India has reportedly reached out to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) to share information on potential flooding, according to Pakistani media outlets Geo News and The News International. No official confirmation has been issued by New Delhi or Islamabad. According to sources cited by the Pakistani media, New Delhi warned Islamabad about a…
NEW DELHI: PM Modi rejected Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) with Pakistan as ‘unjust and one-sided’, reiterating India’s position that “blood and water cannot flow together” and asserting that India will “no longer tolerate nuclear blackmail”. In his I-Day speech Friday, the PM lauded Operation Sindoor and the role played by armed forces, while outlining India’s…
Pakistan on Monday said it is committed to the full implementation of the Indus Water Treaty and urged India to immediately resume the normal functioning of the agreement, which New Delhi has held in abeyance since May. A day after the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22, India took a series of punitive measures against…
NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at the decision to sign the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan, disclosing that the water-sharing pact signed by first PM Jawaharlal Nehru had a clause which required India not to carry out desilting of dams, with the gates of one of them welded to prevent any…
Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has urged the Centre to clear two long-pending water infrastructure projects—the Tulbul Navigation Barrage in north Kashmir and a Chenab River water-lifting scheme for Jammu—after New Delhi suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) in response to Pakistan-aided terrorism.The Centre’s move came in the wake of the April…
Florida health officials have confirmed that four people have died in the state this year after being infected by a rare and dangerous bacteria called Vibrio vulnificus. These bacteria are often found in warm coastal waters, where saltwater and freshwater meet. According to the Florida Department of Health (FDOH), a total of 11 people across…
NEW DELHI: Union Jal Shakti minister CR Patil on Thursday reaffirmed India’s tough stance on the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), asserting that the move is in the nation’s interest and dismissing Pakistani warnings as empty threats.“This decision belongs to the Indian government and the Prime Minister… There is no update on the…
ISLAMABAD: Former Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari issued a blunt warning on Monday to India over its unilateral suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT), saying Pakistan would not hesitate to respond if its water rights were violated.Speaking during the budget session of the National Assembly, the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman said, “India…
Pakistan’s former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Monday said that Pakistan would go to war if India denies Islamabad its share of water under the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). His comments come days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced that India would never restore the 1960 water-sharing agreement, which New Delhi put in abeyance…
JAMMU: Days after Union home minister Amit Shah declared that Indus waters will be taken to Rajasthan’s Sri Ganganagar through canals within three years, J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday opposed sharing such flows with other states.“I will never allow this (divert water from J&K to other states). Let’s use our water for ourselves…