Mehbooba refers to Afghanistan situation to ask govt to restore J&K special status, draws flak

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PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday asked the Centre to take a lesson out of Afghanistan where the Taliban seized power and made the US flee, and urged the government to hold dialogue in Jammu and Kashmir and return its special status which was revoked in 2019. Mehbooba’s remarks drew a sharp reaction from the … Read more

India seeks to probe JeM’s Pulwama link, drafting a letter rogatory

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NEW DELHI: Two years after the Pulwama attack, India plans to seek a probe into the bank accounts, phone records and video messages exchanged between Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) top leadership in Pakistan with the attackers. A letter rogatory (LR) being drafted by the National Investigation Agency mentions bank transfer from Pakistan’s Meezan Bank and Allied Bank, … Read more

Placing blocks & holds on listing requests without any rhyme or reason must end: India at UNSC

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UNITED NATIONS: India on Tuesday told the UN Security Council that the practice of placing blocks and holds without “any rhyme or reason” on requests to designate terrorists and terror groups must end, an apparent reference to China which had repeatedly blocked New Delhi’s bids to designate Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global … Read more