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India ends special status for Muslim-majority region, reiterates its right to Pakistan-controlled Kashmir.
Withdrawal of the U.S. troops from Afghanistan is a matter of great worry for India as Taliban and Al-Qaeda terrorist elements had targeted India many times since the last two decades.
The Indian and Pakistani prime ministers are engaged in the war-of-words over the Kashmir issue, with the latter expressing a desire in his official statement to see Kashmir free of Indian occupation during his life time.
Kashmir got its much awaited all-season-transport media on Wednesday with inauguration of India’s longest rail tunnel link between Banihal and Qazigund regions in the valley.
India remains susceptible to terrorist attacks by transnational terrorist groups like Lashkar-e-Taiba, a U.S. report said.
The Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir state, Omar Abdullah tweeted, “ 7 children & 2 teachers reported injured in 3 different schools. Some damage to structures in the region of Doda, Gandoh & Badarwah.”
The ancient Buddhist site, Ambaran, dating back to 2nd century B.C. to 7th century A.D., is located near the Jammu region of India. The Srinagar Circle of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) carried out excavations for two seasons between 1999 to 2001 and 2008 to 2010, making it one of the latest Buddhist site discovered by the ASI.
