Eu Kashmir Visit

Envoys of 22 countries today began their two-day visit to Jammu And Kashmir amid heightened security and a shutdown in several parts of the Valley. This is the fourth such visit since the Centre scrapped the former state's special constitutional position and divided it into two Union Territories.

A delegation of 24 ambassadors to India, including those from France, European Union and Malaysia, arrived in Srinagar on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir for making an assessment of the situation post the scrapping of the erstwhile state's special status in 2019.

India has taken positive steps to restore normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir but it is important to lift the remaining restrictions swiftly, the European Union said on Friday, following the latest visit by a group of foreign diplomats to the union territory under lockdown since August.

India is facing a major diplomatic backlash from the European Union parliament on the Citizenship Amendment Act and the clampdown on Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected visit to Brussels for the India-EU summit in March.

Countries from the European Union are not part of the foreign delegates' team visiting Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday at the government's invitation. The US ambassador is a part of the 16-member delegation.

Questions swirling around the visit of 27 European lawmakers to Jammu and Kashmir, the foreign ministry today said it was in the know about the matter. "It was brought to attention of the government that this delegation is going to visit India," foreign ministry spokesperson Ravish Kumar said amid Congress's sharp comments about the propriety of th...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said in Parliament that the UK's long-standing stance of Kashmir being a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan remains unchanged although the situation in the Valley is of "profound" concern to the country.

Former union minister P Chidambaram was sent back to Tihar Jail again today by a Delhi court in the INX Media case. On his way back to the jail, the senior Congress leader made a jab at the Narendra Modi government over the visit of the lawmakers from European Union, who were allowed to go to Jammu and Kashmir.

A group of European Parliament members visiting Jammu and Kashmir is the "biggest diplomatic blunder in India's history", facilitated by an "international business broker," the Congress said today.

As more than 20 European Union MPs visited Jammu and Kashmir - the first international group to do so since the government ended special status to the state - the organiser of the event, a little known NGO, is in the spotlight.

The Shiv Sena today took strong objection to the visit by European Union (EU) MPs to Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that Kashmir was not an international issue.

The group of European Union parliamentarians visiting India in personal capacity held a press conference on their visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.

European Union MPs whose visit to Jammu and Kashmir has been criticised by the opposition today said they were not here to interfere in India's politics and "fully supported the country in its efforts for lasting peace and end of terror". The European lawmakers were addressing select media - many, including local Kashmiri newspapers were kept out -...

A group of European Union MPs visited Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday with the opposition raising questions about foreign lawmakers being allowed in the state when Indian political leaders had been barred or turned away from the airport. This is the first such international visit since the government ended special status to Jammu and Kashmir and split...

Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Binoy Viswam, in a letter, has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he be allowed a visit to Jammu and Kashmir since a foreign delegation was given a "red carpet" entry into the region.

Envoys of 22 countries today began their two-day visit to Jammu And Kashmir amid heightened security and a shutdown in several parts of the Valley. This is the fourth such visit since the Centre scrapped the former state's special constitutional position and divided it into two Union Territories.

A delegation of 24 ambassadors to India, including those from France, European Union and Malaysia, arrived in Srinagar on a two-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir for making an assessment of the situation post the scrapping of the erstwhile state's special status in 2019.

India has taken positive steps to restore normalcy in Jammu and Kashmir but it is important to lift the remaining restrictions swiftly, the European Union said on Friday, following the latest visit by a group of foreign diplomats to the union territory under lockdown since August.

India is facing a major diplomatic backlash from the European Union parliament on the Citizenship Amendment Act and the clampdown on Jammu and Kashmir ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected visit to Brussels for the India-EU summit in March.

Countries from the European Union are not part of the foreign delegates' team visiting Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday at the government's invitation. The US ambassador is a part of the 16-member delegation.

Questions swirling around the visit of 27 European lawmakers to Jammu and Kashmir, the foreign ministry today said it was in the know about the matter. "It was brought to attention of the government that this delegation is going to visit India," foreign ministry spokesperson Ravish Kumar said amid Congress's sharp comments about the propriety of th...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Wednesday said in Parliament that the UK's long-standing stance of Kashmir being a bilateral issue between India and Pakistan remains unchanged although the situation in the Valley is of "profound" concern to the country.

Former union minister P Chidambaram was sent back to Tihar Jail again today by a Delhi court in the INX Media case. On his way back to the jail, the senior Congress leader made a jab at the Narendra Modi government over the visit of the lawmakers from European Union, who were allowed to go to Jammu and Kashmir.

A group of European Parliament members visiting Jammu and Kashmir is the "biggest diplomatic blunder in India's history", facilitated by an "international business broker," the Congress said today.

As more than 20 European Union MPs visited Jammu and Kashmir - the first international group to do so since the government ended special status to the state - the organiser of the event, a little known NGO, is in the spotlight.

The Shiv Sena today took strong objection to the visit by European Union (EU) MPs to Jammu and Kashmir, asserting that Kashmir was not an international issue.

The group of European Union parliamentarians visiting India in personal capacity held a press conference on their visit to Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.

European Union MPs whose visit to Jammu and Kashmir has been criticised by the opposition today said they were not here to interfere in India's politics and "fully supported the country in its efforts for lasting peace and end of terror". The European lawmakers were addressing select media - many, including local Kashmiri newspapers were kept out -...

A group of European Union MPs visited Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday with the opposition raising questions about foreign lawmakers being allowed in the state when Indian political leaders had been barred or turned away from the airport. This is the first such international visit since the government ended special status to Jammu and Kashmir and split...

Communist Party of India (CPI) leader Binoy Viswam, in a letter, has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he be allowed a visit to Jammu and Kashmir since a foreign delegation was given a "red carpet" entry into the region.