New Delhi: Indian Army will not let China change the status quo along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) “unilaterally” and its current deployment along the frontier was not seen before, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday, rejecting Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s criticism of the government’s handling of the border row. Jaishankar said […]
New Delhi: Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday demanded a debate on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the Lok Sabha, saying innocent citizens were losing their lives in the valley. Raising the matter as the House took up “issues of urgent public importance”, Chowdhury said, “Innocent civilians are losing lives in Jammu […]
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) president Vikar Rasool Wani on Monday said former chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad should be stripped of his Padma award for “compromising national security.” Former Congress leader and Democratic Azad Party chief Azad had recently said that when he was the J-K chief minister, he had informed […]
Srinagar: PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the claim made by the government about heavy investment flow into Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 is a “lie”. “Despite GOIs tall claims of heavy investment flow into J&K post abrogation of Article 370, the figures presented by them in the Parliament prove […]
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Sunday said the recent militant threats to Kashmiri Pandit employees in the valley belie the government’s claims of normalcy. A blog linked to The Resistance Front (TRF), an offshoot of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, has released separate lists of Kashmiri Pandit employees who were recruited under the Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation Package […]
New Delhi: Bravery and valour displayed by the armed forces during the Galwan valley clashes and the recent face-off in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh is commendable and no amount of praise for them is enough, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday. In an address at industry chamber FICCI, Singh also said that […]
New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi is not only insulting the Indian Army but also damaging the country’s image, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Saturday, hitting out at the Congress leader for his remarks on China and the Army. While noting that Yangtse area in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tawang is “fully secured now” due to “adequate deployment” […]
New Delhi: BJP president JP Nadda accused Rahul Gandhi of speaking the language of China and Pakistan and of “again lowering the morale of our armed forces”. “This raises question mark about his patriotism. He had also questioned surgical strikes and Balakot air strikes. It is a sad reflection of his metal bankruptcy,” Nadda said. […]
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not allowing a discussion in Parliament on the situation along the border with China and asked why he was not taking the nation into confidence in the matter. His attack on the government came days after Indian Army personnel clashed with Chinese soldiers […]
Jammu: The president of the Tibetan government-in-exile, Penpa Tsering, on Saturday said China’s aggression against India is the outcome of its “feeling of insecurity” and aimed at establishing its hegemony in Asia. The Tibetan leader was in Jammu as the chief guest at a two-day national working committee meet-cum-seminar of the Bharat Tibet Sangh, organised […]