What China wants in Ladakh, Kashmir is to perpetuate illegality
4 years, 7 months ago

What China wants in Ladakh, Kashmir is to perpetuate illegality

India Today  

Independence of India was a legal act. The postal atlas of China that the pre-communist Chinese government published up to early 1930s showed Aksai Chin as British Indian territory. In 1947, Jammu and Kashmir had 14 districts: Kathua, Jammu, Udhampur, Reasi, Anantnag, Baramulla, Poonch, Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Leh and Ladakh, Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat, Chilhas and Tribal Territory. Following the reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir, China has been posing aggressively to thwart what it believes is India's "aggressive design" to take back the control of Ladakh and Pakistan-occupied territories. Its assertion -- that India recognise the Chinese claim on Aksai Chin and other strategic points including the Finger Areas of Pangong Tso, where the soldiers from the two sides exchanged blows in May -- only suggests that China wants to perpetuate illegality in both Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir at a sovereign and strategic cost for India.

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Extend Ladakh’s territorial control to Gilgit-Baltistan in PoK: Ladakh’s socio-political bodies
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Extend Ladakh’s territorial control to Gilgit-Baltistan in PoK: Ladakh’s socio-political bodies

The Hindu  

January 23, 2024 11:04 pm | Updated January 24, 2024 02:43 am IST - SRINAGAR Ladakh’s main socio-political groupings, Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance, have asked the Centre to extend Ladakh’s territorial control up to Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and ensure internal stability by granting Statehood with guarantees of the Sixth Schedule to fight the threat from China. …

Why India’s Ladakh is witnessing growing discontent
3 years ago

Why India’s Ladakh is witnessing growing discontent

Al Jazeera  

Unprecedented shutdown earlier this week in the strategic Himalayan region underscores its demand for more autonomy. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Earlier this week, the region of Ladakh, a Himalayan desert in Indian-administered Kashmir that borders China and Pakistan, witnessed an unprecedented shutdown to demand statehood and protection of land and jobs. “Generally, people are seeking some kind of constitutional safeguards …

Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh integral part of country, China has no locus standi to comment: India
4 years, 3 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh integral part of country, China has no locus standi to comment: India

India TV News  

Union Territories of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, "have been, are, and would" remain an integral part of the country, asserted India on Thursday, insisting that China has no locus standi to comment on its internal matters. The comments by External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava came in response to China's contention that it does not recognise the union territory …

Gilgit-Baltistan: The land of peaks, streams and disputes
4 years, 3 months ago

Gilgit-Baltistan: The land of peaks, streams and disputes

The Hindu  

Seven decades after it took control of the region, Pakistan is moving to grant full statehood to Gilgit-Baltistan, which appears as the northernmost part of the country in its official map. Indian protest Following Pakistan’s announcement of holding the legislative election in Gilgit-Baltistan, India reiterated its territorial sovereignty over the region with the Ministry of External Affairs stating that the …

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 …

'An Exercise in Political Absurdity': India Dismisses Pakistan’s New Map Claiming All of J&K, Junagadh
4 years, 5 months ago

'An Exercise in Political Absurdity': India Dismisses Pakistan’s New Map Claiming All of J&K, Junagadh

News 18  

On the eve of the anniversary of abrogation of Article 370 and in a bid to further internationalise the issue of Kashmir, Pakistan on Tuesday issued a new map showing all of Kashmir as part of its territory. India dismissed Pakistan's move as “an exercise in political absurdity”, saying it was laying untenable claims to territories in the Indian state …

The truth about Ladakh’s Shaksgam: Correcting historical wrongs in J&K
5 years, 1 month ago

The truth about Ladakh’s Shaksgam: Correcting historical wrongs in J&K

Deccan Chronicle  

Soon after India reorganised the former state of Jammu and Kashmir into the new Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, China went ballistic. Having regard to the UN resolutions of January 17, 1948 and August 13, 1948 and January 5, 1949 it is clear that Pakistan cannot claim to exercise sovereignty in respect of J&K.” The 1963 MEA …

Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh shown as separate Union Territories in new map of India; country now has 28 states, 9 UTs
5 years, 2 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh shown as separate Union Territories in new map of India; country now has 28 states, 9 UTs

