Day: August 5, 2019

RS approves resolution on J&K

New Delhi, Aug 5: Rajya Sabha on Monday approved a resolution abrogating Article 370 for Jammu and Kashmir and a bill to bifurcate the state into two union territories with Home Minister Amit Shah saying the controversial provisions were responsible for poverty and lack of development in the state. […]

Ecological land grab: food vs fuel vs forests

The overlapping crises of climate change, mass species extinction, and an unsustainable global food system are on a collision course towards what might best be called an ecological land grab. Coping with each of these problems will require a different way of using of Earth’s lands, and as […]

Indian cabinet meets after imposing security clampdown in Kashmir

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a security cabinet meeting Monday, hours after his government ordered a lockdown in disputed Kashmir, cutting phone and internet links and putting local politicians under house arrest. New Delhi has said the sweeping clampdown, enforced by tens of thousands of military reinforcements, […]

India abolishes Kashmir’s special autonomy

The Indian government on Monday stripped Kashmir of the special autonomy it has had for seven decades, prompting a furious response from nuclear-armed rival Pakistan and raising fears of further violence in the Muslim-majority Himalayan region. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party rushed through a presidential decree […]

Pakistan says India has taken ‘illegal steps’ in scrapping special status for Kashmir

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan said on Monday it “strongly condemns” India’s decision to revoke the special status for its portion of the Kashmir region claimed by both countries. India on Monday revoked the special status of Kashmir in a bid to fully integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the […]

Factbox: Kashmir’s history – India’s revoking of special status in context

SRINAGAR – The Indian government on Monday revoked the special status of Kashmir in a bid to fully integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the rest of the country, the most far-reaching move on the troubled Himalayan territory in nearly seven decades. Some political leaders in Kashmir warned […]

India scraps special status for Kashmir amid crackdown

NEW DELHI – India on Monday revoked the special status of Kashmir in a bid to fully integrate its only Muslim-majority region with the rest of the country, the most far-reaching political move on the troubled Himalayan territory in nearly seven decades. Home Minister Amit Shah told parliament […]

Govt’s decision on Article 370 as a “betrayal of trust”: Omar Abdullah

New Delhi, Aug 5: Terming the government’s move on Article 370 “unilateral and shocking”, former chief minister and National Conference leader Omar Abdullah said it was a total “betrayal of trust” of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.  Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday moved a resolution in both […]

Delhi metro put on high alert

New Delhi, Aug 5: A ‘high alert’ has been sounded in the Delhi metro network in the wake of the developments related to Kashmir and the forthcoming Independence Day celebrations, officials said on Monday. A fresh advisory has been issued, over an existing one, to ensure that no untoward […]

SC directs Unnao rape survivor to be airlifted to Delhi

New Delhi, Aug 5: The Supreme Court directed on Monday that the Unnao rape survivor, who suffered critical injuries when her car was hit by a truck last week, be airlifted from Lucknow and brought to New Delhi for better treatment at the AIIMS. Minutes before the direction, the […]

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