Last week Tajikistan witnessed a flurry of Indian leaders’ visit. Soon after President Ram Nath Kovind’s standalone three-day visit to the Central Asian country from October 7 to 9, the landlocked nation with its border touching Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) hosted External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on its soil on[Read More…]
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Army chief warns Pakistan of second surgical strike if needed
Army chief General Bipin Rawat warned that surgical strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) can occur again if the neighboring nation “does not behave”. He said that the surgical strikes last year were meant to send a message to Pakistan. “Surgical strikes were a message that we wanted to communicate, and[Read More…]
PoK surgical strike was result of an ‘insulting question’: Manohar Parrikar
On Friday, Former defence minister and Goa Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, said an ‘insulting’ question by a television anchor to Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore after the 2015 anti-insurgency operation along the Myanmar border prompted him to plan last year’s ‘surgical strikes’ in PoK. Speaking before a gathering of industrialists in the[Read More…]
UP: This village in UP to be renamed as “PoK”, know why!
Lacking most basic facilities and with very little of the government’s attention, a village in Uttar Pradesh’s Kanpur district have found an innovative way to protest against the ignorance. They have decided to rename Simmranpur as PoK or Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, saying their situation is no better. Villagers complain Simmranpur, which[Read More…]
J&K: 12-year-old boy detained by army near LoC
A 12-year-old boy from Pakistan- occupied Kashmir (PoK) has been detained on Saturday by the Indian Army after he crossed over the Indian territory along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district, Jammu and Kashmir. “A patrol of the Indian Army along the Line of Control (LoC) apprehended a[Read More…]
J&K: Arms loaded truck barred from cross-LoC trade
The police removed arms including a Chinese pistol, two magazines with 14 rounds, four AK magazines with 120 rounds and two Chinese grenades from the truck bearing registration number JK03B 1586 on Thursday evening. The truck was returning from Chikoti in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after it had dropped a consignment of[Read More…]
Pak will pay heavily, India has suffered enough in silence: Jaitley
In a stern warning, union minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said if Pakistan inflicts injuries on India, the costs are going to be far heavier for them asserting that there is a shift in India’s approach towards dealing with cross-border tensions as it has “suffered enough in silence” for Pakistan’s[Read More…]
Pakistan still in anaesthesia after surgery, says Manohar Parrikar
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar on Saturday compared Pakistan’s condition to an “anaesthetised patient” after a surgery and said like Hanuman Indian Army has recognised its prowess. “Pakistan’s condition after the surgical strikes is like that of an anaesthetised patient after a surgery who doesn’t know that the surgery has already[Read More…]
Surgical strikes: The much used hushed up tactic brought recently into light
The Indian army conducted surgical strikes across LoC in wee hours of Thursday and destroyed seven terror launch pads. In an operation which was covert, swift and effective the army used its newest entrant into the battle field -surgical striking. These are used when the army hopes to fight low-intensity[Read More…]
Want Lok Sabha seats in PoK, Gilgit: BJP MP
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey has demanded introduction of a bill announcing Lok Sabha seats from PoK and Gilgit. Amidst the entire political row over Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mention of Balochistan in his Independence Day speech, he said ““I want government to introduce a bill announcing Lok Sabha seats from[Read More…]
“Mum on Kashmir, High on Pakistan,” Prime Minister on Independence Day
Addressing the nation from Red Fort to commemorate the 70th year of Independence, Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi hoisted the flag at the Red Fort post among a crowd of people comprising school students, dignitaries and professors on August 15. While listing out his government’s achievements in two years, he also minced no words[Read More…]
PoK an integral part of India: PM Modi
Prime Minister Modi, announced in the all-party meeting on Friday that Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir is a part of Jammu and Kashmir. He also added that “there can’t be any compromise on national security but we have to win confidence of people” while chairing the meeting. Former PM Manmohan Singh assured “full-cooperation” by Congress party.[Read More…]