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India Gazette
14-05-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
J-K: Helicopter services resume from Katra to Mata Vaishno Devi shrine
Reasi (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], May 14 (ANI): The helicopter services from Katra to Shri Mata Vaishno Devi shrine resumed on Wednesday after being suspended for a week due to the hostilities between India and Pakistan. The helicopter services have been resumed now following the cessation of hostilities and an understanding between India and Pakistan. Life in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi returned to normal after morning visuals on Tuesday showed students returning to schools. The Directorate of School Education, Jammu, announced on Wednesday that schools in certain border areas of Jammu and Kashmir will reopen on May 15. In relief for students and parents, schools in several areas of Jammu, Samba, Kathua, Rajouri, and Poonch districts will reopen tomorrow after being closed in the wake of hostilities between India and Pakistan. The reopening marks a step towards restoring normalcy and ensuring that students in these border zones continue their education without further disruptions. The schools, both government and private are being reopened after being shut for five to six days due to safety concerns and days of heightened tension. The resumption of school activities has relieved residents, marking a return to routine after a period of uncertainty. India's precision strikes on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and PoJK came in response to the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed. The government had said that the perpetrators would face severe punishment, and over 100 terrorists were killed in Operation Armed Forces effectively repelled Pakistan's subsequent military aggression and pounded several airbases in Pakistan. The two countries have now reached an understanding of stopping firing and military action after the Pakistan DGMO reached out to his Indian counterpart. (ANI)
Time of India
14-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Convinced them to have peace and make trade deals: Trump on US role in India-Pak understanding
Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads Tired of too many ads? Remove Ads In an interview to Fox News' Sean Hannity aboard Air Force 1, US President Donald Trump said that he convinced India and Pakistan to go for a peace deal and pitched trade deals to the two countries. He underscored that trade deals are "much better" than nuclear weapons."I think we convinced them (India and Pakistan) to let's have peace and let's go and make trade deals. If we can make trade deals, we like that much better than nuclear weapons and that was a good thingTrump made the remarks answering to a question to Hannity where the latter listed down achievements of American Foreign Policy in the last one Trump also remarked, "I don't think there has been a period like this, with a potential nuclear war and two countries they have very good leaders, people I know very well. It was a very important process we got involved with India and Pakistan".On Tuesday evening, the spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal however noted that no trade discussions took place between the two a query, he said there were conversations between Indian and US leaders on the evolving military situation from the time Operation Sindoor commenced but trade did not come up in any of these discussions."From the time Operation Sindoor commenced on May 7 till the understanding on cessation of firing and military action on 10th May, there were conversations between Indian and US leaders on the evolving military situation. The issue of trade did not come up in any of these discussions," he President Donald Trump has said on Monday also that his administration played a crucial role in brokering an immediate cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan, following escalating tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbours."We stopped a nuclear conflict. I think it could have been a bad nuclear war. Millions of people could have been killed. I also want to thank VP JD Vance and Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, for their work. On Saturday, my administration helped broker an immediate cessation of hostilities, I think a permanent one between India and Pakistan the countries having a lot of nuclear weapons," Trump told the media."I'm very proud to let you know that the leadership of India and Pakistan was unwavering and powerful... And we helped a lot, and we also helped with trade. I said, 'Come on, we're going to do a lot of trade with you guys. Let's stop it, let's stop it. If you stop it, we're doing trade. If you don't stop it, we're not going to do any trade," he precision strikes on terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and PoJK came in response to the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people were killed. The government had said that the perpetrators will face severe punishment and over 100 terrorists were killed in Operation Armed Forces effectively repelled Pakistan's subsequent military aggression and pounded several airbases in two countries have now reached an understanding to stop firing and military action after Pakistan DGMO reached out to his Indian counterpart, however they have said that the understanding has been reached bilaterally.
