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Time of India
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
No third-party intervention: Former DGP SP Vaid on Trump's mediation offer on Kashmir
Reacting to US President Donald Trump 's offer to mediate on the Kashmir issue , former Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) SP Vaid on Sunday said India's long-standing policy, in line with the Simla Agreement , rejects any third-party involvement, stressing that Kashmir is a bilateral matter to be resolved directly between India and Pakistan through dialogue. #Operation Sindoor India responds to Pak's ceasefire violation; All that happened India-Pakistan ceasefire reactions: Who said what Punjab's hopes for normalcy dimmed by fresh violations Speaking on the India-Pakistan standoff, Former DGP Vaid highlighted the strength of the Indian armed forces, "Being an Indian, I think our armed forces needed 2-3 more days to hammer Pakistan; they were already on their knee," he told ANI. 5 5 Next Stay Playback speed 1x Normal Back 0.25x 0.5x 1x Normal 1.5x 2x 5 5 / Skip Ads by by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 30 Photos That Show the Dangers of Ocean Swimming Undo Former DGP Vaid also underscored that there are numerous facts that Indian leadership is aware of, stressing that international diplomacy involves balancing a country's interests and not acting out of ego. "...There are many facts that our leadership knows - there are specific issues in international diplomacy... The government has to look into the country's larger interest, and the country doesn't work based on ego," he added. Live Events You Might Also Like: US Vice President JD Vance called PM Modi after receiving 'alarming intel', encouraged ceasefire: Report On US President Trump showing eagerness to mediate between India and Pakistan over 'Kashmir issue', former DGP said, "As far as the Kashmir issue is concerned, India's stated policy is that we do not welcome any third party intervention, this is as per Simla Agreement, this is a dispute between two countries and they will sit together to resolve this." "My personal view is, as long as Pakistan's static policy of their army is that they will fight for Jihad, they are not a normal army or an Islamic army. It will be used for Ghazwa-e-Hind by using terrorism as an instrument of state policy. As long as that policy remains, what is the guarantee that no further incidents like Pulwama or Pahalgam will take place? And if it does take place, then India will have to again attack Pakistan," he told ANI. In a recent development, Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi said that India does not need an intervention of any country to find a solution to the Kashmir after US President Donald Trump offered mediation on the issue. This came after President Trump on Sunday welcomed the cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan, saying that millions of people could have died if the peace had not been worked out. The US President was making a reference to a potential nuclear fallout between the two nations. You Might Also Like: From Op Sindoor to 'stoppage of fire': All that happened between India-Pakistan post Pahalgam attack In a post on Truth Social, the US President said, "I am very proud of the strong and unwaveringly powerful leadership of India and Pakistan for having the strength, wisdom, and fortitude to fully know and understand that it was time to stop the current aggression that could have led to the death and destruction of so many, and so much. Millions of good and innocent people could have died! Your legacy is greatly enhanced by your brave actions." Trump continued to hold on to the claim that the US had helped broker peace and offered to mediate for a solution on Kashmir. "I am proud that the USA was able to help you arrive at this historic and heroic decision. While not even discussed, I am going to increase trade substantially with both of these great Nations. Additionally, I will work with you both to see if, after a "thousand years," a solution can be arrived at concerning Kashmir. God bless the leadership of India and Pakistan on a job well done!!!" India has time and again rejected any third-party intervention on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and has unequivocally expressed that the region is an integral part of India. On Saturday, India also played down the role of the US in achieving an agreement on cessation of hostilities saying that the understanding had been reached between DGMOs of the two countries.
