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Time of India
6 days ago
- General
- Time of India
'Foreign Media's Skewed...': Hindu American Org Lauds India's Pahalgam Delegations I Suhag Shukla
/ Jun 04, 2025, 10:31AM IST Despite firm support from Western governments following the Kashmir massacre, Western media coverage is drawing criticism for its language. Many outlets are referring to the perpetrators as "gunmen" or "militants" rather than acknowledging the act as terrorism. Watch TOI Podacast as Hindu American foundation's Suhag Shukla lauds India for owning the narrative. Watch#KashmirAttack #PalkiSharma #WesternMedia #Terrorism #IndiaUnderAttack #MediaBias #PakistanTerror
The Independent
25-05-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Indian lawmaker slammed for saying widows of Kashmir terror attack lacked ‘heroism'
An Indian lawmaker has been criticised for blaming women survivors of the deadly Kashmir terror attack for not fighting back against the armed gunmen to save the lives of the men who were killed. Ram Chander Jangra, a member of Rajya Sabha, or the upper house of Indian parliament, from prime minister Narendra Modi 's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was speaking at a public gathering in the northern Indian state of Haryana on Saturday when he accused the widows of lacking the spirit of a warrior. He was referring to the attack on a popular tourist site in Kashmir's Pahalgam on 22 April which killed at least 26 men, most of them Hindu tourists. According to the survivors and the witnesses of the attack which pushed India and Pakistan to a near-war situation, the armed gunmen approached the male tourists – several of them on honeymoon – and shot them dead. The witnesses said the attack was carried out by four to six gunmen in military fatigues who emerged from a nearby forest and unleashed a barrage of gunfire from close range. 'The brave women we had there, whose sindoor (vermillion powder many women wear on their forehead and hair parting to indicate marital status) was snatched away – they lacked the spirit of a warrior woman, lacked passion, emotion, heart, and so, with folded hands, they became victims of bullets,' Mr Jangra said in Hindi language while addressing a crowd in Bhiwani. He said the casualties would have been lower if the women had fought back. 'They should have absolutely fought back. If they had, there would have been fewer deaths and fewer people martyred. Who spares anyone just because they fold their hands? They had come to kill… they were terrorists. There was no mercy in their hearts,' the lawmaker said. The lawmaker also said the casualties would have been lower in the attack if the tourists would have received India's latest flagship military training under the tour of duty style Agniveer scheme. 'Had our tourists passed the training, the three terrorists could not have killed 26 people,' he said. Mr Jangra has been widely condemned by the Indian opposition for putting the blame on women who were victims of one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in Kashmir. 'The shameful statement of BJP Rajya Sabha MP Ramchandra Jangra has once again exposed the petty mentality of RSS-BJP,' said Mallikarjun Kharge, the president of India's main opposition party Congress, referring to the ideological organisation of BJP. 'Even when the wife of the naval officer martyred in Pahalgam was being trolled on social media, Modi ji was silent,' Mr Kharge said. He was referring to Navy officer Vinay Narwal who was on his honeymoon in the picturesque Indian federal territory of Jammu and Kashmir when he was shot dead in front of his wife by militants in one of the worst attacks on tourists in the Himalayan region in decades. His wife, Himanshi Narwal, was targeted in a online hate campaign after she called for peace. "People going against Muslims or Kashmiris – we don't want this. We want peace and only peace," she said. It led to a hate campaign by Internet trolls accusing her of dishonouring her late husband's memory. Mr Kharge added: 'There is a competition among BJP leaders to malign the victims of Pahalgam and our brave army.' He also called for the lawmaker's sacking. 'You say you have sindoor in your veins … If this is so, then you should dismiss these foul-mouthed leaders of yours for the sake of respect of women,' he said in a direct appeal to Mr Modi, who said at an election rally the vermillion powder 'ran in veins', referring to the military operation named Sindoor to hit back at terrorist camps in Pakistan. Another Indian opposition party, the All India Trinamool Congress, also condemned the statement calling the remarks by Mr Jangra 'vile and inhuman'. The BJP has 'mastered the art of degrading women', the AITC said. 'Misogyny isn't a bug in their ideology, it's the core. And PM @narendramodi dares to talk about Naari Samman (women respect)? Spare us the hypocrisy. Women are NOT your vote bank slogans,' the party said in a statement. The backlash comes days after an Indian lawmaker faced criticism for making offensive remarks against a Muslim army spokesperson in the aftermath of the conflict with Pakistan, with opposition leaders calling for his apology and resignation. In a public speech earlier this month, Vijay Shah, also a member of the BJP, suggested that Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, who addressed the media on India-Pakistan air strikes, was from the 'community of people' who had attacked India.
