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India, Pakistan report deadly violence along LoC, Killing at-least ten civilians and five security personnel

November 14, 2020November 14, 2020 Editor

At least 10 civilians and five security personnel have been killed in cross-border shelling between India and Pakistan, in one of this year’s deadliest days along the heavily militarised frontier separating the nuclear-armed rivals, officials said. Indian officials said six civilians, three soldiers and a border guard were killed on their side. The Pakistan military said four civilians and one soldier were killed on the Pakistani side. Twenty two others were wounded in the Neelum Valley region of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, a Pakistani civil administration official told. “Deaths and damage are…

China threatens India with ‘Liquid Bomb’ that could be much more Dangerous than Ladakh & Doklam

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Editor

By Younis Dar After troubling India militarily in the Himalayan region of Ladakh, Beijing could now hurt the South Asian country by drying up the crucial rivers that flow into the country through Tibet. China has indicated that it is going ahead with building mega-dams on the lower reaches of the Yarlung Tsangpo, which flows from Tibet into northeast India. Beijing’s control over the key rivers flowing into India gives it a chokehold on India’s economy, effectively crippling India’s interests in the North East region. The country’s occupation of Tibet,…

Fearing a winter war, India keen for a Quick Disengagement with China from Ladakh: Beijing Experts

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Editor

India vs China: Experts say the Indian military had left no stone unturned in prepping for a potential winter war in the testing conditions of the rough mountainous terrain of Ladakh, where temperatures dip well below minus 35 degrees Celsius. By Mansij Asthana At a time when the current ongoing stand-off at the Line of Actual Control border in Eastern Ladakh between the militaries of Asian neighbors India and China enter its seventh-month, Beijing has fired another shot by stating that New Delhi’s military is eager for disengagement out of…

Three security forces personnel among six killed in Pak shelling along LoC

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Editor

Three civilains including a woman, a Broader Security Forces (BSF) sub inspector, two Army troopers were killed and two others sustained injuries after armies of India and Pakistan exchanged heavy gunfire across the Line of Control in north Kashmir’s frontier sectors- Hajipeer Uri in Baramulla district and Karnah sectors in Kupwara district Friday. Official sources said that Indo-Pak armies exchanged gun fire in Hajipeer sector north Kashmir’s Baramulla district after Pakistani rangers resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation. “A woman from Balkote and three persons from Kamalkote got killed in heavy…

Sheikh Abdullah took 22 years to realize right track, People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration did it in less than a month: Altaf Bukhari

November 13, 2020November 13, 2020 Editor

Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party president Syed Muhammad Atlaf Bukhari Thursday hailed the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) decision of fighting the District Development Council (DDC ) elections stating that it took Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah 22 years to realize the right track and those who are part of the alliance for Gupkar Declaration choose the right path in less than a month which is a welcome development. Mr. Bukhari also welcomed the J-K Panchayat Conference, an amalgam of Sarpanchs and Panchs into the Apni Party fold, led by Shafiq…

Heavy Snow, Rain across J&K and Ladakh from Nov 13 to 15, Predicts IMD

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Editor

The IMD said that an active western disturbance is most likely to affect J&K and Ladakh as well as its surroundings from the evening of November 13 to 15 The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy snow and rain in Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and has issued a warning for air/surface traffic including all highways connecting Kashmir with the country. In the Kashmir Valley, where people are already facing freezing cold, there is a forecast of heavy snowfall and rain in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from Friday. The…

What land laws have been changed in J&K, What govt and parties say?

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Editor

The Ministry of Home Affairs, through an order on October 26, introduced amendments to 14 laws of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and repealed 12 others. What changes have been made to land laws in Jammu and Kashmir?The Ministry of Home Affairs, through an order on October 26, introduced amendments to 14 laws of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, and repealed 12 others. Key amendments were made to four major state laws that governed ownership, sale, and purchase of land in the erstwhile state. These are…

India in historic technical recession, signals RBI in its first-ever nowcast

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Editor

GDP contracted 8.6% in the quarter ended September, the RBI Showed in its first ever published ‘nowcast,’ which is an estimate based on high-frequency data. The economy had slumped about 24% in April to June. India’s economy probably shrank for a second straight quarter, according to a team of economists including Michael Patra, the central bank’s deputy governor in charge of monetary policy, pushing the country into an unprecedented recession. Gross domestic product contracted 8.6% in the quarter ended September, the Reserve Bank of India showed in its first ever…

Will a Biden-Harris administration stand up to Modi’s toxic rule in India?

November 12, 2020November 12, 2020 Editor

Rana Ayyub On Nov. 7, the first woman elected vice president of the United States, Kamala D. Harris, dominated Indian social media, newspapers and television coverage. The daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother was making history and being celebrated as a national icon. Just hours before she took the stage to introduce Joe Biden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted a picture with the president-elect, assuring the world that his presidency will take India-U.S. relations to new heights. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and later…