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Stephen Biegun, Deputy Secretary of State AMBASSADOR VERMA:   Thank you, Mahesh, and for all the great work that GE has done over the years in India.  And Mr. Secretary, thank you for being with us, thank you for your leadership, your service on North Korea, and now as Deputy Secretary.  As Mahesh mentioned, you were a key member of the National Security Council staff for President Bush 43, and were – and a key fixture in the House and Senate as well, where we got to work closely together when you worked for Senator Frist nearly 18 years ago, and of course your time in private industry. So no one is better suited to be the Deputy Secretary at this time.  I also know how much you value the U.S.-India partnership, and we’ve talked about that over the years.  And I’m really proud that in these highly polarized times, you and I have remained exceptionally good friends and colleagues, as well.  Grateful for your service and I’m grateful for your friendship. M...

Four senior Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leaders on Monday asked authorities to allow them to meet the party's incarcerated president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, who... Read full article

Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Nowshera sector of Rajouri district on Monday. Read full article

Pakistan initiated an unprovoked ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in the Nowshera sector of Rajouri district on Monday. Read full article

Terrorists threw a grenade at a police chowki (post) near a bus stand today in Sopore in Baramulla, Jammu and Kashmir, the police said. Read full article

Six civilians were injured after a terrorist threw a grenade at an Army convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla on Monday Read full article

The Delimitation Commission, set up to redraw the constituencies of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, will visit the north-eastern states and the Union Territory after... Read full article

Reacting sharply to Pakistan hailing the recent Gupkar Declaration in which six political parties of Jammu and Kashmir vowed to fight collectively against the abrogation of Article 370, National... Read full article

Reacting sharply to Pakistan hailing the recent Gupkar Declaration in which six political parties of Jammu and Kashmir vowed to fight collectively against the abrogation of Article 370, National... Read full article

A Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) of the Army was killed on Sunday in firing by Pakistani troops along the Line of Control (LoC) in Rajouri district of Jammu and Kashmir, a defence spokesman said.... Read full article

Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday announced Rs 50 lakh compensation and a government job to the family of sepoy Prashant Sharma, who lost his life in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama on... Read full article

The Shri Mata Vaishno Devi (SMVD) Shrine Board in Jammu and Kashmir's Katra is set to deliver Prasad to devotees through speed post after an agreement was entered with the Department of Posts on... Read full article

A policeman died in the line of duty and three terrorists were shot dead in an overnight encounter near Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir. The gun-battle broke out after a joint team of J&K police and the... Read full article

The Border Security Force has detected a tunnel just beneath the India-Pakistan International Border fence in Jammu, officials said today. Read full article

Three terrorists have been gunned down in an encounter with security forces in South Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said today. Read full article

Muharram 2020: Muharram is the period of grief and mourning for Shia Muslims across the world. On Muharram, mourners offer prayers at mosques and take out processions grieving the death of the... Read full news here

Four terrorists were killed on Friday in an encounter with the security forces in Kiloora village of Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district. This is one of the rarest gunfights in the Union Territory in... Read full article

Jaish-e-Mohammed terrorists who were behind the suicide attack on a paramilitary convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama in February last year had planned to make a video of the attack and the bomber,... Read full article

Two unidentified terrorists were killed in an encounter with security forces in Kiloora area of Shopian district today, police said. Read full article

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has notified rules of Transaction of Business for the Government of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Read full article

India on Thursday slammed Pakistan for evading responsibility for the Pulwama terror attack and pointed out that Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Masood Azhar, a key accused in the case, continues to find... Read full article

The terrorists who carried out the suicide attack on a paramilitary convoy in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama last year spent a total of Rs 5.7 lakh in planning the attack, according to the National... Read full article

Jammu and Kashmir weather news: Incessant rain pounded Jammu and Kashmir since Monday causing landslides and flash floods. Heavy rain is expected in several parts of north India for the next four... Read full article

India has formally written to the United Nations about Pakistan's false claim of making a statement in a Security Council meeting on terrorism, which was not open to non-Council members. Read full article

Infrastructure along the Line of Actual Control along the India-Pakistan border is getting ramped up continuously. After Keran, Machil has become the second sector in Kupwara district to get 24-hour... Read full article

