Plan ready, army will take action when time comes: VK Singh on Gilgit-Baltistan
4 years, 8 months ago

Plan ready, army will take action when time comes: VK Singh on Gilgit-Baltistan

India Today  

Speaking at the E-Agenda Aaj Tak, former Army chief and Minister of State for Road Transport and Highways VK Singh said that the entire Kashmir belongs to India. Talking about elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, General VK Singh said, "Pakistan's rulers are not even able to manage their country, their army is deciding what to do to the people. "The way India is taking the entire world together and by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's image in the global sphere, we will definitely benefit and get what we want in the end," VK Singh said. IMD Director General M Mohapatra had said they have been mentioning areas under PoK under its daily weather bulletin ever since the bifurcation of Jammu and Kashmir in the two union territories August last year.

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PoK is ours and we will take it back: Amit Shah at Himachal rallies
7 months, 3 weeks ago

PoK is ours and we will take it back: Amit Shah at Himachal rallies

Hindustan Times  

Castigating the Congress for trying to “frighten” the BJP by saying the neighbouring country possesses atom bombs, home minister Amit Shah asserted on Saturday that the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is a part of India and “we will take it”. “For 70 years, the Congress government kept the Ram Mandir matter hanging, but the PM within five years won the case and …

PoK is ours and we will take it: Amit Shah
7 months, 3 weeks ago

PoK is ours and we will take it: Amit Shah

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Home minister Amit Shah on Saturday declared that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is a part of India and asserted that "we will take it." “The Congress is trying to frighten us by saying that Pakistan has an atom bomb,” Shah said, supporting Union minister Anurag Thakur, the BJP candidate for the Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat. Shah claimed that PM Modi …

PM Modi will reclaim Pakistan-occupied Kashmir: Shivraj Singh Chouhan
7 months, 3 weeks ago

PM Modi will reclaim Pakistan-occupied Kashmir: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

The Hindu  

Senior BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan on May 21 accused the Congress and India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru of "breaking the country" and said that PM Narendra Modi "will bring the nation together". At a poll meeting in South Delhi in support of BJP candidate Ramvir Singh Bidhuri, the former Madhya Pradesh chief minister exuded confidence that if elected …

"After PM Modi is re-elected for third term, within six months PoK will become part of India": CM Yogi Adityanath
7 months, 4 weeks ago

"After PM Modi is re-elected for third term, within six months PoK will become part of India": CM Yogi Adityanath

Op India  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday said that the Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir will become part of India within six months after Prime Minister Modi is re-elected for his third term. Let PM Modi become the Prime Minister for the third time and within six months PoK will become part of India. Further, the Uttar Pradesh CM asserted …

PoK is part of India, and we will take it back says Amit Shah
8 months ago

PoK is part of India, and we will take it back says Amit Shah

The Hindu  

“Pakistan occupied Kashmir is part of India, Union Home Minister Amit Shah emphasised on Wednesday. The Home Minister said that the leaders of the Congress and Trinamool Congress did not support abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and said that “it will lead to bloodshed in the Valley.” Valley is quiet “Earlier, Kashmir was restive now, the PoK …

’Pakistan not wearing bangles’: Farooq Abdullah’s reminder as Rajnath Singh says ’PoK will be merged with India’
8 months, 1 week ago

’Pakistan not wearing bangles’: Farooq Abdullah’s reminder as Rajnath Singh says ’PoK will be merged with India’

Live Mint  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday that he feels there is no need to capture Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir by force. The way the ground situation has changed in Jammu and Kashmir, the way the region is witnessing economic progress and the way peace has returned there, I think demands will emerge from people of PoK that they should merge with India." …

No need to capture PoK by force; its people will themselves want to join India, Rajnath Singh feels
8 months, 1 week ago

No need to capture PoK by force; its people will themselves want to join India, Rajnath Singh feels

The Hindu  

India will never give up its claim on Pakistan-Occupied-Kashmir but it won't have to capture it with force because its people, on their own, would want to be part of India after seeing the development in Kashmir, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has said. ‘Talks with China going on well’ As the military standoff between India and China drags on along …

'No need to capture PoK by force, its people will themselves want to join India': Defence Minister
8 months, 1 week ago

'No need to capture PoK by force, its people will themselves want to join India': Defence Minister

India TV News  

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, during an interview, reasserted India's claim over the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and said: "India will never give up its claim on PoK but it won't have to capture it with force because its people, on their own, would want to be part of India after seeing the development in Kashmir". The way the ground situation has changed …