North Wales Chronicle
08-05-2025
- Politics
- North Wales Chronicle
India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations amid fears of wider confrontation
India, meanwhile, accused its neighbour of attempting its own attack, as tensions soared between the nuclear-armed rivals. India acknowledged that it targeted Pakistan's air defence system, and Islamabad said it shot down several of the drones. India said it 'neutralised' Pakistan's attempts to hit military targets. It was not possible to verify all of the claims. In Indian-controlled Kashmir, meanwhile, residents of the city of Jammu reported hearing explosions and sirens late on Thursday. India's Headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff, a central co-ordinating arm for all Indian armed forces, said military stations in Jammu, Udhampur and Pathankot were targeted by Pakistan using missiles and drones. It said the attacks were repelled and no casualties were reported. Shesh Paul Vaid, the region's former director-general of police, said there was a complete blackout in Jammu following loud explosions. 'Bombing, shelling, or missile strikes suspected,' he wrote on social media. Mr Vaid told The Associated Press that the Jammu Airport was likely under attack and that some of the 50 loud explosions he heard were likely because 'our defence system is at work'. Jammu and Udhampur are close to the Line of Control, the de facto border that divides the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan. Pathankot is in India's Punjab state. Sirens were also heard in some parts of the region's main city of Srinagar, residents said. It was followed by a blackout in the city and other parts of the region. Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement rejected the Indian claims that Pakistan launched attacks on Pathankot, Jaisalmer and Srinagar, saying 'these claims are entirely unfounded, politically motivated, and part of a reckless propaganda campaign aimed at maligning Pakistan'. It added that 'such actions not only further endanger regional peace but also reveal a disturbing willingness to exploit misinformation for political and military ends'. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on Thursday to the Pakistani prime minister and India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, urging both sides to de-escalate the situation, the US State Department said. The back and forth came a day after Indian missiles struck several locations in Pakistan, killing 31 civilians, according to Pakistani officials. New Delhi said it was retaliating after gunmen killed 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists, in India-controlled Kashmir last month. India accused Pakistan of being behind the assault but Islamabad denies that. The two sides have also traded heavy fire across their frontier in disputed Kashmir, and Pakistan claimed it killed scores of Indian soldiers. There was no confirmation from India. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed to avenge the deaths in India's missile strikes, raising fears that the two countries could be headed towards another all-out conflict. Leaders from both nations face mounting public pressure to show strength and seek revenge, and the heated rhetoric and competing claims could be a response to that pressure. The relationship between the countries has been shaped by conflict and mutual suspicion, most notably in their dispute over Kashmir. They have fought two of their three wars over the Himalayan region, which is split between them and claimed by both in its entirety. With tensions high, India evacuated thousands of people from villages near the highly militarised frontier in the region. Tens of thousands of people slept in shelters overnight, officials and residents said on Thursday. About 2,000 villagers also fled their homes in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. India fired several Israeli-made Harop drones at Pakistan overnight and into Thursday afternoon, according to Pakistani army spokesman Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif. Pakistani forces shot down 25, he said. A civilian was killed and another wounded when debris from a downed drone fell in the province of Sindh. One drone damaged a military site near the city of Lahore and wounded four soldiers, and another fell in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near the capital, according to Lt Gen Sharif. 'The armed forces are neutralising them as we speak,' Lt Gen Sharif said on the state-run Pakistan Television early Thursday afternoon. In Lahore, local police official Mohammad Rizwan said a drone was downed near Walton Airport, an airfield in a residential area about 16 miles from the border with India that also contains military installations. India's Defence Ministry said its armed forces 'targeted air defence radars and systems' in several places in Pakistan, including Lahore. India, meanwhile, accused Pakistan of attempting 'to engage a number of military targets' with missiles and drones along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir and elsewhere along their border. 'The debris of these attacks in now being recovered from a number of locations,' it said. Pakistani information minister Attaullah Tarar told parliament that so far Pakistan has not responded to India's missiles attacks, but there will be a response at an appropriate time. The Harop drone, produced by Israel's IAI, is one of several in India's inventory, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Military Balance report. According to IAI, the Harop combines the capabilities of a drone and a missile and can operate at long ranges. The two sides have exchanged heavy fire over the past day. Mr Tarar, the Pakistani information minister, said that the country's armed forces have killed 40 to 50 Indian soldiers in the exchanges along the Line of Control. India has not commented on that claim. Earlier, the army said one Indian soldier was killed by shelling on Wednesday. Mr Tarar denied Indian accusations that Pakistan had fired missiles towards the Indian city of Amritsar, saying in fact an Indian drone fell in the city. Neither claim could be confirmed. India's Foreign Ministry has said that 16 civilians were killed on Wednesday during exchanges of fire across the de facto border. Pakistani officials said six people have been killed near the highly militarised frontier in exchanges of fire over the past day. Flights remained suspended at more than two dozen airports across northern and western regions in India, according to travel advisories by multiple airlines. Pakistan resumed flights nationwide after a suspension at four airports, according to the Civil Aviation Authority.
