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Six killed in Kashmir ahead of Indias Independence Day

Six killed in Kashmir ahead of Indias Independence Day Six people, including three suspected Pakistani rebels, were killed in fresh violence in Kashmir ahead of Indias Independence Day later this week, the army and police said Sunday. The three Pakistani militants were killed during a gunbattle that erupted when troops laid a cordon around a village on a tip-off late Saturday, said spokesman Colonel Hemant Joneja. Fighting erupted after Indian troops, backed by counter-insurgency police, raided a hide-out in the village of Ringpait, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir. The slain militants are

Separate civil, military N-facilities, India told

Separate civil, military N-facilities, India told The US Congress will pass the Indo-US nuclear deal after it gets concrete evidence of a marked delineation of India’s civil and military nuclear facilities, Mr Dan Burton, leader of a visiting seven-member congressional delegation, said today. Mr Burton, an “India baiter”, said at a joint press conference with the congressional leaders — Republican as well as Democrat — that he had fallen in love with India and that the human rights situation in the Kashmir valley had “considerably improved”. He said he had always felt that the Kashmir situation should be addressed and now it was

India using 11/7 to shy away from peace talks

India using 11/7 to shy away from peace talks Blaming India for putting talks with Pakistan on hold after the Mumbai blasts, separatist leader Shabir Shah on Sunday said that New Delhi was under pressure from international community to carry forward the dialogue process to find a lasting solution to the Kashmir imbroglio. Though the Mumbai train blasts are condemnable, making them a reason to put talks with Pakistan on hold shows Indias lack of seriousness to solve the Kashmir issue, Shah, also the Democratic Freedom Party president, said. He also urged the Indian government to make use of Pakistans offer for

Pakistan and India Ready for Talks After Landmark Year in Bilateral Relations

Pakistan and India Ready for Talks After Landmark Year in Bilateral Relations India and Pakistan are preparing for their third round of peace talks in just over a year.The summit, scheduled for January 17 in New Delhi, is expected to focus on the most difficult of issues: the long-running dispute over Kashmir. Landmark cooperation between the nuclear-armed rivals over the past year has leaders on both sides hopeful as they contemplate the new talks. Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasheem Aslam says her government is cautiously optimistic about this month's summit with India. "Naturally we are dealing with some complex issues, and expectations

Raj Thackeray’s fate held up by India-SA ODI

Raj Thackeray's fate held up by India-SA ODI Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray on Monday held discussions with senior party leaders at his residence on the crisis in the party after youth leader Raj Thackeray quit all party posts to protest his ''marginalisation by the coterie surrounding his cousin and Sena's executive president Uddhav Thackeray.'' However, no decision was taken, as most of the party leaders were busy watching the crucial last India-South Africa one-day match being played here. Those privy to deliberations said two hours after the meeting began at Matoshree at around 1200 hrs, Sena leaders started leaving the place one