Army to deploy first Integrated Battle Group along India-Pakistan border
India | September 02, 2019 10:53 ISTAccording to media reports, the Indian Army plans to form and deploy 11 -13 IBGs to protect its western and eastern borders.
According to media reports, the Indian Army plans to form and deploy 11 -13 IBGs to protect its western and eastern borders.
The third official-level meeting between India and Pakistan to decide modalities of the Kartarpur Corridor will take place on September 4 at Attari.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday admitted that the international community was not supporting it on the Kashmir issue, a false rhetoric which is being trumpeted ever since India abrogated Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.
Sri Lanka was forced to clarify its stand on India's move abrogating Article 370 after Pakistan published a misleading statement in the country's name. This is yet another embarrassment for Pakistan, a country which was almost brought to tears for raising Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council, where none backed it.
French President Emmanuel Macron is all for Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Kashmir issue. India and Pakistan should resolve the Kashmir issue bilaterally, Macron said on Thursday after his marathon one-on-one talks with PM Modi. In an indirect jibe at US President Donald Trump, the French President further said that no third party should interfere or incite violence in Kashmir.
United States President Donald Trump has once again offered to mediate on the Kashmir issue, just a day after he spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistan PM Imran Khan.
After a conversation with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, US President Donald Trump dialed Pakistan PM Imran Khan and asked him to "moderate rhetoric" with India over the situation in Jammu and Kashmir in a bid to reduce tensions. This was Trump's second phone call with Imran Khan in less than a week.
The United Nations Security Council on Friday held a rare closed door meeting on Kashmir after India revoked the special status to Jammu and Kashmir, sparking a fresh row with Pakistan. However, Islamabad's move proved to be of no good to them.
After China asked for a "closed consultations" in the UN Security Council to discuss revocation of the special status to Jammu and Kashmir, a US Congresswoman urged India and Pakistan to take this opportunity to protect human rights and promote peace in the region.
Kashmir was never a part of Pakistan or will be a part of it, a controversial Islamic scholar has told Pakistan, asking it to face the situation with "honesty".
Shah Mahmood Quresh went to Pakistan to seek China's support after India revoked Article 370 giving special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
The United States's two powerful Democratic lawmakers have urged Pakistan to refrain from any "retaliatory aggression" against India over the resolution of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir. They have also urged it to take "demonstrable action" against terrorist groups within its territory.
Asserting that China's position on Kashmir was "clear and consistent", Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said the issue is a legacy of history between India and Pakistan, which is also the consensus of the international community. Hua, in a written response to queries on the exchange of fire along the Line of Control and the Indian government's move to revoke Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir, said China is "seriously concerned" about the current situation in Kashmir.
India on Thursday asked Pakistan to grant full consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav at the earliest in "full compliance and conformity" with last week's verdict in his case by the International Court of Justice.
US President Donald Trump on Monday said that he would love to act as a mediator between India and Pakistan over the Kashmir issue.
"NAM needs to be in the vanguard of those addressing the primary issues of our times that cry for global cooperation, rather than become a platform for venting bilateral grievances between members," Syed Akbaruddin, India's Permanent Representative, told the meeting in the Venezuelan capital, Caracas, on Sunday.
The US has welcomed the construction of the Kartarpur corridor to link two Sikh shrines across the border between India and Pakistan, saying it supports anything that increases people-to-people ties between the two countries.
With Pakistan opening its airspace for all commercial airlines on Tuesday morning, Air India said operation costs for one-way US and Europe-bound flights are likely to come down by Rs 20 lakh and Rs 5 lakh, respectively.
Experts from India and Pakistan will meet on Sunday at the Wagah border to discuss the draft agreement for finalising the modalities of the Kartarpur corridor and related technical issues, Pakistan Foreign Office said on Thursday.
Net cross-border infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir has reduced to 43 per cent in the first half of 2019 while the barbed wire fencing along the India-Pakistan border will be completed by March 2020, the Parliament was told on Tuesday.
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