Firstpost  

The Union Territory of Ladakh consists of Kargil and Leh while the rest of the erstwhile state is in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Union Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday released a new map of India, showing the two recently-created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. The Ministry of Home Affairs said the Union …

PoK in UT of Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan in Ladakh in new map of India
5 years, 2 months ago

PoK in UT of Jammu and Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan in Ladakh in new map of India

Live Mint  

New Delhi: In a huge statement to Pakistan, Pakistan-occupied Kashmir is part of the newly created Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, while Gilgit-Baltistan is in the UT of Ladakh in the fresh maps released by the government on Saturday following the bifurcation. In a notification, the Ministry of Home Affairs also released the new map of India depicting the …

Govt releases new map of India showing UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh
5 years, 2 months ago

Govt releases new map of India showing UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The goverment on Saturday released the maps of newly created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh and the map of India depicting these UTs. In 1947, the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir had the following 14 districts - Kathua, Jammu, Udhampur, Reasi, Anantnag, Baramulla, Poonch, Mirpur, Muzaffarabad, Leh and Ladakh, Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat, Chilhas and …

New Indian map shows UTs of J&K, Ladakh
5 years, 2 months ago

New Indian map shows UTs of J&K, Ladakh

The Hindu  

November 02, 2019 05:04 pm | Updated June 11, 2020 10:39 am IST The Survey of India has redrawn the map of India to depict the newly formed Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Areas such as Gilgit, Gilgit Wazarat, Chilhas and the Tribal Territory of 1947 that have been occupied by Pakistan are included in the Ladakh …

Maps of UTs of JK, Ladakh released; map of India depicting new UTs
5 years, 2 months ago

Maps of UTs of JK, Ladakh released; map of India depicting new UTs

India Today  

India has gotten a new map. The government on Saturday released the maps of newly created Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh and the map of India depicting these UTs. The Leh district of the new UT of Ladakh has been defined in the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Second Order, 2019, issued by the President of India, to …

India’s moves in Kashmir raise tension in part next to China
5 years, 3 months ago

India’s moves in Kashmir raise tension in part next to China

Associated Press  

LEH, India — Nearly two months after the Indian government changed the status of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, new tensions are brewing in Ladakh, a remote and picturesque part of that territory that borders China. I’m afraid of lacking management for it.” The approaching Oct. 31 change in administrative rule from New Delhi is largely unwelcome in Ladakh’s …

'Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir is part of India,' says MEA: A look at region's origin, history and geopolitical importance
5 years, 3 months ago

'Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir is part of India,' says MEA: A look at region's origin, history and geopolitical importance

Firstpost  

Amid rising rhetoric on Kashmir from both sides of the Line of Control, India on Tuesday said that Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir is a part of the country and New Delhi expects to have “physical jurisdiction” over the area “one day”. Addressing the media on the 100-day achievements of the Ministry of External Affairs in the NDA government’s second term, External Affairs …

China's geopolitical ambitions extend to both Pakistan and Indian Kashmir
5 years, 4 months ago

China's geopolitical ambitions extend to both Pakistan and Indian Kashmir

ABC  

The Indian Government's decision to revoke the special status of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir earlier this month sent shockwaves across the world. Key points: China lays claims to several parts of Jammu and Kashmir, including Buddhist Ladakh Beijing controls the disputed territories of Aksai Chin and Shaksgam Tract Aksai Chin is a vital piece of land for …

Kashmir: Pakistan’s Imran Khan likens India’s actions to Nazism
5 years, 5 months ago

Kashmir: Pakistan’s Imran Khan likens India’s actions to Nazism

CNN  

CNN — Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has likened India’s revoking of Jammu and Kashmir state’s autonomy to Nazi ideology, and warned the international community that inaction would be similar to appeasing Hitler. In a series of tweets Sunday, Khan said India’s actions in Muslim-majority Kashmir were an attempt “to change demography of Kashmir through ethnic cleansing” and asked whether …

India’s splitting of Kashmir opposed in Muslim border city
5 years, 5 months ago

India’s splitting of Kashmir opposed in Muslim border city

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — India’s surprise move to carve out sparsely populated Ladakh from the state of Jammu and Kashmir to make it a territory directly controlled by New Delhi has been met with protests in Kargil, a Muslim-majority border city in Ladakh that identifies culturally with Kashmir, suggesting that the Hindu nationalist-led government’s plan to redraw the country’s political map …

Jammu and Kashmir: the history behind India’s new crackdown on the disputed region.
55 years ago

Jammu and Kashmir: the history behind India’s new crackdown on the disputed region.