Leader Live
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Leader Live
India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations amid fears of wider confrontation
India, meanwhile, accused its neighbour of attempting its own attack, as tensions soared between the nuclear-armed rivals. India acknowledged that it targeted Pakistan's air defence system, and Islamabad said it shot down several of the drones. India said it 'neutralised' Pakistan's attempts to hit military targets. It was not possible to verify all of the claims. In Indian-controlled Kashmir, meanwhile, residents of the city of Jammu reported hearing explosions and sirens late on Thursday. India's Headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff, a central co-ordinating arm for all Indian armed forces, said military stations in Jammu, Udhampur and Pathankot were targeted by Pakistan using missiles and drones. It said the attacks were repelled and no casualties were reported. Shesh Paul Vaid, the region's former director-general of police, said there was a complete blackout in Jammu following loud explosions. 'Bombing, shelling, or missile strikes suspected,' he wrote on social media. Mr Vaid told The Associated Press that the Jammu Airport was likely under attack and that some of the 50 loud explosions he heard were likely because 'our defence system is at work'. Jammu and Udhampur are close to the Line of Control, the de facto border that divides the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan. Pathankot is in India's Punjab state. Sirens were also heard in some parts of the region's main city of Srinagar, residents said. It was followed by a blackout in the city and other parts of the region. Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement rejected the Indian claims that Pakistan launched attacks on Pathankot, Jaisalmer and Srinagar, saying 'these claims are entirely unfounded, politically motivated, and part of a reckless propaganda campaign aimed at maligning Pakistan'. It added that 'such actions not only further endanger regional peace but also reveal a disturbing willingness to exploit misinformation for political and military ends'. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on Thursday to the Pakistani prime minister and India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, urging both sides to de-escalate the situation, the US State Department said. The back and forth came a day after Indian missiles struck several locations in Pakistan, killing 31 civilians, according to Pakistani officials. New Delhi said it was retaliating after gunmen killed 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists, in India-controlled Kashmir last month. India accused Pakistan of being behind the assault but Islamabad denies that. The two sides have also traded heavy fire across their frontier in disputed Kashmir, and Pakistan claimed it killed scores of Indian soldiers. There was no confirmation from India. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed to avenge the deaths in India's missile strikes, raising fears that the two countries could be headed towards another all-out conflict. Leaders from both nations face mounting public pressure to show strength and seek revenge, and the heated rhetoric and competing claims could be a response to that pressure. The relationship between the countries has been shaped by conflict and mutual suspicion, most notably in their dispute over Kashmir. They have fought two of their three wars over the Himalayan region, which is split between them and claimed by both in its entirety. With tensions high, India evacuated thousands of people from villages near the highly militarised frontier in the region. Tens of thousands of people slept in shelters overnight, officials and residents said on Thursday. About 2,000 villagers also fled their homes in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. India fired several Israeli-made Harop drones at Pakistan overnight and into Thursday afternoon, according to Pakistani army spokesman Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif. Pakistani forces shot down 25, he said. A civilian was killed and another wounded when debris from a downed drone fell in the province of Sindh. One drone damaged a military site near the city of Lahore and wounded four soldiers, and another fell in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near the capital, according to Lt Gen Sharif. 