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TopicKashmir issue

Topic: Kashmir issue

After Trump lunch & SCO meet, Munir warns India against acting under ‘illusion of strategic impunity’

Pakistan Army chief dismisses India’s characterisation of insurgent activity in J&K as terrorism, reiterates Islamabad’s long-held position that Kashmir is a core issue in South Asia.

Pakistan sends delegation to Moscow to push its diplomatic case in bid to weaken India-Russia ties

The visit to Moscow from 2 to 4 June will be led by the special assistant to Pakistan's PM. This comes after India sent 7 all-party delegations with former ambassadors to 33 countries.

If Pakistan doesn’t halt aggression, India may be compelled to enter Pakistan: VK Menon at UN

On 23-24 January 1957, VK Krishna Menon delivered a historic speech at UN Security Council defending India’s position on Kashmir.

Pakistan’s power paradox—how army became its ‘jugular vein’

Days before Pahalgam terror attack, Asim Munir invoked the two-nation theory that once split the Subcontinent into India and Pakistan—two nations now on starkly divergent paths.

Day after India-Pakistan ceasefire, Trump offers US mediation on ‘thousand years’ old Kashmir Issue

In a post on Truth Social, the US president praised the leadership in India and Pakistan for halting escalations and also announced plans to increase trade with the 2 countries.

SubscriberWrites:The Kashmir issue and the quest for independence

An independent Kashmir would face challenges of inclusive governance, security and stability amid ethnic and religious diversity, militancy and cross-border tensions.

SC advocate’s book on Kashmir suggests going to ICJ, receives support at launch event

At the re-release of Supreme Court advocate Aman Hingorani's 'Unravelling the Kashmir Knot', former foreign secretary Shyam Saran raised the limitations of legal approaches. 'It makes us vulnerable.'

‘Peace-lovers to what extent?’ Syama Prasad Mookerjee on why India could lose Kashmir

In his speech on 7 August 1952 in Lok Sabha, Mookerjee spoke about the fear that the Kashmir policy with regard to UN and Article 370 'may lead to the 'Balkanisation' of India'.

India, Iran, Armenia form trilateral grouping, 1st round of talks focuses on economic issues, communication

This comes at a time when Pakistan, Turkey & Azerbaijan have been intensifying trilateral cooperation. Armenia has emerged as a key geopolitical partner for New Delhi in recent years.

Former envoy SK Lambah’s memoir a ‘remarkable book by ideal diplomat’, explores intricacies of India-Pak ties

The memoir, In Pursuit of Peace: India-Pakistan relations under six Prime Ministers, was launched by Lambah's wife, Nina, Friday. The former ambassador passed away in June last year.

On Camera

From Vedanta, India turned to Nehruvian socialism and buried its liberal roots: Sharad Joshi

An Indian Hitler will have to be exceptionally lucky to survive for any length of time. This much hope ought to be enough for seekers of liberty and equality, wrote Sharad Anantrao Joshi, president of Swatantra Bharat Paksh party, in 1995.

Easy loans, uneasy ‘debt traps’. Women harassed by private lenders ask ‘who will restore lost dignity?’

A public meeting, where the women voiced their protest, took place this month in Delhi, grounded on the findings of an AIDWA survey, covering 9,000 women borrowers.

Ahead of SCO meet, Russia & China stage maiden joint submarine patrol in Sea of Japan, East China Sea

Joint submarine patrol ‘covered more than 2,000 nautical miles’ and was joined by Russian support vessels. Beijing maintains exercise ‘not directed against any third party’.

For Indian Mercedes, Asim Munir’s dumper truck in mirror is closer than it appears

From Munir’s point of view, a few bumps here and there is par for the course. He isn’t going to drive his dumper truck to its doom. He wants to use it as a weapon.