Three Indian soldiers killed during clashes with PLA in Galwan Valley

India China border row: Indian army said there were casualties on both sides. All the deaths are from thrown stones and rods used by soldiers. The army did not comment on this. By: Tahaa Yaseen Three Indian army personnel, including a commanding officer, have been killed in a “violent face-off” with Chinese soldiers in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, an Indian army spokesman has said. The Chinese military also suffered casualties in the clash, the editor-in-chief of China’s Global Times newspaper said on Tuesday. It was the first such confrontation…

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Constitute village defense committees; Arm Kashmiri Hindus, Vulnerable Muslims In Valley: Former DGP SP Vaid

Former DGP of J&K Police Shesh Paul Vaid has said that measures must be taken for instilling security among the Kashmiri Hindus. Reports say that he has favoured the arming of the minority community and the vulnerable sections of the majority — the Kashmiri Muslims. Vaid has said that the Kashmiri Hindus should be provided training arms to equip them against terror attacks. He said, “There is no harm in giving arms training and providing weapons to the minority Hindu community as well as to the vulnerable section of the…

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As life moves Online amid the Pandemic, Education system in Kashmir is left behind in the absence of fast internet

The 4G internet ban in Jammu and Kashmir has left teachers and students struggling. By: Ishfaq Majid and Shazia Kouser The internet is often in the news in Jammu and Kashmir. After abrogating Article 370 on August 5, 2019, the central administration suspended internet services in Jammu and Kashmir, fearing for the law and order situation. Months later, in the first week of March 2020, the authorities restored internet services but restricted the speed to 2G. We recently tested the speed of the internet on Airtel and Jio, two internet…

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India challenges China’s sovereignty by changing Occupied Kashmir’s status: Dr Wang Shida

India’s unilateral move to change the status quo of Kashmir constitutes a serious threat to regional peace and stability, Dr Wang Shida, Deputy Director of Institute of South Asian Studies at the China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), has stated in his article published by China Economic Net (CEN). India has, since last August, taken constant actions to unilaterally change the status quo of Kashmir and continued to exacerbate regional tensions, wrote the Chinese scholar. On August 5 last year, the Indian government revoked the Article 370 of the…

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By introducing new Domicile Laws, GoI is advancing the settler-colonial project in Kashmir

Delhi has introduced new domicile laws in Kashmir that critics say are aimed at bolstering its Hindu nationalist project to change the region’s demographics akin to Israeli settlements in Palestine. By: Haris Zargar Months after India revoked the longstanding autonomy of the disputed Kashmir region, the Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has introduced new domicile laws that allows Indian citizens to buy property and become permanent residents in the contested Himalayan region. The decision has been surmised as Delhi’s first move to tamper with the Muslim-majority demographics…

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