'India is claiming Gilgit-Baltistan, but if they desire to attack...': Pakistan caretaker PM
11 months, 1 week ago

'India is claiming Gilgit-Baltistan, but if they desire to attack...': Pakistan caretaker PM

India TV News  

Islamabad: Pakistan caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, on Monday, again targeted India for violence in the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and added "Islamabad is ready to face any attack from New Delhi". Kakar, while addressing a hall on so-called Kashmir Day-- a day dedicated to pray for what the Pakistani government claimed as the "Kashmiri freedom movement's success"-- said, "Indian rulers …

DC Edit | Rajnath promise' on PoK rejoining India welcome
1 year, 6 months ago

DC Edit | Rajnath promise' on PoK rejoining India welcome

Deccan Chronicle  

The statement of defence minister Rajnath Singh will find approbation among most Indians which he made targeting Pakistan over its reaction to the India-United States joint statement. Rightly critical of the Pakistani response to the India-US statement which merely condemned terrorism Castigating Pakistan for obsessing over the issue, Mr Rajnath Singh aptly told off the nation for trying to divert …

PoK is, was and will remain a part of India: Rajnath Singh in Jammu
1 year, 6 months ago

PoK is, was and will remain a part of India: Rajnath Singh in Jammu

Deccan Chronicle  

Jammu: Pakistan Occupied Kashmir is, was and will remain a part of India and the Pakistan government will achieve nothing by repeatedly claiming PoK, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said in Jammu on Monday. "Because of Article 370 and 35A, the common people of Jammu and Kashmir were kept away from the mainstream of the country for a long time, it …

K.C. Singh | Growing instability in Pak to increase risks for India
1 year, 10 months ago

K.C. Singh | Growing instability in Pak to increase risks for India

Deccan Chronicle  

Pakistan is the fifth most populous nation in the world and one of eight nations with declared nuclear weapons. The recent passing away of Gen. Pervez Musharraf came as a reminder of the abiding role that Pakistan’s Army has played and will continue to do so. The dominance of the two main political parties — the Pakistan Muslim League and …

Anti-Pak protests intensify in PoK as Gilgit Baltistan demands reunion with India
2 years ago

Anti-Pak protests intensify in PoK as Gilgit Baltistan demands reunion with India

India Today  

Amidst news of flour and food crisis across Pakistan, the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, Gilgit Baltistan is again making headlines as residents are furious over the discriminative policies of the Pakistan government that has exploited the region for several decades and are now demanding a reunion with India in Ladakh. Pak seeks financial aid On Thursday, Pakistan Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif …

Pakistan: Protests rock PoK as Gilgit Baltistan demands reunion with India
2 years ago

Pakistan: Protests rock PoK as Gilgit Baltistan demands reunion with India

Firstpost  

In a video that has gone viral on several social media platforms, a huge rally in Gilgit Baltistan can be seen demanding the reopening of the Kargil Road and reunion with their fellow Baltis in the Kargil district of the union territory of Ladakh in India Muzzafarabad: Furious at the discriminative policies of the Pakistan government that had exploited the …

Former PoK CM slams Pakistan, demands greater rights for Gilgit Baltistan
2 years ago

Former PoK CM slams Pakistan, demands greater rights for Gilgit Baltistan

Firstpost  

Gilgit Baltistan has seen intense protests by local villagers in recent days after the Pakistan Army and various paramilitary forces tried to forcibly take over their land. Muzzafarabad: Slamming the Pakistan administration for its policies against Gilgit Baltistan, former PoK PM Raja Farooq Haider urged an end to the land grabbing by the security forces in the Himalayan region. The …

POK To Galwan Debate: Instead Of Fighting The Enemy, We Are Busy Fighting Each Other Over Nothing
2 years, 1 month ago

POK To Galwan Debate: Instead Of Fighting The Enemy, We Are Busy Fighting Each Other Over Nothing

ABP News  

The armies of the three nuclear neighbours, India, Pakistan and China, were the biggest news story of the Indian subcontinent yesterday. So with Pakistan the big news was the Sharif Brothers, through Prime Minister Shebaz Sharif choosing Lt Gen Asim Munir to become the next Army Chief of Pakistan. When Northern Army commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi was asked to …

Will carry out any order given by Centre, says Army commander on taking back PoK
2 years, 1 month ago