Infrastructure along the Line of Actual Control along the India-Pakistan border is getting ramped up continuously. After Keran, Machil has become the second sector in Kupwara district to get 24-hour... Read full article

Monsoon 2020 news: A concrete bridge collapsed into a rivulet after extremely heavy rain in Jammu. Jammu and Kashmir has been battered by heavy rain in the last few days. Landslides and waterlogging... Read full article

Monsoon 2020 updates: Three members of a family were among four people killed in separate incidents of landslides after heavy rain in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, the police said. Read full article

India is sending a tri-services contingent of around 200 personnel to Southern Russia in September for participating in a multi-lateral Kavkaz-2020 exercise, Indian Army sources said. Read full article

India hit out at Pakistan for its litany of lies at the United Nations after Islamabad's UN envoy claimed to have given a statement in a Security Council meeting not open to non-Council members and... Read full article

Pakistan-based terrorist Masood Azhar, the chief of the Jaish-e-Mohammad, and his brother Rauf Asghar have been named as the masterminds of the Pulwama terror attack in the National Investigation... Read full article

CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami on Sunday said the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is disappointing as hopelessness has engulfed the entire region due to the BJP government's "wrong decisions... Read full article

The Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed a meeting scheduled for Monday in view of the continued detention of its some leaders. Read full article

P Chidambaram, former Union minister and senior leader of the Congress - one of the six national and regional parties that signed a resolution to work for restoration of Jammu and Kashmir's special... Read full article

Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Saturday said the Kashmir-based politicians are "day-dreaming" for the restoration of Article 370 and Article 35A of the Constitution which is "next... Read full article

India on Saturday categorically rejected the reference made to Jammu and Kashmir in a joint statement issued by Pakistan and China after talks between foreign ministers of the two countries. Read full article

India on Saturday categorically rejected the reference made to Jammu and Kashmir in a joint statement issued by Pakistan and China after talks between foreign ministers of the two countries. Read full article

One terrorist was killed and two others are believed to be trapped in an encounter which is currently under way Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district today, the police said. Read full article

Just over a year after the centre revoked special constitutional rights granted to Jammu and Kashmir and divided the state into two union territories, its main regional parties have formally joined... Read full article

5 infiltrators shot dead by Border Security Force in an encounter along the border with Pakistan in Punjab Read full article

A day before the government ended special status to Jammu and Kashmir in August last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given no indication of the move, Farooq Abdullah said today. "Nobody can... Read full article

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and National Conference supremo Farooq Abdullah spoke to NDTV a year after the special status of the erstwhile state was revoked and it was bifurcated into two... Read full article

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Thursday said the party would discuss and review the political agenda with regard to Jammu and Kashmir only after all leaders including former chief... Read full article

The Centre's move to bring development and healing touch to Jammu and Kashmir after bifurcating it into two Union Territories, has not improved the security situation, home ministry officials have... Read full article

Six terrorists have been killed in the past four days in Kashmir, out of which four were in the top ten wanted list, said Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Thursday. Read full article

Muharram 2020: It was on this day that Prophet Muhammad went from Mecca to Medina. Both Shia and Sunni Muslims mourn on Muharram as the Prophet's grandson Hussain Ibn Ali died on this day. Many also... Read full news here

10,000 Troops To Be Immediately Withdrawn From Jammu And Kashmir: Centre Read full article

In an effort to rush troops and tanks to the Pakistan and China front in Ladakh without being observed by the enemy, India is working on making a new road from Manali to Leh, which will provide the... Read full article

An earthquake of magnitude 4.1 was reported near Hanley in Jammu and& Kashmir on Wednesday morning, according to India's National Center for Seismology. Read full article

A gunfight that began in north Kashmir on Monday afternoon ended today with the killing of the third terrorist. Two more soldiers, however, lost their lives in the line of duty on Tuesday. Read full article

IPS officer Rakesh Asthana today took charge as the new Director General (DG) of the Border Security Force that guards India's fronts with Pakistan and Bangladesh. Read full article

The army has initiated a high-level Court of Inquiry to probe a July encounter by its troops in which three unidentified terrorists were killed in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian district. Read full article

