SC allows ex-J&K CM Mehbooba Mufti’s daughter to meet her in Kashmir

In her petition, Iltija, Mufti’s daughter, had submitted that she is concerned about her mother’s health as she has not met her for a month

Current Affairs:-The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted previous Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s little girl to meet her in Kashmir, where she is under detainment following annulment of Article 370.

A seat headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi permitted Iltija, Mufti’s little girl, to meet her after she submitted in the court that she has no issue in setting off to her Srinagar living arrangement however has not had the option to move out unreservedly there.

In her request, Iltija had presented that she is worried about her mom’s wellbeing as she has not met her for a month.

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Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir, no country backing it: Rajnath

He said US Defense Secretary Mark Esper during a telephonic conversation told him that abrogation of provisions of Article 370 was an internal matter of India

Current Affairs:-Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir and no nation is supporting it on the “current issue”, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said on Thursday in the midst of Islamabad’s endeavors to internationalize the Center’s transition to revoke arrangements of Article 370.

Tending to a DRDO occasion here, Singh asked by what means would india be able to converse with Pakistan when it continues attempting to destabilize India utilizing dread.

India needs to have great neighborly association with Pakistan, however it should initially quit sending out dread to India, Singh said.

He declared that Pakistan has no locus standi on Kashmir. “I need to ask Pakistan, when had Kashmir had a place with it. Kashmir was in every case some portion of India,” he said.

Pakistan should concentrate on tending to human rights infringement and abominations in Pakistan involved Kashmir, the Union pastor said.

He said US Defense Secretary Mark Esper during a telephonic discussion disclosed to him that repeal of arrangements of Article 370 was an inner matter of India.

“No nation is with Pakistan on the present issue,” Singh included.

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Kashmir stays shut for 12th day, restrictions on people’s movement relaxed

Officials say the situation in the Valley is being monitored on a real-time basis and the decision to remove the forces will depend on the ground situation

Current Affairs:-Kashmir stayed shut for the twelfth back to back day on Friday, even as the specialists loosened up confinements on the development of individuals in Srinagar.

“Confinements on the development of individuals have been facilitated in many pieces of the Valley. The circumstance so far has stayed quiet,” a senior authority of the state organization said here.

He said while the organization of security powers on the ground stays as prior, individuals were permitted to move around the city and different towns.

Kashmir was set under a complete clampdown on August 5, hours before Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared in the Rajya Sabha that the extraordinary status for the state had been repudiated.

The state organization has guided government representatives to report at work from Friday through a radio declaration.

Be that as it may, the correspondence clampdown proceeds as all phone and Internet administrations stayed suspended.

While schools are shut for as long as about fourteen days, shops and different business foundations also stayed shut since August 5.

The authority said the circumstance in the Valley was being checked consistently and the choice to evacuate the powers would rely upon the ground circumstance.

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US on defensive mode: Kashmir a ‘bilateral issue’, says State Department

Richard Verma, the US ambassador to India during the last years of the Obama administration, said Trump “did a lot of damage” with his remarks on Kashmir and Afghanistan, which were “way off the mark”

Current Affairs:-US President Donald Trump’s comments guaranteeing Prime Minister Narendra Modi had looked for his intercession in the Kashmir issue, activated sharp responses, including from the Congress, as the US State Department went into a harm control mode.

The State Department on Tuesday said it was a “reciprocal” issue among India and Pakistan, and the US “respected” the two nations “plunking down” for talks. It likewise said Pakistan taking “supported and irreversible” strides against fear based oppression was vital to a fruitful discourse with India.

“While Kashmir is a reciprocal issue for the two gatherings to talk about, the Trump organization invites Pakistan and India plunking down and the United States stands prepared to help,” a State Department representative advised PTI because of an inquiry if Trump’s comments mirror an adjustment in the nation’s approach on Kashmir.

Richard Verma, the US represetative to India during the most recent long periods of the Barack Obama organization, said Trump “completed a great deal of harm” with his comments on Kashmir and Afghanistan, which were “off track the imprint”.

In Washington, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Trump and Imran Khan’s first up close and personal talks has diminished the trust shortage. On New Delhi’s response to Trump’s idea to intervene on Kashmir, Qureshi stated, “India has consistently responded thusly, they don’t need any kind of impedance on the Kashmir matter. They generally state that they need two-sided chats on Kashmir, at that point they never get together for these discussions. They don’t need intervention and they don’t need reciprocal talks.”

Qureshi said Pakistan accepted the main answer for the issue was through talks.

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PM Modi did not request Trump to mediate on Kashmir issue: Jaishankar

US President Donald Trump had on Monday claimed that Prime Minister Modi had asked him to play the role of a mediator on Kashmir

Current Affairs:-PM Narendra Modi made no solicitation to US President Donald Trump to intercede on the Kashmir issue with Pakistan, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said in Rajya Sabha Tuesday in the midst of a huge contention over the US head’s case.

He said every extraordinary issue among India and Pakistan can be talked about just reciprocally.

“I might want to completely express that no such solicitation has been made by the Prime Minister to the US President,” he said after Congress and other resistance groups brought the issue up in the House.

US President Donald Trump had on Monday asserted that Prime Minister Modi had solicited him to assume the job from a go between on Kashmir.

The pastor said it has been the reliable position of India that every single remarkable issue with Pakistan can be talked about just reciprocally.

“Any commitment with Pakistan will expect end to cross fringe psychological warfare,” he stated, including Shimla and Lahore accords give the premise to goals of all issues respectively.

Resistance groups were, notwithstanding, not fulfilled by the announcement of the External Affairs Minister and needed the Prime Minister to go to the House and explain.

This prompted warmed trade between resistance seats and the Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu, who suspended procedures till 1200 hours.

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