Triggering a fresh controversy, the US State Department has now posted a new map of India which reflects the Line of Control in J&K with dotted lines, thereby projecting it as a disputed territory.
There was no immediate response from the Indian Embassyin Washington if it was satisfied with the latest India mapposted by the State Department on its website.
Following strong protest from the Ministry of ExternalAffairs, the State Department in November had removed from itswebsite a map of India which showed a portion of Jammu andKashmir as part of Pakistan.
Now, US map shows J&K as disputed territory
A similar map from its travel website was also removed bythe State Department.
State Department spokesperson Victoria Nuland had toldreporters at that time that such an error was unintentional.
Now, US map shows J&K as disputed territory
She said that the map had "some inaccuracies which wereassociated with the boundaries of some geographic features.
Source:Znews
