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.
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.
PM Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to address all ‘controversial’ issues between the countries in their informal summit in Mamallapuram.
At Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, Foreign Minister S. Jaishankar says there would be reactions once restrictions are lifted.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
If we believe that the New York Times, Washington Post, The Economist, Guardian, Independent – why not add BBC, CNN, The Times to complete the list – are riven with deep seated biases against India, we are getting a little paranoid. These are authoritative voices that decision makers trust. Not Russia Today and Global Times. It acknowledges how far the India story has unravelled from spring in 2014. Deep winter now. Nor will “ cultivating high level sources “ help.
You seem to be reading a lot of foreign stuff these days? Kabhi Sri Lanka chi Gaye ho ya sirf badi badi hankte ho?
“PM Modi isn’t internationalising the Kashmir issue, but is definitely trying to combat any negativity, which is his job.” – Of course Modi wouldn’t internationalise the Kashmir issue after repeatedly saying the issue was an “internal matter”.
Modi’s job may be to fight negativity, but he has to do it with truth. American senator Van Hollen wan’t recently allowed to visit Kashmir valley. Why? And an invitation to Chris Davies, a member of the European parliament (MEP) from the UK, who insisted on moving in the Valley unaccompanied by by military, police or security forces, was withdrawn! WHY?
Any opening up of the Kashmir Valley, even if selectively, to individuals of a certain philosophy, is welcome. It is bound to lead to more visits by more representative groups, in a less constrained framework. 2. As far as global acceptance of the official version is concerned, that is an infinitely more complex issue. There are many paths that lead to the truth. Responsible people will make the effort to gain a deeper understanding of the true situation.
If we believe that the New York Times, Washington Post, The Economist, Guardian, Independent – why not add BBC, CNN, The Times to complete the list – are riven with deep seated biases against India, we are getting a little paranoid. These are authoritative voices that decision makers trust. Not Russia Today and Global Times. It acknowledges how far the India story has unravelled from spring in 2014. Deep winter now. Nor will “ cultivating high level sources “ help.
You seem to be reading a lot of foreign stuff these days? Kabhi Sri Lanka chi Gaye ho ya sirf badi badi hankte ho?
“PM Modi isn’t internationalising the Kashmir issue, but is definitely trying to combat any negativity, which is his job.” – Of course Modi wouldn’t internationalise the Kashmir issue after repeatedly saying the issue was an “internal matter”.
Modi’s job may be to fight negativity, but he has to do it with truth. American senator Van Hollen wan’t recently allowed to visit Kashmir valley. Why? And an invitation to Chris Davies, a member of the European parliament (MEP) from the UK, who insisted on moving in the Valley unaccompanied by by military, police or security forces, was withdrawn! WHY?
Any opening up of the Kashmir Valley, even if selectively, to individuals of a certain philosophy, is welcome. It is bound to lead to more visits by more representative groups, in a less constrained framework. 2. As far as global acceptance of the official version is concerned, that is an infinitely more complex issue. There are many paths that lead to the truth. Responsible people will make the effort to gain a deeper understanding of the true situation.