'The armed forces are neutralising them as we speak,' Lt Gen Sharif said on the state-run Pakistan Television early Thursday afternoon. In Lahore, local police official Mohammad Rizwan said a drone was downed near Walton Airport, an airfield in a residential area about 16 miles from the border with India that also contains military installations. India's Defence Ministry said its armed forces 'targeted air defence radars and systems' in several places in Pakistan, including Lahore. India, meanwhile, accused Pakistan of attempting 'to engage a number of military targets' with missiles and drones along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir and elsewhere along their border. 'The debris of these attacks in now being recovered from a number of locations,' it said. Pakistani information minister Attaullah Tarar told parliament that so far Pakistan has not responded to India's missiles attacks, but there will be a response at an appropriate time. The Harop drone, produced by Israel's IAI, is one of several in India's inventory, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Military Balance report. According to IAI, the Harop combines the capabilities of a drone and a missile and can operate at long ranges. The two sides have exchanged heavy fire over the past day. Mr Tarar, the Pakistani information minister, said that the country's armed forces have killed 40 to 50 Indian soldiers in the exchanges along the Line of Control. India has not commented on that claim. Earlier, the army said one Indian soldier was killed by shelling on Wednesday. Mr Tarar denied Indian accusations that Pakistan had fired missiles towards the Indian city of Amritsar, saying in fact an Indian drone fell in the city. Neither claim could be confirmed. India's Foreign Ministry has said that 16 civilians were killed on Wednesday during exchanges of fire across the de facto border. Pakistani officials said six people have been killed near the highly militarised frontier in exchanges of fire over the past day. Flights remained suspended at more than two dozen airports across northern and western regions in India, according to travel advisories by multiple airlines. Pakistan resumed flights nationwide after a suspension at four airports, according to the Civil Aviation Authority.
Rhyl Journal
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Rhyl Journal
India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations amid fears of wider confrontation
India, meanwhile, accused its neighbour of attempting its own attack, as tensions soared between the nuclear-armed rivals. India acknowledged that it targeted Pakistan's air defence system, and Islamabad said it shot down several of the drones. India said it 'neutralised' Pakistan's attempts to hit military targets. It was not possible to verify all of the claims. In Indian-controlled Kashmir, meanwhile, residents of the city of Jammu reported hearing explosions and sirens late on Thursday. India's Headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff, a central co-ordinating arm for all Indian armed forces, said military stations in Jammu, Udhampur and Pathankot were targeted by Pakistan using missiles and drones. It said the attacks were repelled and no casualties were reported. Shesh Paul Vaid, the region's former director-general of police, said there was a complete blackout in Jammu following loud explosions. 'Bombing, shelling, or missile strikes suspected,' he wrote on social media. Mr Vaid told The Associated Press that the Jammu Airport was likely under attack and that some of the 50 loud explosions he heard were likely because 'our defence system is at work'. Jammu and Udhampur are close to the Line of Control, the de facto border that divides the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan. Pathankot is in India's Punjab state. Sirens were also heard in some parts of the region's main city of Srinagar, residents said. It was followed by a blackout in the city and other parts of the region. Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement rejected the Indian claims that Pakistan launched attacks on Pathankot, Jaisalmer and Srinagar, saying 'these claims are entirely unfounded, politically motivated, and part of a reckless propaganda campaign aimed at maligning Pakistan'. It added that 'such actions not only further endanger regional peace but also reveal a disturbing willingness to exploit misinformation for political and military ends'. