Tensions have been rising for weeks as jihadists from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir breached the LoC. Last month, two Indian soldiers were killed in Akhnoor by an explosive likely planted by infiltrators.
Pakistan wants to counter the Indian government’s narrative in Kashmir by stoking violence, thereby signalling to the world that Kashmir is not a finished agenda.
Khayam Maqsood, Asmad Ali & Ahsan Anwar all accidentally crossed over into India on 3 different days. They are lodged at an observation home in J&K's Poonch.
Gemra Ram Meghwal, a Dalit man from Rajasthan, is now called 'Raj' in Pakistan jail. And though he has served his sentence for crossing the LoC, he hasn’t been released.
Special Judge Santosh Snehi Mann, however, set aside the direction issued to the CBI director to make a written apology to Patel for the agency’s action against him.
Pakistan Army bringing in private firms to strengthen positions to withstand Indian artillery fire. Indian Army, too, is adding latest weaponry, surveillance systems.
The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.
Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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