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Tuesday, May 14, 2024
TopicJammu & Kashmir

Topic: Jammu & Kashmir

Modi govt allows mostly far-Right EU MPs to J&K: Smart diplomacy to counter Western liberals?

Twenty-seven European Union MPs are in Jammu and Kashmir, of which 22 are of the far-right ideology.

Why Ladakh is unlikely to gain much when it becomes a Union Territory

With most of the former J&K state’s physical assets in the Jammu and Kashmir regions, Ladakh can only stake claim to financial assets that are not in good health.

IAS officer Girish Murmu, trusted Modi-Shah aide, is J&K’s first Lieutenant Governor

Girish Chandra Murmu is the Expenditure Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. He was Principal Secretary in the Gujarat CMO during Modi’s rule.

India censures Pakistan for raising Kashmir issue at UN, calls talk ’empty rhetoric’

Minister in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Deepak Misra was responding to Islamabad's envoy Maleeha Lodhi, who brought up the issue of J&K at a UN forum last week.

Pakistan looks set to beat terror-funding blacklist again, with some help from China

Under Imran Khan, Pakistan has been lobbying hard with international powers to get off the FATF ‘grey’ list.

State govt employees can choose between Ladakh and J&K, but final call won’t be theirs

The newly carved union territory of Ladakh is likely to need around 7 per cent of J&K’s current employee pool. 

292 ceasefire violations along LoC in J&K this September, triple the number from last year

Ceasefire violations see a spike since Article 370 was scrapped on 5 August. Total number of violations so far in 2019 is 2,317, Army data shows.

Modi & Xi will spend 6-7 hours together, discussing everything from Article 370 to trade

PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to address all ‘controversial’ issues between the countries in their informal summit in Mamallapuram.

Continued Kashmir lockdown is to ensure changes on ground, Jaishankar tells US think tank

At Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar says there would be reactions once restrictions are lifted.

Should Kashmiris give PM Modi a chance to bring peace and development?

In his address to the nation on Thursday, PM Modi said Article 370 did great harm to the people of J&K, making it a fertile ground for corruption, nepotism and separatism.

On Camera

India has a workplace creche problem. See how Karnataka, Assam, Odisha are taking action

Based on the NSSO's data, a man spent an average of 74 minutes a day on childcare whereas a female spent a disproportionate length of 134 minutes a day on the same.

Brokerages & hedge funds make a killing as India’s inexperienced youth flocks to the equity market

Indians aged 20-30 are trading in options market in droves, but know nothing about it & so keep losing money. If losses mount, it could undo gains India saw in investment culture, analysts fear.

Pensionless Maha Vir Chakra awardee who trained Mukti Bahini continues to fight for rights

Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.