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Formation of J&K and Ladakh UTs 'unlawful and void', says China; India slams Beijing, says bifurcation of state internal affair, stay out of it
•India on Thursday hit back at China over its objection to the bifurcation of J&K into two Union Territories, saying the reorganisation is entirely its internal affair and it does not expect other countries to comment on such matters
EU MPs' Kashmir visit: Congress asks how 'international business broker' Madi Sharma has access to PMO while farmers, unemployed youth don't
•The Congress on Wednesday questioned how an "international business broker" like Madi Sharma, who is alleged to have organised the private visit of European Union parliamentarians to Kashmir, have access to the Prime Minister's Office
Terrorists shoot dead five migrant labourers in Jammu and Kashmir: Killings reminiscent of 1990s, but militants also resorting to new strategies
Fp Staff •Terrorists in the Kashmir Valley have repeatedly attacked people from other states over the past three decades.
Manmohan Singh to attend Kartarpur Corridor inauguration on 9 November as common man, says Pakistan's Shah Mahmood Qureshi
•Pakistan foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has said that former Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh would attend the Kartarpur Corridor inauguration ceremony on 9 November as a common man.
Manmohan Singh to visit Sri Kartarpur Gurdwara in Pakistan on Amarinder Singh's invite on 9 November
Fp Staff •The news comes after reports that Pakistan too had invited Manmohan Singh to attend the inaugural ceremony of the landmark Kartarpur Corridor in November
Inviting ex-PM Manmohan Singh instead of Narendra Modi for inauguration of Kartarpur Corridor is latest instance of Pakistan's mischief
Fp Staff •Recently, Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has announced his decision to formally invite former prime minister Manmohan Singh, instead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to attend the inaugural ceremony of the landmark Kartarpur Corridor in November
US presses New Delhi to ease restriction in Kashmir, says Donald Trump is 'willing to mediate' to lower tensions between India-Pakistan
•The United States wants New Delhi to quickly ease restrictions imposed in Kashmir, a senior official said on Thursday, declaring Donald Trump's willingness to mediate to ease tensions between India and Pakistan over the territory
Caught between diplomatic skirmishes of India and Pakistan, Kashmiris respond with eerie calm that benefits neither
Rayan Naqash •While the situation in Kashmir is not good enough for India to project peace and claim the people’s confidence in its rule, it's not bad enough for Pakistan to corner India diplomatically and highlight popular resistance to New Delhi's rule
'Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir is part of India,' says MEA: A look at region's origin, history and geopolitical importance
Fp Staff •Amid rising rhetoric on Kashmir from both sides of the Line of Control, India on Tuesday said that Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) is a part of the country and New Delhi expects to have "physical jurisdiction" over the area "one day".
Narendra Modi govt has managed Kashmir well so far, but litmus test will come when restrictions are relaxed
Sreemoy Talukdar •What Narendra Modi will ultimately be judged on is his willingness to preserve and indeed enhance the ordinary Kashmiri’s dignity.