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Prime Minister Narendra Modi understands the "pain" of the people of Balochistan, the leadership of which has sought India's help for the "first time in 70 years", a prominent Baloch leader said in New Delhi today.

Exiled Balochistan activist Brahumdagh Bugti on Monday said he had decided to request India for asylum.

The US respects the unity and territorial integrity of Pakistan and does not support independence for Balochistan, a state department official has said.

As proof that India will not back down from its outreach to the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan, the state-run All India Radio is likely to start regular news bulletins in Balochi, said government sources.

A state-run Chinese daily today cried foul over India's move to extend enhanced compensation for victims of terror to people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "lost patience and switched to the expected hardline tone of hostility".

Pakistani forces are engaged in a "tsunami of human rights violations" in Balochistan, a top Baloch leader alleged today as he sought the help of the international community, including India, in the Baloch nationalist movement.

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top aides to prepare last week's annual Independence Day address, some senior bureaucrats warned him against mentioning Balochistan, Pakistan's restive southwestern province.

Following arrest of Baloch nationalist leaders by Pakistan, the Shiv Sena today took a jibe at the Prime Minister asking him how he plans to help them. The Prime Minister had referenced Balochistan during his Independence Day speech and supported Baloch nationalist leaders.

Five cases, including that of sedition, have been registered against three top Baloch nationalist leaders in Pakistan for allegedly backing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's supportive words on Balochistan in his Independence Day speech.

A group of leaders from Balochistan who supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments on Pakistan's most restive province have been accused of waging war against Pakistan, according to local daily Dawn.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a "huge step" by referring to the "humanitarian crisis" in Balochistan, and other world leaders should now follow to highlight the "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing" in the Pakistani province, says a prominent Baloch freedom movement activist.

Former defence minister and senior Congress leader AK Antony on Saturday found nothing wrong in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement mentioning Balochistan in his Independence Day address to target Pakistan.

Congress today said it was for the government to take a call on raising the issue of human rights violation in Balochistan in the United Nations even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had mentioned it in his Independence Day address to target Pakistan.

Amid a debate over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments on Balochistan in his Independence Day address, External Affairs Ministry today indicated that the remarks did not constitute a policy shift as being construed.

References to Balochistan, Gilgit and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir by Prime Minister Narendra Modi signals a change in India's Pakistan policy, top American experts on South Asia have said as they sought more clarity on New Delhi's new approach towards disturbed areas in Pakistan.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi understands the "pain" of the people of Balochistan, the leadership of which has sought India's help for the "first time in 70 years", a prominent Baloch leader said in New Delhi today.

Exiled Balochistan activist Brahumdagh Bugti on Monday said he had decided to request India for asylum.

The US respects the unity and territorial integrity of Pakistan and does not support independence for Balochistan, a state department official has said.

As proof that India will not back down from its outreach to the restive Pakistani province of Balochistan, the state-run All India Radio is likely to start regular news bulletins in Balochi, said government sources.

A state-run Chinese daily today cried foul over India's move to extend enhanced compensation for victims of terror to people of Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, saying Prime Minister Narendra Modi has "lost patience and switched to the expected hardline tone of hostility".

Pakistani forces are engaged in a "tsunami of human rights violations" in Balochistan, a top Baloch leader alleged today as he sought the help of the international community, including India, in the Baloch nationalist movement.

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi met top aides to prepare last week's annual Independence Day address, some senior bureaucrats warned him against mentioning Balochistan, Pakistan's restive southwestern province.

Following arrest of Baloch nationalist leaders by Pakistan, the Shiv Sena today took a jibe at the Prime Minister asking him how he plans to help them. The Prime Minister had referenced Balochistan during his Independence Day speech and supported Baloch nationalist leaders.

Five cases, including that of sedition, have been registered against three top Baloch nationalist leaders in Pakistan for allegedly backing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's supportive words on Balochistan in his Independence Day speech.

A group of leaders from Balochistan who supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments on Pakistan's most restive province have been accused of waging war against Pakistan, according to local daily Dawn.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a "huge step" by referring to the "humanitarian crisis" in Balochistan, and other world leaders should now follow to highlight the "genocide" and "ethnic cleansing" in the Pakistani province, says a prominent Baloch freedom movement activist.

Former defence minister and senior Congress leader AK Antony on Saturday found nothing wrong in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement mentioning Balochistan in his Independence Day address to target Pakistan.

Congress today said it was for the government to take a call on raising the issue of human rights violation in Balochistan in the United Nations even as Prime Minister Narendra Modi had mentioned it in his Independence Day address to target Pakistan.

Amid a debate over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments on Balochistan in his Independence Day address, External Affairs Ministry today indicated that the remarks did not constitute a policy shift as being construed.

References to Balochistan, Gilgit and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir by Prime Minister Narendra Modi signals a change in India's Pakistan policy, top American experts on South Asia have said as they sought more clarity on New Delhi's new approach towards disturbed areas in Pakistan.