26, the government of India announced that it was awarding the Padma Bhushan, one of India’s highest civilian honours, to People’s Democratic Party leader Muzaffar Baig. A month before that, a group of eight PDP leaders, led by Altaf Bukhari, spoke of the need for a “new political formation” in Jammu and Kashmir. While the two events seem …

No plebiscite on Jammu and Kashmir, says Centre
4 years, 11 months ago

No plebiscite on Jammu and Kashmir, says Centre

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Ruling out plebiscite to determine the status of Jammu and Kashmir since the state is an integral part of India, the Centre on Thursday told the Supreme Court that British wanted J&K should go to Pakistan and not remain with India. “The question of plebiscite does not arise as J&K Constitution says that the state is an integral …

In letter to UN, Pakistan says India placing missiles in Kashmir
5 years ago

In letter to UN, Pakistan says India placing missiles in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

Pakistan’s foreign minister says he fears India plans to attack Pakistan to divert global attention from Kashmir. Pakistan‘s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has written to the United Nations, warning the world body of what he says are actions by New Delhi to position missile launchers in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to a statement released by Pakistan’s foreign ministry on Thursday. …

Jammu & Kashmir: Seething Valley
5 years ago

Jammu & Kashmir: Seething Valley

The Hindu  

BAKSHI Ghulam Mohammad’s despotic 10-year rule beginning in August 1953 is emblematic of the steady erosion of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. The 1962 elections were so evidently rigged that the then Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, had to issue a note of caution to Srinagar, stating: “In fact, it would strengthen your position much more if you lost a few …

Narrowing options in Jammu and Kashmir
5 years, 1 month ago

Narrowing options in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

It is a little over 100 days since Parliament, on August 5, approved the dilution of Article 370 of the Constitution, and decided to carve out of Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territories of J&K and Ladakh. There were, no doubt, some ‘highs’ such as voiding of direct criticism of India’s action in Kashmir by a majority of democratic governments …

Jammu and Kashmir: India officially takes greater control over contested region
5 years, 2 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir: India officially takes greater control over contested region

CNN  

CNN — India has officially split the former state of Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, a move that gives the government in New Delhi greater control over the disputed Muslim-majority region. As tens of thousands of Indian troops moved into the Kashmir Valley – already one of the most militarized regions in the world – the Indian government …

Opinion | Development and politics need to be key focus areas
5 years, 2 months ago

Opinion | Development and politics need to be key focus areas

Live Mint  

There are two key divisions that need to be explored when we look at Jammu and Kashmir following the reorganization: one is development, the other is politics. Now as for development, if the Indian corporate sector and the big players’ mindset has actually been altered by the abrogation of Article 370, then they need to be able to make their …

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