Will carry out any order given by Centre, says Army commander on taking back PoK

India Today  

Northern Army commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi on Tuesday said that the Indian Army is ready to execute any order given by the Government of India, including taking back the Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir. "As far as the Indian Army is concerned, it will carry out any order given by the Government of India. #WATCH | As far as the …

Jitendra Singh hints at BJP's plans of reintegrating PoK into Indian territory
2 years, 9 months ago

Jitendra Singh hints at BJP's plans of reintegrating PoK into Indian territory

Op India  

On Sunday, the Minister of State for Prime Minister’s Office Dr Jitendra Singh informed that the BJP government is firm in its goal of re-integrating the Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir into the Indian territory. While speaking to the media, he said, “In 1994, a resolution was passed by the Indian Parliament under the leadership of Prime Minister Narasimha Rao that the only …

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 …

India will have whole of Kashmir someday, says top IAF officer
3 years, 2 months ago

India will have whole of Kashmir someday, says top IAF officer

India TV News  

A top Air Force officer on Wednesday said there was no plan "at the moment" to capture Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, but expressed the hope that someday India will have the "whole of Kashmir". Speaking to reporters at an event here to mark the 75th anniversary of the Indian troops' Budgam landing, Air Officer Commanding in Chief of Western Air Command, Air …

Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election concludes amid tight security
4 years, 2 months ago

Gilgit-Baltistan Assembly election concludes amid tight security

The Hindu  

Wearing face masks, the people of Gilgit-Baltistan in northern Pakistan voted on November 15 in the third legislative Assembly election amidst tight security. India has slammed Pakistan for its decision to hold election in Gilgit-Baltistan and said any action to alter the status of the militarily-occupied region has no legal basis. The ruling PTI of Prime Minister Imran Khan was …

Gilgit-Baltistan a part of India, says MEA
4 years, 2 months ago

Gilgit-Baltistan a part of India, says MEA

The Hindu  

India on Sunday slammed Pakistan for its attempt to accord provincial status to the “so-called Gilgit-Baltistan”, saying it is intended to camouflage the “illegal” occupation of the region by Islamabad. Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said India “firmly rejects” the attempt by Pakistan to bring material changes to a part of Indian territory which is under Islamabad’s “illegal …

Gilgit-Baltistan election: India protests Pak’s move, calls it cosmetic exercise
4 years, 3 months ago

Gilgit-Baltistan election: India protests Pak’s move, calls it cosmetic exercise

Live Mint  

India on Tuesday said Pakistan’s attempts to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan next month were a “cosmetic” exercise “intended to camouflage its illegal occupation” of the region. The Indian foreign ministry in a statement said actions like holding of elections in the region can neither hide the "illegal occupation" of parts of Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh by …

India strongly objects to elections in ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’
4 years, 3 months ago

India strongly objects to elections in ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’

Live Mint  

The Ministry of External Affairs has stated that they have seen reports regarding elections to the so-called "Gilgit-Baltistan" Assembly to be held on November 15, 2020 and took strong objection to it. "The Government of India conveyed strong protest to Pakistan Government and reiterated that Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, including the so-called Gilgit and Baltistan, are an integral part …

India opposes Pakistan's move to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, calls it 'cosmetic camouflage'
4 years, 3 months ago

India opposes Pakistan's move to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, calls it 'cosmetic camouflage'

India Today  

India on Tuesday protested the announcement of elections in Gilgit-Baltistan to be held in November by Pakistan. India reiterated its position that Pakistan has no “locus standi” to conduct elections in “forcibly” occupied territories. Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday in a statement said, “We have seen reports regarding announcement of elections to the so-called Gilgit-Baltistan Legislative Assembly to be …

Gilgit-Baltistan polls have no legal basis, says India
4 years, 3 months ago

Gilgit-Baltistan polls have no legal basis, says India

The Hindu  

India on Thursday said Pakistan’s proposed election in Gilgit-Baltistan had no legal ground. The official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Anurag Srivastava, said India considered the entire region of Jammu and Kashmir to be its integral part. “Any action by Pakistan to alter the status of the militarily occupied so-called ‘Gilgit-Baltistan’ has no legal basis whatsoever and is …

India lodges protest against Pak plan for Gilgit-Baltistan polls
4 years, 8 months ago

