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Kashmir: Centre to wait for cessation of violence

Sep 9, 2016 - 9:27 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Centre’s next political course in Jammu and Kashmir will entirely depend on the drop in number of incidents of clashes and complete cessation of violence. No fresh initiative is likely till […]

WHISTLING IN THE DARK: The new groupthink in Kashmir is misconceived

Sep 9, 2016 - 8:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Three weeks after the Americans had elected him as their next President, Barack Obama met a group of reporters and shared his thoughts on pitfalls of decision-making. In the course of that interaction, he made […]

Rajnath Singh says Syed Geelani betrayed ‘Kashmiriyat’ as peace bid fails

Sep 6, 2016 - 11:20 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Srinagar — Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Sept. 5 hit out at Kashmiri separatist leaders who refused to talk to some MPs from an all-party team, saying their conduct defied the spirit of “Kashmiriyat.” The […]

Union home minister Rajnath Singh and Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti interact with media during a press conference in Srinagar. Photo courtesy: PTI

KASHMIR UNREST: MEHBOOBA WALKS OUT OF PRESS MEET WITH RAJNATH

Aug 26, 2016 - 8:25 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SRINAGAR (TIP): Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti walked out of a press conference with Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday even as the Centre promised an alternative to pellet guns that have […]

AmeriCares India's Dr. Swati Jha examines a flood survivor in Assam on August 4, 2016. | Photo Courtesy of AmeriCares India.

AmeriCares Responding to India Floods

Aug 19, 2016 - 8:34 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

STAMFORD, CT (TIP): AmeriCares is deploying medical teams to Assam and Bihar, where relentless flooding has killed more than 90 people and forced nearly 1 million into relief camps. The first teams, organized by the […]

Talk is not sedition: Case against Amnesty International premature

Aug 19, 2016 - 8:28 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

A case of sedition has been registered against Amnesty International India in Bangalore after it organized an event to highlight alleged human rights violations in Kashmir. Charges under the very ambiguous Section 124-A of the IPC have […]

LECTURER DIES IN ARMY CUSTODY IN J&K

Aug 19, 2016 - 6:34 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SRINAGAR (TIP): The army ordered a probe on Thursday, Aug 18, into the death of a 30-year-old college lecturer who was allegedly beaten to death in its custody after being picked up from his home […]

Indian Defense Minister Compares Pakistan to Hell

Aug 18, 2016 - 11:03 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Amid escalating tension between New Delhi and Islamabad over the ongoing violence in the Kashmir Valley, Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar said Aug. 16 here that going to Pakistan was the same as going to hell. […]

Amid Kashmir Stand-Off, Jaishankar Accepts Pakistan’s Invite for Talks

Aug 18, 2016 - 11:01 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI – Amid escalating bilateral tension over the unrest in Kashmir Valley, India Aug. 17 said that Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar will go to Islamabad for talks with his Pakistani counterpart, but will focus […]

Mehbooba Mufti in Delhi To Discuss Kashmir Situation with Rajnath Singh

Aug 8, 2016 - 9:07 am EDT @theindpanorama Comments Off

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday, August 8, met Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to discuss the situation in Kashmir while the opposition has demanded a discussion in parliament on the ongoing […]

Another SAARC farce: Much ado about nothing in Islamabad

Aug 5, 2016 - 7:19 am EDT @theindpanorama Comments Off

Another ministerial meeting of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has come and gone, this time in Islamabad, with people of its eight-member nations none the wiser about the purpose of the get-together. The […]

Kashmir Turmoil: Demystifying a few Myths

Aug 4, 2016 - 8:20 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

“”With the death toll rising daily in the Valley, it is no time to get involved in blame game. Deaths both of civilians and Security Forces (SF) personnel need condemnation by one and all. It […]

Ekal Vidyalaya’s Phenomenal Fund-Raising Success in 2016

Jul 29, 2016 - 11:38 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW YORK (TIP): As India is emerging as an economic power on the world stage, there is another contrarian reality by its side which is quite unsettling. Even in this technologically advance new millennium, there […]