The sources added that Captain Hasnain's well-wishers including his daughter have appreciated the humanitarian gesture of the Indian government Read full article

Three security personnel - two officers of the (Central Reserve Police Force) and one cop of the Jammu and Kashmir Police - were killed in the line of duty after a police team was attacked by... Read full article

High-speed mobile internet services were restored as a trial in two districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday night, more than a year after it was suspended. The Jammu and Kashmir administration said... Read full article

Terrorists on Saturday shot dead a civilian in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. Read full article

Low speed internet services on mobiles were restored in the Kashmir Valley on Saturday after remaining suspended for several hours as a precautionary measure on the occasion of Independence Day. Read full article

CRPF officer Naresh Kumar was on Friday awarded yet another gallantry medal, his seventh in the last four years, for leading his troops in an operation that resulted in the killing of three terrorists... Read full article

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State On behalf of the Government of the United States of America and the American people, I extend greetings and best wishes to the people of India on your Independence Day. The United States and India have shared close bonds of friendship and democratic traditions since India gained its independence seventy-three years ago.  Over the years, our relationship has grown into a Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership, involving ever closer cooperation on issues vital to global security and prosperity in the 21st century.  The United States and India work together on defense, counterterrorism, trade, investment, energy, the environment, healthcare, agriculture, science and technology, education, space, the oceans, and much more. As I remarked earlier this year, the United States and India see each other as great pluralist democracies, global powers, and good friends.  I wish the people of India a happy Independence Day.

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held telephonic talks with his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan on the gulf nation's historic peace deal with... from Arab news

India on Friday said that Pakistan has consistently failed to address the core issues in the implementation of the ICJ judgment in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav. Read full article

A police party came under from terrorists at Nowgam, on the outskirts of Kashmir today. Read full article

Nearly five months after the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Yatra was suspended as a precautionary measure amid the coronavirus pandemic, the Jammu and Kashmir administration announced that the Yatra would be... Read full article

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State On behalf of the Government of the United States of America and the American people, I extend greetings and best wishes to the people of Pakistan as you celebrate your Independence Day. For more than seventy years, the United States and Pakistan have worked together on issues of critical importance. This last year, despite many challenges, we have made notable progress in advancing the Afghan peace process, and our health and economic cooperation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is saving lives. The United States looks forward to strengthening our bilateral partnership by expanding U.S.-Pakistan trade and working together to protect fundamental freedoms in the years to come.

India on Thursday slammed Pakistani Ambassador to China Moin-ul-Haque for his "lies and half-truths" on Jammu and Kashmir, and said terrorists "recruited, trained and armed" by Islamabad have... Read full article

Security will be provided to around 1,000 sarpanches and panches in 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir, following security assessments that concluded they have a threat to life, sources said. The newly... Read full article

The Border Security Force (BSF) said it has stepped up vigil along the Gujarat coastline due to concerns emerging from a "new pattern" of drug trade linked to Pakistan, following seizure of more than... Read full article

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Wednesday said he will order any kind of inquiry into the deaths of 11 members of a family of Pakistani Hindu migrants at a village in Jodhpur. Read full article

India's top medical education regulator has stated that any qualification obtained from medical colleges located in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh (PoJKL) shall not entitle a person to... Read full article

India's top medical education regulator has stated that any qualification obtained from medical colleges located in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh (PoJKL) shall not entitle a person to... Read full article

Newly-appointed Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Wednesday promised better security arrangement for grassroots level elected leaders but asked them to take precautionary measures... Read full article

A soldier and a terrorist were killed during an encounter in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir after security forces launched an operation early this morning, officials said. Read full article

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has informed the high court that none of the 16 National Conference leaders, for whom the party's president Farooq Abdullah and vice-president Omar Abdullah had... Read full article

Shah Faesal, the first resident of Jammu and Kashmir who topped the civil services exam in 2009, on Tuesday said his decision to join politics last year had done more harm than benefit as his... Read full article

4G internet services will be allowed on a trial basis in one district each in Jammu and one in the Kashmir valley after August 15, the centre told the Supreme Court today, adding that a special... Read full article