India lodges protest against Pak plan for Gilgit-Baltistan polls

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: India on Monday issued a demarche to Pakistan and lodged a strong protest against a recent order of the Pakistani Supreme Court that reportedly allowed the amendment to the so-called Order of 2018 of the Pakistani government to now conduct general elections in the region of Gilgit-Baltistan. In a statement, the ministry of external affairs said, “India demarched …

General Naravane’s PoK remarks irk Pakistan, elicit strong reaction
5 years ago

General Naravane’s PoK remarks irk Pakistan, elicit strong reaction

India TV News  

Pakistan on Saturday reacted strongly to Indian Army Chief General Manoj Mukund Naravane’s remarks on taking back Pakistan-occupied Kashmir if the government wanted the armed forces to do so, with the Pakistan Army telling its domestic audience that it was “fully prepared” to respond to any “Indian aggression.” “ statements by Indian COAS to undertake military action across LOC are …

If we get orders, we’ll take appropriate action: Army chief on PoK
5 years ago

If we get orders, we’ll take appropriate action: Army chief on PoK

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Indian Army chief Manoj Mukund Naravane on Saturday said the Indian Army will take steps to wrest Pakistan occupied Kashmir from Islamabad’s control if Parliament wanted and if the Indian government gave such an order. Addressing his customary press conference ahead of Army Day on 15 January, Naravane, who took over as the chief of the Indian army …

Will dismantle terror camps inside PoK if Pak doesn’t mend ways: J&K Governor
5 years, 2 months ago

Will dismantle terror camps inside PoK if Pak doesn’t mend ways: J&K Governor

Live Mint  

Srinagar: J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday warned Pakistan that Indian forces would cross the Line of Control if the neighbouring country didn't mend its ways and stop supporting terror. "War is a bad thing, but if Pakistan doesn't stop terrorism, our response will be stronger than what happened there yesterday," Malik said in his address at the Police …

PoK part of India, one day we will have physical jurisdiction over it: EAM Jaishankar
5 years, 3 months ago

PoK part of India, one day we will have physical jurisdiction over it: EAM Jaishankar

India Today  

External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said that Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is part of India. "PoK is part of India and we expect one day that we will have physical jurisdiction over it," S Jaishankar said. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said, "Our position on PoK has mandated and finally finding a solution which would bring an innocent person back to …

Pakistan should hand over PoK to India: Union minister Ramdas Athawale
5 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan should hand over PoK to India: Union minister Ramdas Athawale

India TV News  

Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Friday said it is in Pakistan's interest to hand over PoK to India as several reports suggest people in the occupied territory are unhappy and want to be part of this country. Athawale, also the chief of Republican Party of India, a BJP ally, said Pakistan should not indulge in war-mongering and also not issue …

Govt to take call, Army always ready: Bipin Rawat on retrieving PoK
5 years, 4 months ago

Govt to take call, Army always ready: Bipin Rawat on retrieving PoK

India TV News  

Saying that the government will take call on issues like retrieving Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, Army Chief General Bipin Rawat said Army is always ready. The Army chief was asked to respond on statement of Union Minister Jitendra Singh who said Modi government's next agenda is to retreive Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and make it part of India. Army is always ready," Rawat said today. …

PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan are also part of India: Rajnath Singh
5 years, 4 months ago

PoK and Gilgit-Baltistan are also part of India: Rajnath Singh

India TV News  

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir and they should try keep a check on their home grown terror. Kashmir was always part of India.” Amid Islamabad's efforts to internationalise the Centre's move to abrogate provisions of Article 370, singh said that the contested areas of Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan were …

Now India will only discuss PoK with Pakistan: Rajnath Singh
5 years, 4 months ago

Now India will only discuss PoK with Pakistan: Rajnath Singh

India Today  

After Pakistan approached several foreign nations and the United Nations seeking intervention in the Kashmir matter, Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said talks with Pakistan will only be held when the neighbours stop harbouring terrorists. Rajnath Singh was speaking at the Jan Aashirwad rally in Haryana's Kalka Haryana on Sunday when he said that India is now only interested in …

Pakistan Army stands by Kashmiris: Bajwa
5 years, 5 months ago

Pakistan Army stands by Kashmiris: Bajwa

The Hindu  

Pakistan’s military “firmly stands” by Kashmiris, the powerful Army chief said on Tuesday, a day after India stripped the disputed region of its special autonomy in a move set to deepen animosity between the nuclear arch-rivals. The Army's top commanders met in the garrison city of Rawalpindi to discuss the move by India, which is also set to exacerbate the …

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