Arab News
24-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Indian troops shoot dead Pakistani crossing frontier
AHMEDABAD: Indian border troops shot dead a Pakistani man who they said had crossed the international frontier and did not stop when challenged, the force said Saturday. The shooting comes two weeks after arch-rivals India and Pakistan agreed a ceasefire after a four-day conflict, in which more than 70 people were killed in missile, drone and artillery fire. India's Border Security Force (BSF) said its troops Friday evening had spotted 'one suspicious person advancing toward the border fence,' which lies beyond the international frontier in Gujarat state's Banaskantha district. 'They challenged the intruder, but he continued to advance, prompting them to open fire,' the BSF said in a statement. 'The intruder was neutralized on the spot.' A photograph released by the force showed a dead man with greying hair. The recent conflict between the nuclear-armed rivals was triggered by an attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22, the deadliest on civilians in the contested Muslim-majority territory in decades. New Delhi blamed Islamabad for backing the militants it said carried out the attack, charges that Pakistan denied.
Arab News
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Arab News
Pakistan returns Indian border guard captured after April Kashmir attack
NEW DELHI, India: Pakistan handed over on Wednesday an Indian border guard captured a day after an April attack in Indian-administered Kashmir which killed 26 people, the paramilitary border guard said. The attack near the tourist town of Pahalgam sparked a four-day conflict between India and Pakistan, which ended with a ceasefire on Saturday. Border Security Force soldier 'Purnam Kumar Shaw, who had been in the custody of Pakistan Rangers since 23 April 2025, was handed over to India,' BSF said in a statement. The handover was 'conducted peacefully and in accordance with established protocols,' it added. No group has claimed responsibility for the April 22 attack but India blamed Pakistan for backing the attack, sparking a series of heated threats and diplomatic tit-for-tat measures. Islamabad rejects the accusations and has called for an independent probe.
Arab News
10-05-2025
- Business
- Arab News
Pakistan shuts its airspace for 24 hours after fresh exchange of strikes with India
KARACHI: Pakistan has once again closed its airspace to all domestic and international flights for 24 hours, the country's airports authority said on Saturday, hours after Islamabad hit Indian military targets in retaliation to what it said were strikes on three of its air bases. India-Pakistan tensions, sparked by last month's attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people, spiraled into a military conflict this week, when India conducted missile strikes on what it called 'militant training camps' in five Pakistani cities, which Islamabad said killed 31 civilians. Both sides have since exchanged drone, missile and artillery strikes, with either one claiming to have acted in retaliation. The ongoing conflict forced intermittent closure of airspaces in both countries, where flight operations were already affected since the neighbors closed their airspaces for the other shortly after the Kashmir attack. While Pakistan partially resumed flight operations this week, Islamabad decided to close its airspace for another 24 hours after Pakistan launched strikes on Indian military targets in response to what it said were attacks on three of its air bases, one close to the capital, in the wee hours of Saturday. 'Pakistan's airspace will remain closed for all types of flights until 12PM tomorrow (May 11),' a Pakistan Airports Authority (PAA) spokesperson said around Saturday noon. The ongoing tensions between Pakistan and India have plunged flight operations across the region into a disarray, with several domestic and international flights delayed, canceled or returned. The state-run Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) this week suspended all flights after halting ground operations and initially diverting airborne planes to Karachi. The latest closure bars both domestic and international air traffic from entering Pakistan's airspace, a major corridor for flights between Europe and Asia. Several Asian airlines, including EVA Air, Korean Air, Thai Airways and China Airlines, have rerouted or delayed flights for Europe, citing 'safety concerns' due to the ongoing conflict. A Taipei-Milan flight was diverted to Vienna for refueling this week, while Korean Air opted for a longer route via Myanmar and Bangladesh. India's flight operations have also been impacted, with several airports closed. The conflict has drawn international concern and world powers, including the United States, United Kingdom and China, have urged both countries to exercise restraint and avoid any escalation.
