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Garcetti: Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved by India and Pakistan, Not Third Party

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Garcetti: Kashmir Issue Must Be Resolved by India and Pakistan, Not Third Party

US ambassador to India Eric Garcetti was responding to questions on US ambassador to Pakistan Donald Blome’s multi-day visit to Gilgit-Baltistan Days after the US envoy to Pakistan made a low-profile visit to Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), the US ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, said on Tuesday that the Kashmir issue can only be resolved by New Delhi and Islamabad. Donald Blome, the US ambassador to Pakistan, made a multi-day visit to Gilgit-Baltistan that concluded on Sunday. He toured different parts of the strategic region and met several officials,…

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Freed after four years, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq reaffirms Hurriyat’s commitment to peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue

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Freed after four years, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq reaffirms Hurriyat's commitment to peaceful resolution of Kashmir issue

The Mirwaiz criticised the reading down of Article 370 saying it was an assault on Kashmiri identity, adding harsh and unilateral decisions of disempowerment were taken by the administration. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chairman of the Hurriyat Conference, made his first public appearance following his release and reiterated the separatist amalgam’s stance on the resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir issue. He emphasized the necessity for dialogue and peaceful means to resolve the long-standing conflict. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq also highlighted the people of Kashmir’s commitment to peaceful coexistence among different…

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India’s Union minister delivers chilling warning to Pakistan: Your children will be raised by someone else if you go to war

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India's Union minister delivers chilling warning to Pakistan: Your children will be raised by someone else if you go to war

India has seen war and does not want war but if you go to war with India, someone else will raise your children, Rajeev Chandrasekhar tweeted. Amid the ongoing operations of the security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag, Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar issued a strong warning to India’s enemies as he said if anyone goes to war with India, their children will be raised by someone else. “India has seen war and does not want war but if you go to war with India, someone else will raise your…

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Kashmir leaders slam BJP for ‘Peddling Lies’ in Supreme Court hearing on Article 370

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Kashmir leaders slam BJP for 'Peddling Lies' in Supreme Court hearing on Article 370

Political parties and leader across Jammu and Kashmir have expressed their disappointment in the submissions by the Union government in the Supreme Court (SC) on Thursday. After solicitor general Tushar Mehta submitted in the apex court that the Union government is ready for elections at any time in J&K but cannot provide a timeline for restoration of its statehood, former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti accused the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre of peddling lies before the SC. National Conference (NC), Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), People’s…

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Restoration of J&K’s Special Status more important than Statehood: PDP

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Restoration of J&K's Special Status more important than Statehood: PDP

Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday said that the important issue of Jammu and Kashmir is the snatching away of its special status by abrogation of Article 370 and not the restoration of statehood. PDP chief spokesperson Suhail Bukhari said that the Bharatiya Janata Party government wants to shift the conversation towards statehood and other smaller issues to deviate them from the validity of constitutional changes brought about by the abrogation of Article 370. “We used to talk about the solution of Jammu and Kashmir issue, then they took away special…

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