Tag: Kashmir issue
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Year after India scrapped Article 370, Pak FM Qureshi writes to UNSC on Kashmir issue again
In the letter addressed to the President of UN Security Council, Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has highlighted the ongoing tense situation in the Kashmir Valley and the 'violations of human rights committed by the Indian forces'.
August 5, 2020 -
Pak to observe Aug 5 as ‘Day of Exploitation’ to protest abrogation of Article 370 by India
Kashmir solidarity rallies will be taken out in major cities of Pakistan and across the Pakistan-administered-Kashmir.
August 4, 2020 -
Pakistan ‘nerve centre of terrorism’, bid to internationalise Kashmir issue ‘fell flat’: Indian envoy to UN
The envoy further assured that 'the attempt by Pakistan to involve the United Nations in the context of Jammu and Kashmir, has not borne fruit and has been strongly refuted by India at every turn'.
August 4, 2020 -
Article 370 case to stay with 5-judge bench as SC refuses to refer pleas to larger bench
NGO People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL), Jammu and Kashmir High Court Bar Association, and an intervenor have sought to refer the matter to a larger bench.
March 2, 2020 -
Pak must crack down on terrorists for successful talks with India: White House ahead of Trump visit
Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will lead a 12-member American delegation to Ahmedabad, Agra and New Delhi on February 24 and 25.
February 22, 2020 -
‘Don’t interfere’: India slams Turkey as President Erdogan backs Pak’s stand over Kashmir
Notwithstanding India's objection, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday once again raked up the Kashmir issue, vowing that Ankara will support Pakistan's stand as it is a matter of concern to both the countries.
February 15, 2020 -
EU envoys among 2nd batch of foreign diplomats visiting Kashmir to assess ground situation
On January 9, a group of around 15 foreign envoys based in New Delhi were taken to Jammu and Kashmir to see the first-hand efforts being made by the Government in the region.
February 12, 2020 -
‘Completely immune to karo-na virus’: Shashi Tharoor on Govt’s implementation record
Tharoor's wordplay comes in the backdrop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking a jibe at the former over Jammu and Kashmir.
February 8, 2020 -
‘Godse, Modi believe in same ideology’: Rahul Gandhi attacks PM over CAA, NRC, jobs
Earlier in the day, the Congress leader led the 'Save the Constitution' march against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act in his Lok Sabha constituency Wayanad.
January 30, 2020 -
India snubs EU Parliament’s resolutions on CAA, Kashmir, says ‘entirely internal’ matters
The resolutions, set to be debated in the European Parliament next Wednesday and voted the day after, come less than two months before PM Modi is likely to travel to Brussels for the India-EU summit on March 13.
January 27, 2020 -
US urges India to release detained Kashmir leaders, stresses ‘equal protection’ under CAA
The US also described the visit by its ambassador and other foreign envoys to Jammu and Kashmir earlier this month as 'a useful step'.
January 25, 2020 -
No third party mediation in Kashmir, asserts India, says ‘world understands Pak’s double standards’
The assertion came as Donald Trump, at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, once again reiterated his offer to 'help' on the Kashmir issue, saying the US was 'watching and closely following' the developments in the Valley.
January 23, 2020 -
‘Refrain to avoid global embarrassment’: India slams Pak for ‘misusing’ UNSC to raise bilateral issues
MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said Pakistan's 'desperate measures to peddle baseless allegation and present an alarming scenario lacked any credibility'.
January 16, 2020 -
5 Kashmir leaders released after 5 months; 21 more including 3 former CMs under detention
Several political leaders were picked up from their residences on August 5, the day the Centre had withdrawn the special status given to J-K under Article 370 of the Constitution and divided the state into two Union Territories.
January 16, 2020 -
Pak fails to raise Kashmir issue at UNSC again; world body members say it’s ‘bilateral matter’
The current move by China was the third such attempt to raise the Kashmir issue in the UNSC since August last when the special status granted to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370.
January 16, 2020 -
UNSC to hold ‘closed-door’ meet on Kashmir tonight at China’s request: Reports
If the meeting is to happen, it would be the second 'closed-door' consultation since August on the situation in Kashmir following the abrogation of Article 370.
January 15, 2020 -
Prez Macron raised Kashmir with PM Modi on phone, France says following issue ‘closely’
A statement issued by the Indian government on Friday after talks between Modi and Macron did not mention Kashmir.
January 13, 2020