Pakistani campaign looks to drag Indian celebs into Kashmir row

Jul 29, 2016 - 10:46 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): A Pakistani organization has launched a graphic online campaign on the Kashmir issue, attempting to drag Indian celebrities into the controversy by using their morphed images. The campaign comes at a time […]

SECURITY FORCES WERE UNAWARE OF WANI’S PRESENCE: MEHBOOBA

Jul 29, 2016 - 9:51 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SRINAGAR (TIP): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on July 28 claimed that the security forces were unaware of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani’s presence at the scene of the July 8 encounter. “How […]

AMID INDIA-PAK TENSION, RAJNATH SINGH TO VISIT ISLAMABAD NEXT WEEK

Jul 29, 2016 - 9:43 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): Home minister Rajnath Singh will visit Islamabad on August 3 and 4 to attend the meeting of home ministers and interior ministers of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc)?nations. This will […]

INDIA ASKS PAKISTAN TO VACATE POK

Jul 23, 2016 - 5:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

NEW DELHI (TIP): India on July 21 (Thursday)accused Pakistan of providing state support to terrorists and asked the neighbouring country to vacate the territories it has been illegally occupying in Kashmir. New Delhi issued a strong […]

An Indian soldier being beaten with sticks by goons in Kashmir

Let us stand by our soldiers in Kashmir

Jul 22, 2016 - 5:25 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

A few days ago, a picture was posted on Facebook showing a young CRPF jawan lying on the ground being kicked by gloating hooligans who believe they have the right to treat our security forces […]

Pakistan Shouldn’t Glorify Terrorism: Shashi Tharoor

Jul 22, 2016 - 4:40 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

On Thursday, July 21, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor regarded Sartaj Aziz’s statement over Kashmir unrest as a disappointing one. Advisor to the Pakistan Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Sartaj Aziz said that Pakistan is drawing people’s […]

Picture shows protesters clashing with police at Batamallo in Srinagar. Photo courtesy Nissar Ahmed

The Cynical Assumptions of Delhi – AS I SEE IT

Jul 15, 2016 - 9:19 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

A 21-year-old Kashmiri militant commander, Burhan Wani, was killed by security forces on Friday, July 8. The immediate reaction to Burhan’s killing was an immense outpouring of grief, which then morphed into protests. These protests generated a […]

PM Modi Reviews Kashmir Situation, Appeals for Peace

Jul 13, 2016 - 9:02 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, July 12, held a high-level meeting over the violence in Jammu and Kashmir, which has claimed 33 lives, and appealed for calm even as curfew continued for the fourth consecutive day […]

KASHMIR ON BOIL AFTER FACE OF MILITANCY, BURHAN WANI, SHOT DEAD

Jul 10, 2016 - 5:13 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

SRINAGAR (TIP): Protests erupted across Kashmir on July 8 after Burhan Wani, the 22-year-old Hizbul Mujahideen commander who was tagged as the poster boy on social media of militancy in the Valley, was shot dead […]

PM Narendra Modi had endorsed former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee's mantra of jambhooriyat, insaniyat and Kashmiriyat that had struck a chord in Kashmir. Two years on, the hype is yet to get translated into action.

Modi’s Kashmir score card: Do walk the talk

May 27, 2016 - 9:30 am EDT The Indian Panorama Staff - TIP Bureau 0

Kashmir is a difficult and challenging terrain for any Prime Minister of the country. It builds personalities who seize opportunities and introduce appealing concepts of their respective brand of politics in a bold fashion- as did […]

Hemant was long recognized as an extraordinary chef. And today, he is recognized as a chef-entrepreneur who owns six restaurants in New York City

New York based Michelin-star chef Hemant Mathur turns a restaurant baron

Apr 15, 2016 - 12:22 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

With six restaurants in his pocket the Michelin Star chef is now certainly a restaurant baron. When this man landed in New York 22 years ago with his Indian culinary expertise, he had a tough […]

Bodies of two Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed during an encounter in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir. ANI photo

Two top militants of Hizbul killed in Shopian encounter

Apr 7, 2016 - 2:21 am EDT @theindpanorama 0

Two top Hizbul Mujahideen militants, including a former policeman, were killed on Thursday in a gunbattle with security forces in Shopian district of south Kashmir. An encounter broke out between security forces and militants in […]

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