The government is committed to make Kashmir a paradise once again, the prime minister asserted. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said bullets or abuses will not resolve the Kashmir issue and that it can be addressed by embracing every Kashmiri. "Na gaali se samasya sulajhne wali hai, na goli se, samasya suljhegi har Kashmiri ko gale lagane se (Kashmir problem cannot be resolved by either bullets or by abuses. During his hour-long address, the prime minister also declared that that violence in the name of faith was not acceptable and termed casteism and communalism as poison. India is capable of tackling any challenge in any frontier -- land, sea or the cyber space, the prime minister said against the backdrop of border standoff with China in Doklam.

Source: dna August 15, 2017 03:49 UTC