Reports suggest that the conversation was the first between the two since Sunday’s terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Uri region, in which 18 Indian Army soldiers lost their lives. “10 of them were killed”, the source said.
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Sources told dna that top security establishment officials, investigating agencies and mandarins of the ministry of external affairs are burning the midnight oil to prepare a booklet.
In a statement shared by Cotton on his Twitter, he said, “The pre-dawn terrorist attack on Indian troops while they slept was a cowardly act, one that deserves the strongest condemnation”.
Sushma Swaraj will be addressing the UNGA in coming week and is expected to again bring up Kashmir as a dominant point in her speech. “The sooner India realises it, the better it is for all”.
“All the dossiers that were handed over to Pakistan are being revisited in this booklet”. While Prasad warned against idle threats of cross-border military strikes, he also said India’s tolerance towards Pakistan is waning amid public outrage over this week’s attack.
The booklet will include key findings such as intercepted conversations between the 10 Lashkar-e-Taiba fidayeens in Mumbai who were being given instructions by LeT commander Zaki-ur- Rehman Lakhvi and ISI officials.
“It became clear that a cover was being provided to infiltrators from Pakistan”.
“Our Prime Minister has said clearly that the Uri attack will be a jaw for a tooth”. EU Secretary General also briefed the Foreign Secretary on preparations for the upcoming Brussels Ministerial Conference on Afghanistan to be held in Brussels in October.
“The evidence gathered by us can stand up to any global scrutiny”.
JD (U) leader Rajeev Ranjan said it would be a blunder for Pakistan to consider India a weak opponent.
“Secretary Kerry met Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to discuss our strong, long-term bilateral partnership and to build upon the US-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue”.
Briefing newsmen in NY, they said Pakistan is conveying a firm message that there can’t be any compromise on this fundamental right of Kashmiris.
India has also received a setback of sorts at Non Aligned Summit (NAM) at Venezuela, a grouping of 120-member countries, where Pakistan managed to revive the distinction between terrorism and the fight for “self-determination” at the summit. If other countries too boycott the summit, it can give India a handle to counter Pakistan at other fora. The army said it was a “desperate attempt” by Pakistan to create “disturbance and foment unrest” in India.
The protesters also set on fire an effigy of Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. “We have not fired a single shot”, he said.
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Another early diplomatic success by India at the United Nations was the acceptance of the India-sponsored Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism (CCIT) by the BRICS group in the UN.
