TORONTO: Frustrated over denial of India’s request to Interpol to issue Red Corner Notice against pro-Khalistan Sikhs For Justice (SFJ) leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, the Hindutva followers of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to the Twitter openly calling for the assassination of Khalistani leader. Several high-profile accounts linked with the Hindutva groups including the […]
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Modi faces lawsuit in US over human rights abuses in Kashmir
HOUSTEN: A pair of Kashmiri citizens sued the prime minister of India on Thursday in federal court ahead of his much-anticipated arrival in Houston, asserting that his unilateral annexation of their homeland caused the detention, disappearance and deaths of their loved ones amid ongoing tensions in the valley. The region, in the foothills of the […]
Pakistani student bags top position in Cambridge exam
KARACHI: Muhammad Haider Khan, a student of Bahria College Karsaz, bagged top position in Mathematics (Syllabus D) Cambridge Examination 2017. Spokesperson of Pakistan Navy said in a statement that Haider achieved a world distinction in the subject. The statement also said that Haider’s achievement is a testament of the navy’s efforts to promote quality education […]
Indian forces battle fighters as IHK govt compound siege runs into second day
SRINAGAR: A battle between Indian security forces and a group of suspected rebels holed up inside a compound in Pampore on the outskirts of Srinagar in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) entered its second day even as security forces launched a fresh offensive Tuesday morning, Times of India reported. A group of suspected rebels stormed into the […]
China ready to discuss NSG bid with India
BEIJING: A Chinese on Monday said his country is willing to talk to India on its bid to become a member of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). India last month said it had held “substantive” talks with China on its attempt to join the NSG, a 48-member grouping of countries that trades in civil nuclear […]
Held Kashmir unrest prompts Indias biggest crackdown in decades
SRINAGAR: Anxious to quell protests in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK), Indian forces are carrying out their most severe crackdown in more than two decades against civilian protesters, arresting more than 8,000 this summer across the disputed Himalayan territory, police said on Monday. That includes 450 or so civilians being held, possibly for up to six months […]
Radiation leak briefly halts operations at Delhi airport
NEW DELHI: A suspected radioactive leak occurred on Sunday at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport from cancer medicines that were being transferred by an Air France Aircraft. However, officials confirmed that the leas was minor and within permissible limits and there had been no injury to anyone. Earlier, teams of the Indian National Disaster Management […]
Boys killing sparks fresh clashes, curfew in IHK
SRINAGAR: Curfew was extended in Indian-held Kashmir (IHK) on Saturday, as thousands of people clashed with Indian forces during the funeral of a 12-year-old boy who succumbed to his injuries after being hit by pellets the other day. Police and paramilitary troops fired teargas, pellets and live rounds to disperse the funeral procession of the […]
Frustrations rise in Afghan provincial capital besieged by Taliban
LASHKAR GAH: Elders in Afghanistan’s troubled Helmand province accused the Kabul government and its international backers on Saturday of failing to live up to promises of protection as Taliban militants claim more territory and threaten the provincial capital. Despite months of reorganisation, a new influx of international advisers, and regular American air strikes, Afghan security […]
India bans Kashmir newspaper for inciting unrest
NEW DELHI: Authorities in Indian-held Kashmir have banned a local newspaper they said was inciting violence in the Himalayan region, which has been roiled by deadly violence in recent months. The editor of the Kashmir Reader, an English-language daily, said police had come to their office carrying an order for them to stop publishing. “There […]