Our decision on Jammu & Kashmir is driven by national interest, not politics : Modi One of the biggest decisions taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the first 75 days of his government is undoubtedly the unshackling of Jammu and Kashmir so that there is better integration and mobility and the faux concept of dual citizenship is scrapped once and for all. In what was not just a political but a diplomatic masterstroke as well, the PM, who has been obsessed with resolving the Kashmir imbroglio, hit his straps very early on in his second avatar using the heft of his mandate to prise through the contentious issue. Ladakh UT involves Chinese territory, Wang told Jaishankar China, whose forces regularly intrude into Ladakh, stuck to its opposition to the creation of Ladakh Union Territory, with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi telling his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar that the move “involves Chinese territory”. UNGA president expresses solidarity with flood-affected people in India General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa has expressed her solidarity with those affected by floods in India, according to her Spokesperson Monica Grayley. ‘Bombay Rose’ to head to Toronto after Venice Gitanjali Rao’s debut directorial feature film “Bombay Rose” will open Venice International Film Critics’ Week on August 29, before its North American premiere in Toronto on September 7. SC orders Assam govt to publish NRC exclusion list by Aug 31 The Supreme Court today ordered that the list of those excluded from the final Assam NRC be published only online on 31st of this month. Don’t live in fool’s paradise, not easy to get USNC support on Kashmir: Pak FM tells his countrymen Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has told his countrymen not to live in a fool’s paradise saying that it will not be easy for Islamabad to get the support of the UN Security Council. Supreme Court fines 7 states for not filing responses on Human Rights Courts The Supreme Court yesterday slapped cost of up to one lakh rupees on seven states for failing to file responses regarding setting up of Human Rights…