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on Thursday to the Pakistani prime minister and India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, urging both sides to de-escalate the situation, the US State Department said. The back and forth came a day after Indian missiles struck several locations in Pakistan, killing 31 civilians, according to Pakistani officials. New Delhi said it was retaliating after gunmen killed 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists, in India-controlled Kashmir last month. India accused Pakistan of being behind the assault but Islamabad denies that. The two sides have also traded heavy fire across their frontier in disputed Kashmir, and Pakistan claimed it killed scores of Indian soldiers. There was no confirmation from India. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed to avenge the deaths in India's missile strikes, raising fears that the two countries could be headed towards another all-out conflict. Leaders from both nations face mounting public pressure to show strength and seek revenge, and the heated rhetoric and competing claims could be a response to that pressure. The relationship between the countries has been shaped by conflict and mutual suspicion, most notably in their dispute over Kashmir. They have fought two of their three wars over the Himalayan region, which is split between them and claimed by both in its entirety. With tensions high, India evacuated thousands of people from villages near the highly militarised frontier in the region. Tens of thousands of people slept in shelters overnight, officials and residents said on Thursday. About 2,000 villagers also fled their homes in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. India fired several Israeli-made Harop drones at Pakistan overnight and into Thursday afternoon, according to Pakistani army spokesman Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif. Pakistani forces shot down 25, he said. A civilian was killed and another wounded when debris from a downed drone fell in the province of Sindh. One drone damaged a military site near the city of Lahore and wounded four soldiers, and another fell in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near the capital, according to Lt Gen Sharif. 'The armed forces are neutralising them as we speak,' Lt Gen Sharif said on the state-run Pakistan Television early Thursday afternoon. In Lahore, local police official Mohammad Rizwan said a drone was downed near Walton Airport, an airfield in a residential area about 16 miles from the border with India that also contains military installations. India's Defence Ministry said its armed forces 'targeted air defence radars and systems' in several places in Pakistan, including Lahore. India, meanwhile, accused Pakistan of attempting 'to engage a number of military targets' with missiles and drones along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir and elsewhere along their border. 'The debris of these attacks in now being recovered from a number of locations,' it said. Pakistani information minister Attaullah Tarar told parliament that so far Pakistan has not responded to India's missiles attacks, but there will be a response at an appropriate time. The Harop drone, produced by Israel's IAI, is one of several in India's inventory, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Military Balance report. According to IAI, the Harop combines the capabilities of a drone and a missile and can operate at long ranges. The two sides have exchanged heavy fire over the past day. Mr Tarar, the Pakistani information minister, said that the country's armed forces have killed 40 to 50 Indian soldiers in the exchanges along the Line of Control. India has not commented on that claim. Earlier, the army said one Indian soldier was killed by shelling on Wednesday. Mr Tarar denied Indian accusations that Pakistan had fired missiles towards the Indian city of Amritsar, saying in fact an Indian drone fell in the city. Neither claim could be confirmed. India's Foreign Ministry has said that 16 civilians were killed on Wednesday during exchanges of fire across the de facto border. Pakistani officials said six people have been killed near the highly militarised frontier in exchanges of fire over the past day. Flights remained suspended at more than two dozen airports across northern and western regions in India, according to travel advisories by multiple airlines. Pakistan resumed flights nationwide after a suspension at four airports, according to the Civil Aviation Authority.