The army has initiated an inquiry into an "encounter" carried out by its troops in a South Kashmir village, in which three alleged terrorists were killed, after families in Jammu region's Rajouri... Read full article

UN General Assembly president-elect Volkan Bozkir on Monday said that he is ready to help Pakistan and India within his mandate to resolve their differences on Kashmir issue if requested by both the... Read full article

UN General Assembly president-elect Volkan Bozkir on Monday said that he is ready to help Pakistan and India within his mandate to resolve their differences on Kashmir issue if requested by both the... Read full article

Terrorists on Monday night hurled a grenade towards the residence of a BJP panchayat member in Pulwama in Kashmir, the latest in a string of attacks targeting workers and leaders of the party in the... Read full article

Shah Faesal, Jammu and Kashmir's bureaucrat-turned political leader -- has stepped down from the post of the chief of the Jammu and Kashmir People's Movement. Mr Faesal had formed the party after... Read full article

Pakistani troops opened fire on forward posts along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday in violation of a ceasefire agreement, a defence spokesman said. Read full article

A BJP worker, who was shot at by terrorists in Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir, died at a hospital in Srinagar on Monday, police said. Read full article

Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Sunday attacked the Rajasthan government over the deaths of 11 members of a Hindu migrant family from Pakistan and said the incident reflects the "working... Read full article

One terrorist was killed and two others were injured as an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir was foiled, the Army said today. Read full article

Eleven members of a family of Pakistan Hindu migrants were found dead at a farm in Rajasthan's Jodhpur district on Sunday morning, police said. Read full article

A doctor at the forefront of the battle against the coronavirus in Kashmir died Sunday morning after contracting the virus that has infected over 21.5 lakh people across the country Read full article

A BJP leader was shifted to a hospital after being fired upon by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir,police said on Sunday. Read full article

Former Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Girish Chandra Murmu was sworn in on Saturday as the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said. Read full article

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday claimed that Hilal Rather, son of former Jammu and Kashmir minister Abdul Rahim Rather, "siphoned off" money loaned to his company to splurge on foreign... Read full article

Office of the Spokesperson The following is attributable to Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus: Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo spoke today with the Foreign Ministers of Australia, Brazil, India, Israel, and the Republic of Korea.  Secretary Pompeo and his counterparts discussed the importance of continued close coordination in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  They noted the importance of close cooperation to reopen our economies and counter disinformation, while also addressing the need for concerted efforts to prevent future pandemics.

By-elections to all vacant posts of Panch and Sarpanch in Jammu and Kashmir will be held as soon as the coronavirus situation improves, Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam has said. Read full article

Pitching for peace and stability in Jammu and Kashmir, the Union Territory's new Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, an astute politician, said the administration would soon initiate a direct dialogue... Read full article

Former Union minister Manoj Sinha was today sworn in as the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir, the first political leader to take charge of the Union Territory. Read full article

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the Jammu and Kashmir administration to explore the possibility of restoring 4G services in certain areas. Read full article

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State The United States commends the participants of the Loya Jirga to be convened on August 7 to consolidate national support for peace.  We understand that they will decide on the expeditious release of the remaining Taliban prisoners from their list, the last obstacle to the start of intra-Afghan negotiations.  Following the timely release of these prisoners, the Taliban have committed to enter talks with the national team representing the strength and diversity of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.  The Taliban have also committed to significantly reduce violence and casualties during the talks where the parties will decide on a political roadmap to end the long and brutal war and agree on a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire.  The United States intends to hold the Taliban to these commitments. We acknowledge that the release of these prisoners is unpopular.  But this difficult action will lead to an important result long sought by Afghans...

Office of the Spokesperson The below is attributable to Principal Deputy Spokesperson Cale Brown: Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo spoke today with Indian Minister of External Affairs Dr. S. Jaishankar to discuss ongoing bilateral and multilateral cooperation on issues of international concern, including efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, support the peace process in Afghanistan, and address recent destabilizing actions in the region.  Secretary Pompeo and Minister Jaishankar reiterated the strength of the United States-India relationship to advance peace, prosperity, and security in the Indo-Pacific and around the globe.  Both leaders agreed to continue close cooperation on a full range of regional and international issues and look forward to Quadrilateral consultations and the U.S.-India 2+2 Ministerial Dialogue later this year.

