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Kashmir Siege: Advocates urge Gates Foundation not to honor Modi with award
As the Kashmir clampdown continues into the second month, Indian origin advocates have asked the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation not to give an award to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his sanitation and toilet access...Sep 7, 2019 617 0 -
UN Secretary General raises Kashmir issue with Modi; urges restraint
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres discussed the festering Kashmir imbroglio with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a meeting in France, reaffirming the world body’s position which expresses concern and urges restraint in the disputed territory. The...Aug 26, 2019 880 1 -
Modi still has a chance to reverse India’s self-defeating course – but will he choose to do so?
The early warning signals coming out of India are blaring, as a disaster has been in the making for years. The unfolding crisis – not just in Kashmir but in mainland India – threatens to tear...Aug 24, 2019 1635 0 -
Amid continuing Kashmir siege, Trump asks Modi to reduce tensions with Pakistan
With Kashmiris continuing to suffer under Indian siege, President Donald Trump Monday asked Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reduce tensions with Pakistan over the disputed territory, partly controlled by the two South Asian nuclear-armed neighbors....Aug 19, 2019 684 0 -
Khan renews talks offer to Modi as Pakistan-India peace remains elusive
For the third time, Prime Minister Imran Khan has addressed a letter to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi inviting him to resolve disputes through dialogue. The move comes after a military standoff between the countries in...Jun 8, 2019 1657 0 -
Modi’s reelection heightens concerns over future of Indian Muslims
Jama Masjid Delhi, Image Credit: Shashwat_Nagpal/Wikimedia India has for centuries been one of the most diverse countries but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reelection for another five-year term has raised questions about the future of the...May 24, 2019 806 0 -
Modi threatens to wipe out Pakistan with ‘mother of nuclear bombs’
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has threatened to wipe out Pakistan with the “Mother of Nuclear Bombs.” Modi, whose BJP draws support on several extremist groups, is bidding for reelection in the ongoing elections, and made...Apr 18, 2019 872 0 -
Time for Pakistanis, Indians to work together for peaceful region – Modi says in message to PM Khan
In a departure from war rhetoric of the last two months, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed desire for India and Pakistan to work together for a democratic peaceful and progressive South Asia. Prime...Mar 22, 2019 877 0 -
Pakistan offers India help on Pulwama probe; warns Modi against militarism
A 2018 photo shows Indian forces and Kashmiri protestors Credit: Screenshot/VOA video Prime Minister Imran Khan posed a raft of questions to India in the wake of New Delhi’s saber-rattling over allegations that Pakistan was behind...Feb 19, 2019 985 1 -
Manmohan Singh: Modi Government responsible for Kashmir troubles
Amid raging insurgency in Indian-controlled Kashmir, former prime minister Manmohan Singh has accused the ultrantionalist Narendra Modi government of failure to address troubles in the disputed territory – also a scene of worsening Pakistan-India shelling. Singh,...Mar 18, 2018 1096 0