The Indus Water Treaty, signed in 1960, governs the sharing of waters between India and Pakistan. India's decision to keep the treaty in abeyance reflects the strained relations between the two countries.
Amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam attack and India's decision to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty, former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif stepped in to advise his brother, current Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, on the need for a diplomatic approach to e
World Bank has no role beyond being the facilitator of the Indus Water Treaty, Ajay Banga, the President of the international financial institution said, clearly the air that it will not step in to the fix the suspension imposed by India following the Pahalgam terrorist attack.
Noting that April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam was "original escalation" by Pakistan, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said on Thursday that India has responded through precision strikes on terror infrastructure in Pakistan and PoJK and further escalation is being responded to appropriately.
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri on Thursday highlighted that Pakistan had repeatedly violated Indus Water Treaty by deliberately creating "legal roadblocks" over the years and said that It is India's patience that India was "adhering to the treaty for the last 65 years."
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for cancelling the discriminatory clause of the Indus Water Treaty and said that this decision will "directly benefit farmers" in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh
In a veiled message to Pakistan over its support to cross-border terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday referred to India suspending the Indus Water Treaty following the Pahalgam terror attack and said the water on which India had a right was earlier going beyond its borders b
Making a veiled reference to India putting the Indus Water Treaty with Pakistan in abeyance following the Pahalgam terror attack, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that water on which India had a right was earlier going out but now it will come to use in the country.
The district administration in Rajasthan's Barmer has stepped up preparations ahead of a major mock drill scheduled for May 7, with officials and residents actively participating in civil defence measures.
All gates of the Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project Dam on the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district remain closed, even as a limited volume of water continues to flow downstream.
As tensions escalate between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack, villagers living along the India-Pakistan border in Rajasthan's Barmer district voiced their unwavering support for the Indian armed forces and are ready to help the Indian Army in every possible way in cas