Several positive changes have taken place in terms of development in Jammu and Kashmir in the last one year which reflect return to "complete normalcy", the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on... Read full article

National Conference leader Omar Abdullah on Thursday said there was a "strange coincidence" in the resignation of Girish Chandra Murmu, saying the last Jammu and Kashmir governor and its first... Read full article

Jammu and Kashmir's Lieutenant Governor designate Manoj Sinha arrived on Thursday following his appointment to the Raj Bhawan, officials said. Read full article

GC Murmu, who resigned two days ago as Lieutenant Governor of Jammu Kashmir, has been appointed as the country's new auditor general. Mr Murmu had resigned from his post in Jammu and Kashmir on... Read full article

Michael R. Pompeo, Secretary of State On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I am pleased to congratulate the ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the ASEAN Secretariat on the 53rd anniversary of the founding of ASEAN on August 8.  For decades, ASEAN has fostered a more stable, prosperous, and peaceful region.  ASEAN and ASEAN-led mechanisms are at the heart of the U.S. vision for the Indo-Pacific and that of our allies and partners.  The strategic partnership between the United States and ASEAN contributes to our shared vision of a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States and the countries of ASEAN have partnered in myriad ways to battle COVID-19.  Despite the enormous challenge presented by the pandemic, we are proving the strength of our relationship by leveraging our government, private sector, and charitable partnerships to support our shared health and prosperity.  The United States has pl...

Pakistan has adopted a new technique of sending arms and ammunition to Jammu and Kashmir using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and several such incidents have been detected in the recent past,... Read full article

India today strongly rejected Pakistan's criticism of the launch of construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, and asked the neighbouring country to refrain from "communal incitement." Read full article

Pakistan has adopted a new technique of sending arms and ammunition to Jammu and Kashmir using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and several such incidents have been detected in the recent past,... Read full article

Manoj Sinha, a senior BJP leader and former Union Minister, is the new Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir after Girish Chandra Murmu resigned yesterday. Read full article

India today hit out at China for making yet another attempt to raise the Kashmir issue at the UN Security Council, saying it "firmly" rejects Beijing's "interference" in the country's internal... Read full article

Pakistan's attempt to internationalise the Kashmir issue through the United Nations has again "come to naught", after a UN Security Council meeting convened by China to discuss the matter ended... Read full article

Pakistan's attempt to internationalise the Kashmir issue through the United Nations has again "come to naught", after a UN Security Council meeting convened by China to discuss the matter ended... Read full article

A BJP leader, who is a sarpanch in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, was shot dead by terrorists. Read full article

India on Wednesday hit out at China for calling the reorganisation of Jammu and Kashmir as "illegal and invalid" and asserted that Beijing does not have any locus standi on the matter. Read full article

GC Murmu, the Lieutenant-Governor of Jammu Kashmir, is the front-runner for the post of the country's new auditor, NDTV has learnt Read full article

A transformation is underway in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said today on the first anniversary of the Centre's decision to revoke the special status of the... Read full article

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti this morning called that the J&K administration's order to lift the two-day curfew in the union territory a "hogwash". Read full article

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday night lifted the two-day curfew - for August 4 and 5 - that it had imposed ahead of the first anniversary of the decision to scrap special status for... Read full article

The release of a new "political map" by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan -- which includes Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and parts of western Gujarat as part of its territory -- has drawn a sharp... Read full article

The release of a new "political map" by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan -- which includes Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and parts of western Gujarat as part of its territory -- has drawn a sharp... Read full article

A top Pakistani court has named three senior lawyers as amici curiae in the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav as it ordered the Pakistan government to give "another chance" to India to appoint a counsel for... Read full article

In a gesture of reconciliation, two prominent Muslims who lived through deadly riots following the razing of Babri mosque in 1992 plan to attend the foundation-laying ceremony for the Ram temple on... Read full news here

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani discussed the evolving security situation in the region and other areas of mutual and bilateral interest on Monday, the Prime... Read full article