Powys County Times
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Powys County Times
India and Pakistan trade fire and accusations amid fears of wider confrontation
Pakistan's authorities said Indian attack drones killed two civilians and wounded four soldiers. India, meanwhile, accused its neighbour of attempting its own attack, as tensions soared between the nuclear-armed rivals. India acknowledged that it targeted Pakistan's air defence system, and Islamabad said it shot down several of the drones. India said it 'neutralised' Pakistan's attempts to hit military targets. It was not possible to verify all of the claims. In Indian-controlled Kashmir, meanwhile, residents of the city of Jammu reported hearing explosions and sirens late on Thursday. India's Headquarters of the Integrated Defence Staff, a central co-ordinating arm for all Indian armed forces, said military stations in Jammu, Udhampur and Pathankot were targeted by Pakistan using missiles and drones. It said the attacks were repelled and no casualties were reported. Shesh Paul Vaid, the region's former director-general of police, said there was a complete blackout in Jammu following loud explosions. 'Bombing, shelling, or missile strikes suspected,' he wrote on social media. Mr Vaid told The Associated Press that the Jammu Airport was likely under attack and that some of the 50 loud explosions he heard were likely because 'our defence system is at work'. Jammu and Udhampur are close to the Line of Control, the de facto border that divides the Kashmir region between India and Pakistan. Pathankot is in India's Punjab state. Sirens were also heard in some parts of the region's main city of Srinagar, residents said. It was followed by a blackout in the city and other parts of the region. Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement rejected the Indian claims that Pakistan launched attacks on Pathankot, Jaisalmer and Srinagar, saying 'these claims are entirely unfounded, politically motivated, and part of a reckless propaganda campaign aimed at maligning Pakistan'. It added that 'such actions not only further endanger regional peace but also reveal a disturbing willingness to exploit misinformation for political and military ends'. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke on Thursday to the Pakistani prime minister and India's External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, urging both sides to de-escalate the situation, the US State Department said. The back and forth came a day after Indian missiles struck several locations in Pakistan, killing 31 civilians, according to Pakistani officials. New Delhi said it was retaliating after gunmen killed 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists, in India-controlled Kashmir last month. India accused Pakistan of being behind the assault but Islamabad denies that. The two sides have also traded heavy fire across their frontier in disputed Kashmir, and Pakistan claimed it killed scores of Indian soldiers. There was no confirmation from India. Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed to avenge the deaths in India's missile strikes, raising fears that the two countries could be headed towards another all-out conflict. Leaders from both nations face mounting public pressure to show strength and seek revenge, and the heated rhetoric and competing claims could be a response to that pressure. The relationship between the countries has been shaped by conflict and mutual suspicion, most notably in their dispute over Kashmir. They have fought two of their three wars over the Himalayan region, which is split between them and claimed by both in its entirety. With tensions high, India evacuated thousands of people from villages near the highly militarised frontier in the region. Tens of thousands of people slept in shelters overnight, officials and residents said on Thursday. About 2,000 villagers also fled their homes in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. India fired several Israeli-made Harop drones at Pakistan overnight and into Thursday afternoon, according to Pakistani army spokesman Lt Gen Ahmad Sharif. Pakistani forces shot down 25, he said. A civilian was killed and another wounded when debris from a downed drone fell in the province of Sindh. One drone damaged a military site near the city of Lahore and wounded four soldiers, and another fell in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, near the capital, according to Lt Gen Sharif. 'The armed forces are neutralising them as we speak,' Lt Gen Sharif said on the state-run Pakistan Television early Thursday afternoon. In Lahore, local police official Mohammad Rizwan said a drone was downed near Walton Airport, an airfield in a residential area about 16 miles from the border with India that also contains military installations. India's Defence Ministry said its armed forces 'targeted air defence radars and systems' in several places in Pakistan, including Lahore. India, meanwhile, accused Pakistan of attempting 'to engage a number of military targets' with missiles and drones along the Line of Control that divides Kashmir and elsewhere along their border. 'The debris of these attacks in now being recovered from a number of locations,' it said. Pakistani information minister Attaullah Tarar told parliament that so far Pakistan has not responded to India's missiles attacks, but there will be a response at an appropriate time. The Harop drone, produced by Israel's IAI, is one of several in India's inventory, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Military Balance report. According to IAI, the Harop combines the capabilities of a drone and a missile and can operate at long ranges. The two sides have exchanged heavy fire over the past day. Mr Tarar, the Pakistani information minister, said that the country's armed forces have killed 40 to 50 Indian soldiers in the exchanges along the Line of Control. India has not commented on that claim. Earlier, the army said one Indian soldier was killed by shelling on Wednesday. Mr Tarar denied Indian accusations that Pakistan had fired missiles towards the Indian city of Amritsar, saying in fact an Indian drone fell in the city. Neither claim could be confirmed. India's Foreign Ministry has said that 16 civilians were killed on Wednesday during exchanges of fire across the de facto border. Pakistani officials said six people have been killed near the highly militarised frontier in exchanges of fire over the past day.
