Pakistan closes a corridor of its air space for India

Pakistan has once again closed a corridor in its airspace in a move that will result in an additional 12 minutes of flying time for overseas flights from India, a spokesman of state-owned Air India official says.
8 August 2019, 07:21 AM

Delhi airport on high alert; domestic flyers urged to report 3 hours before departure

The Government has put Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport on high alert in the wake of recent developments in Jammu and Kashmir and the Independence Day celebrations.
8 August 2019, 07:08 AM

India urges Pak to review decision to downgrade ties over Kashmir move

India has asked Pakistan to review its decision to downgrade bilateral diplomatic relations after its decisions on Kashmir.
8 August 2019, 07:07 AM

Over 500 detained as Indian Kashmir seethes under lockdown

More than 500 people have been rounded up in the latest crackdown in Indian Kashmir which has been on the edge since the right-wing government revoked its autonomy, reports say.
8 August 2019, 06:54 AM

Modi's high-stakes gamble with Kashmir: Experts

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's strongarm move to tighten control on Muslim-majority Kashmir is a gamble that could trigger conflict with Pakistan and re-ignite an insurgency that has already cost tens of thousands of lives, experts warn.
8 August 2019, 04:49 AM

Pakistan expels Indian envoy, suspends trade over Kashmir

Pakistan announces that it is expelling the Indian High Commissioner and suspending bilateral trade with its nuclear-armed neighbour, days after New Delhi stripped the disputed Kashmir region of its special autonomy.
7 August 2019, 14:17 PM

Indian PM, president pay last tributes to Sushma Swaraj

Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among the leaders who paid their last respects today to former External Affairs Minister and senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj who died here of a massive cardiac arrest last night.
7 August 2019, 05:43 AM

Senior BJP leader and former foreign minister Sushma Swaraj passes away

Former Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, also a senior leader of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), passes away aged 67.
6 August 2019, 18:16 PM

Life after Article 370

It was a dramatic momentous Monday for Jammu and Kashmir. In one go, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led Indian government put the militancy-hit state in a new template of its future journey along a path that is set to be very different from the one it has treaded for the last seven decades since the accession of the princely state to India after Partition in 1947.
6 August 2019, 18:00 PM

India hails 'historic' Kashmir rule, Pakistan vows to back region

India's government hails "historic" legislation to bring Kashmir under its direct control, as Pakistan vows to back the Muslim-majority region and challenge the divisive move which has seen tensions soar.
6 August 2019, 15:00 PM

Abolition of Article 370 sparks fears among north-east Indian states

The abolition of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir has sparked apprehensions in north eastern Indian states as the next Article 371 contains special provisions for them relating to sale and transfer of land and distinctive social and religious practices.
6 August 2019, 08:29 AM

'#RedForKashmir': Social media users show solidarity with citizens

As the Indian Government on Monday abrogated constitutional provisions that give Indian-occupied Kashmir special rights, a number of Twitter hashtags popped up in solidarity with the people of the valley.
6 August 2019, 08:27 AM

'Article 370 was elephant in the room, prevented curbing terrorism'

The Indian government said that removing Article 370 was necessary as it had led to terrorism and came in the way of curbing corruption in Jammu and Kashmir.
6 August 2019, 04:38 AM

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

Pakistan says it “strongly condemns” India’s decision to revoke the special status for its portion of the Kashmir region claimed by both countries.
5 August 2019, 10:05 AM

Kashmir's history: India's revoking of special status in context

The Indian government has 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.
5 August 2019, 09:29 AM

India scraps Article 370 which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir

In a landmark decision, the Bharatiya Janata Party government headed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced that Article 370 of the Constitution, which grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir state, has been removed.
5 August 2019, 07:45 AM

In Kashmir, leaders put under ‘house arrest’, schools shut, internet snapped

Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir place large parts of the disputed region under lockdown while India sends in tens of thousands of additional troops and trades accusations of clashes with Pakistan at their de facto border.
5 August 2019, 04:30 AM

PM to visit India in Oct: Momen

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is going to India in October this year to improve further the bilateral relations between the two friendly neighbours.
4 August 2019, 16:19 PM

ISRO releases images of Earth taken from space by Chandrayaan 2

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) releases five images of the Earth taken by Chandrayaan 2, the country’s second unmanned lunar mission, two weeks after its launch.
4 August 2019, 14:03 PM

India to document 'usual residents' across country

While the National Register of Citizen (NRC) in Assam is still mired in controversy, the Indian government has decided to go for a country-wide documentation of persons “usually residing” in India.
4 August 2019, 09:22 AM