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Nine-year-old among nearly 150 children held in Indian Kashmir
NEW DELHI: Police in Indian Kashmir have detained 144 children, including a nine-year-old, since early August when the government revoked the disputed region’s special status and imposed a lockdown, according to a court-appointed committee’s report. But all those arrested and
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Pakistan’s Imran Khan warns of nuclear war over Indian Kashmir
NEW YORK: Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan warned the United Nations yesterday that his country’s dispute with India over Kashmir could escalate into an all-out nuclear war that would have dire consequences for the world. In a fiery speech lasting
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US hopes India will lift Kashmir curbs soon
NEW YORK: The US hopes to see rapid action by India to lift restrictions it has imposed in Kashmir and the release of detainees there, the senior US diplomat for South Asia said yesterday. Alice Wells, the acting assistant secretary
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Farooq Abdullah’s arrest leaves India with little allies in Kashmir
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir: The detention of pro-India politicians and the crackdown against their party members in Indian-administered Kashmir indicate a further shrinking of New Delhi’s allies in the region. For the most part of the last five decades, the National
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Khan to Pakistanis: Don’t join anti-India fight in Kashmir
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned his citizens against joining the fight in Kashmir, saying the Indian authorities were waiting for “any excuse” to crack down on the residents in the Himalayan territory. “If someone from Pakistan goes to
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Don’t let India turn Kashmir into another Palestine
The Kashmir crisis is another Palestine in the making. There are all the tell-tale signs of the Kashmir crisis being an action of hatred by the right-wing extremist BJP government. Despite several other states enjoying special status such as in
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India’s Kashmir move: Two perspectives
Baijayant Jay Panda is a four-time MP and a national Vice President of India’s governing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) It is notable that the government’s move on Kashmir has enthused many more Indians than just the BJP’s staunch supporters –
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India-China spat delays global trade matters
NEW DELHI: A spat between the world’s most populous countries is holding up a pan-Asian trade agreement encompassing nearly a third of all global trade. Trade ministers from 16 Asia-Pacific countries this week hailed a “critical milestone” after seven years
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Don’t turn Kashmir into a huge prison! Stop the repression now!
Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) is deeply concerned over the recent unilateral decision by the Government of India to repeal large parts of Article 370 and 35A of the Indian Constitution (which granted special status to the State of Jammu
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India in grief as moon landing mission fails
NEW DELHI: India’s ambitious moon mission ended in disappointment after communication with the lander, in the final moments of its descent, was lost. A successful Chandrayaan-2 mission would have made India the fourth country – after the United States, Russia
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