India protests Chinese activities in Pakistani Kashmir

October 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A day after India and China sparred aggressively over the ownership status of Arunachal Pradesh, India said that China must cease activities in Pak-Occupied Kashmir: India In a response to a question on Pakistan- China projects in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK), the official spokesperson of the government said: "We have seen the Xinhua report quoting the President of China as stating that China will continue to engage in projects with Pakistan inside Pakistan Occupied Kashmir." "Pakistan has been in illegal occupation of parts of the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir since 1947. The Chinese side is fully aware of India's position and our concerns about Chinese activities in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir." "We hope that the Chinese side will take a long term view of the India-China relations, and cease such activities in areas illegally occupied by Pakistan." The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Tuesday reiterated that the State of Arunachal Pradesh is an integral and inalienable part of India.

October 2nd, 2009 JAMMU - Congress leaders in Jammu and Kashmir Friday called for a boycott of Chinese goods in protest Beijing's "mischief" in treating Jammu and Kashmir as a "disputed territory". At a big rally in this city, Jammu and Kashmir's winter capital, to celebrate the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, several Congress leaders said that China could be rebuffed by boycotting its goods.

October 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna on Thursday asked China not to discriminate among the Indian nationals while issuing visas to travel to that country.

September 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Indian Government on Friday summoned the Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan Riffat Masood and registered its strong protest against the Government of Pakistan's so called "Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self Governance Order -2009" and its move to construct the Bunji Hydroelectric Project in Pakistan occupied Kashmir. Insofar as the "Gilgit-Baltistan Empowerment and Self Governance Order -2009 was concerned, the Indian Government charged Pakistan with denying basic democratic rights to the people in those parts of the state of Jammu and Kashmir under its illegal occupation for the past six decades.

September 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Friday protested against the proposed 7,000 MW Bunji hydroelectric project being built in the Pakistan-administered Kashmir with Chinese assistance. "The government of India lodged a protest against the construction of (the) project located in a part of Jammu and Kashmir under the illegal occupation of Pakistan, external affairs ministry spokesperson Vishnu Prakash told reporters here.

September 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD - India Friday protested against Pakistan's new autonomy package for the Northern Areas of Kashmir, renamed as Gilgit-Baltistan, and the construction of the proposed 7,000 MW Bunji dam in this region with Chinese assistance. Pakistan, however, said the protest was uncalled for.

September 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI - Pakistan Friday rejected the Indian protest over the Gilgit-Baltistan empowerment and self-governance order, saying New Delhi had no locus standi in the matter. The rejection came on the day two protest notes were handed over to the Pakistani high commission in New Delhi by the Indian external affairs ministry on Gilgit-Baltistan and the construction of the 7,000 MW Bunji Dam in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Online news agency reported.

August 21st, 2009 JAMMU - Mohan Bhagwat, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief, Friday said his organisation had no role in the expulsion of veteran politician Jaswant Singh from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). "RSS has no role in it whatsoever, Bhagwat told mediapersons here on the first day of his three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir.

July 25th, 2009 HOSHIARPUR - Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday refused to comment on former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf's remarks that the Kargil conflict in 1999 was a "big success" for Pakistan as it forced India to start talks on the Kashmir issue.

July 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Women terrorists are being trained in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir for anti-India activities, parliament was told Tuesday. Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken told the Lok Sabha that reports "indicate that women are being trained in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir for terror activities".

July 18th, 2009 MUMBAI - The US does not want to get involved in the India-Pakistan row over Jammu and Kashmir, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in remarks telecast Saturday. Asked by Times Now TV if Washington felt it had a role to play in the decades-old dispute, Clinton said any final decision over Kashmir had to be between India and Pakistan.

June 29th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani are likely to meet July 13 on the sidelines of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in the Egyptian tourist city of Sharm-el-Sheikh, according to a report Monday. The longstanding Kashmir issue, which Pakstan terms as the core dispute between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, would be the main agenda besides a host of other issues, the Online news agency reported, citing reliable sources in Islamabad.

June 28th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani Sunday said a "cordial relationship" with India was not possible until the longstanding Kashmir issue was resolved, the Online news agency reported. "Pakistan has always wanted to have cordial relations with all neighbouring countries including Afghanistan, India and Iran, but talks between India and Pakistan without the resolution of Kashmir issue would be fruitless," Gilani told reporters at Mansoorah.

March 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Worried that Tibetans may hold violent protests to observe the 50th year of the Dalai Lama's exile, China Wednesday thanked India for providing security to their missions but reminded New Delhi of its pledge not to allow Tibetans to indulge in political activities. 'Tibetans in India have not stopped protests and candle-light demonstrations.

January 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India Thursday reacted sharply to British Foreign Secretary David Miliband's remarks on Kashmir, saying it did not need 'unsolicited advice on internal issues'. 'Mr. Miliband is entitled to his views, which are clearly his own and are evolving.