Slate  

This week marked the beginning of a new era for the troubled region of Kashmir, likely to be a more turbulent one than even before. As India’s independence from Britain—and the ensuing partition—was being planned in 1947, Singh, a Hindu ruler of a Muslim-majority state, initially desired that the Jammu and Kashmir become an independent neutral region between India and …

Kashmir News Updates: Pakistan to expel India's High Comissioner Ajay Bisaria, call back its envoy
5 years, 5 months ago

Kashmir News Updates: Pakistan to expel India's High Comissioner Ajay Bisaria, call back its envoy

Firstpost  

3:43 PM Whatsapp Facebook Twitter China voices ‘serious concern’ over situation in J&K Asking India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, China on Tuesday said they should avoid actions that “unilaterally” change the status quo and exacerbate tensions between them as it voiced “serious concern” over the situation in Kashmir. Asserting that China’s position on Kashmir was “clear and consistent”, Foreign …

With J&K bifurcation, India gets its first Buddhist dominated Union Territory
5 years, 5 months ago

With J&K bifurcation, India gets its first Buddhist dominated Union Territory

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Across Monday and Tuesday, India's arid mountainous desert region—Ladakh—was granted an identity that now sets it apart geographically, administratively and demographically. In bifurcating the state of Jammu and Kashmir and scrapping special status granted to it, the Union government has created India's first Buddhist dominated union territory with a dominant Buddhist population of 1.33 lakh out of a …

Ahead of Jaishankar's Beijing visit, India tells China to avoid commenting on Ladakh
5 years, 5 months ago

Ahead of Jaishankar's Beijing visit, India tells China to avoid commenting on Ladakh

The Hindu  

The formation of the Union Territory of Ladakh under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, 2019, is an internal affair of India, and India expects other countries to avoid commenting on its internal developments, an official of the Ministry of External Affairs said on Tuesday. The Chinese Foreign Ministry had highlighted the creation of Ladakh as a union territory while …

China hits out at India on Ladakh, urges India, Pak. to exercise restraint
5 years, 5 months ago

China hits out at India on Ladakh, urges India, Pak. to exercise restraint

The Hindu  

China has slammed India for according Ladakh the Union Territory staus and urged New Delhi and Islamabad to exercise restraint following cross-border shelling and India’s decision to revoke special status to Jammu and Kashmir. Asked to comment on reports that India had announced the establishment of “Ladakh central territory,” which covers territory of the western section of India’s border with …

Know the difference between the new union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh
5 years, 5 months ago

Know the difference between the new union territories: Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh

Op India  

In a historic decision, the union government today decided to bifurcate the northernmost state of the country Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories. The main difference between the two is that states are run by the respective state governments, while the union territories are areas under the administrative control of the central government. These two union territories elect their …

India-Pakistan: Latest news on Kashmir crisis
5 years, 10 months ago

India-Pakistan: Latest news on Kashmir crisis

CNN  

A Kashmiri man paddles his boat in Dal Lake in Srinagar on February 26, 2019. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images India and Pakistan have been locked in a struggle over Kashmir for more than 70 years, and the restive region is back in the news again this week. Jammu and Kashmir covers around 45% of Kashmir, in the south and east of …

India-Pakistan: Latest news on Kashmir crisis
5 years, 10 months ago

India-Pakistan: Latest news on Kashmir crisis

CNN  

A Kashmiri man paddles his boat in Dal Lake in Srinagar on February 26, 2019. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP/Getty Images India and Pakistan have been locked in a struggle over Kashmir for more than 70 years, and the restive region is back in the news again this week. Jammu and Kashmir covers around 45% of Kashmir, in the south and east of …

Jammu & Kashmir creates separate division for Ladakh
5 years, 11 months ago

Jammu & Kashmir creates separate division for Ladakh

Live Mint  

Jammu: In a major decision, the Jammu and Kashmir administration on Friday created a separate division for Ladakh, which was part of the Kashmir division till now. Ladakh will now have a separate divisional commissioner and an inspector general of police with a full administrative and revenue division at par with Kashmir and Jammu divisions, an order issued by the …

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