Pak to observe ‘Kashmir Hour’; sirens to blare across country

Pakistan has come up with a new plan to draw world attention at Kashmir following India’s move to defang Article 370, scrap Article 35A and bifurcate Jammu & Kashmir into two Union territories. It announced that “Kashmir Hour” will be observed in Pakistan to show solidarity with Kashmiris. Read More
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India not to share Indus hydrological data with Pakistan

Amidst high diplomatic tensions between the two countries, India has decided to stop sharing hydrological data with Pakistan and told the neighbouring country that it would provide information only on “extraordinary discharges and flood flows”. Read More
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Trump calls Modi, PM tells him Pakistan’s rhetoric isn’t helping

Amid rising India-Pakistan tension following India’s defanging of Article 370 and Article 35A granting special status to Jammu & Kashmir, the US president, Donald Trump, called the prime minister, Narendra Modi. Read More
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Kashmir decision: New Delhi sensitizes key world capitals

Considering the depth of the decision taken about removing the special status granted to Jammu & Kashmir and also withdrawal of Article 35A, the government has readily apprised the key countries including the United States, China, United Kingdom, France and Russia. Read More
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Govt’s J&K decision expected to be challenged in Supreme Court

The opposition vehemently objected to the Centre’s decision to defang Article 370 and scrap 35A of the Constitution and making Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh two separate Union territories and has warned the government for dangerous fallout. Read More
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Now, all Indian laws will be applicable to J&K and Ladakh

With the decision of withdrawal of special status and designate J&K as a Union territory, taken by the central government, on Monday, all the laws that are applicable elsewhere in the country, will now be applicable in J&K also. Read More
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J&K’s Article 370 ‘scrapped’; RS passes bill to split state into 2 UTs

Amit Shah, the Union home minister, announced in Rajya Sabha, that the special status given to the state of Jammu & Kashmir has been scrapped after modifying Article 370 of the Constitution through a presidential order. Read More
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Following ICJ ruling, Pakistan to grant consular access Kulbhushan

Pakistan has announced that it will grant consular access to the death-row prisoner Kulbhushan Jadhav, a day after the International Court of Justice directed Pakistan to immediately inform Jadhav about his rights and provide him consular access. Read More
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Terror financing: Pakistan books Saeed, India says ‘seen it all before’

In the wake of growing international pressure on Pakistan to act against money laundering and terrorism financing, Pakistani authorities announced that the Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Saeed and his 12 accomplices have been booked for financing terror. Read More
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‘Record haul’: 600kg of drugs worth ₹2,700cr seized in Punjab

In a major breakthrough, the customs department has seized 532kg of suspected heroin and 52kg of suspected mixed narcotics worth ₹2,700 crore that was smuggled in to India from Pakistan in a truck through Attari border trade route in Punjab. Read More
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