A group of Kashmiri Pandit entrepreneurs have backed the Gupkar Declaration, a resolution to restore J&K's special status that was issued after an all-party meet in August 2019.
BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav comes at a time 6 regional parties issued a joint statement on restoring Article 370, and the BJP has seen a spate of resignations in the region.
A report by Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society terms the communication blackout imposed by Modi govt last year as a means of 'collective punishment'.
The J&K BJP chief Ravinder Raina claimed the controversial Articles were like a wall of hatred which did nothing except digging an ocean of misunderstandings.
In a statement, NC, PDP, Congress, CPI(M), among others, said they’re ‘wholly bound’ by the Gupkar Declaration, which was issued last August before Modi govt’s Article 370 move.
With the latest de-induction, the lead counter-terrorist force CRPF will have a strength of about 60 battalions in the Valley apart from very few units of the other CAPFs.
One of the reasons China is upping the ante in Ladakh is in recognition of the fact that abrogation of Article 370 can alter India’s strategic periphery.
Mufti’s daughter Iltija, who is operating her mother’s Twitter account, wrote the central govt is ‘pressurising’ political parties & leaders who refuse to accept scrapping of Article 370.
India’s policy on Myanmar has been to deal with its Generals and maintain a distance from the country’s insurgent groups and political struggles. This will have to change.
Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
Put this guy back in where ever he was.