US, UK try to act peaceniks

US says it is trying to find common ground between India and Pakistan

Washington/London: The United States is trying to find a common ground between India and Pakistan, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said, describing Kashmir as a long-standing battle between the two South Asian neighbours. Pompeo cited the India-Pak dispute and the Israeli conflict as recent examples of America’s negotiating diplomatic skills, about which he […]

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar objects to abrogate article 35A, 370

Patna: The JD(U) has strongly objected to fresh hankering in some quarters to abrogate Articles 35A and 370 of the Constitution, warning that any “tinkering” with these provisions for Jammu and Kashmir would be “detrimental to the national unity and integrity.” The Janata Dal (United), which is headed by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and […]

Kartarpur draft agreement: Pak team to visit India on March 14

Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday informed India that its delegation will visit New Delhi on March 14 to discuss a draft agreement on the Kartarpur corridor, a positive development that could help ease tensions between the two neighbours. Foreign Office spokesman Mohammad Faisal, who is also the Director General South Asia & SAARC, invited India’s acting […]

Shutdown call by trade body evokes mixed response

Srinagar: Normal life was hit partially in the Valley on Tuesday due to a strike called by the traders’ community to protest against the extension of central laws to Jammu and Kashmir and the ban on Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir. Shops and other business establishments remained closed in Kashmir due to the strike called by […]

Cross-LoC trade through Kaman post resumes

Srinagar: The cross-LoC trade on Srinagar-Muzaffarabad road resumed on Tuesday after it was suspended last week following an aerial engagement between the air forces of India and Pakistan. As many as 70 trucks crossed the Kaman Post in Uri sector on the LoC as part of the barter trade between the divided parts of Kashmir […]

Pulwama, Balakot being politicized, says Omar

Srinagar: NC leader Omar Abdullah said Tuesday the opposition parties need to switch strategies by focussing on issues such as rural distress and unemployment in order to deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi the space to “politicise” the Pulwama terror attack and the Balakot air strike. The Indian air strike at a Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) camp in […]