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India loses contact with Chandrayaan-2 before moon landing
India’s second Moon mission, Chandrayaan-2’s Lander Vikram, lost communication with the ground station at an altitude of 2.1 kilometres from the Lunar surface, said Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) chief K Sivan on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported. Vikram was
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Saifuddin: Dr M and Modi spoke of Kashmir
VLADIVOSTOK: The issue of Jammu and Kashmir was the main topic in the bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi yesterday. Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah said both leaders generally discussed bilateral
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Dr Mahathir – Modi meet up in Russia
VLADIVOSTOK: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi held a bilateral meeting ahead of the three-day Eastern Economic Summit which begins this afternoon. Dr Mahathir, who arrived yesterday and Modi are attending the ongoing economic
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First death in Kashmir, Pakistan sees ‘seeds of war’
SRINAGAR: A man died in Indian Kashmir nearly a month after being injured in a protest, officials said yesterday, confirming the first such death since India revoked the region’s autonomy. News of the fatality came as Pakistan warned that India
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PM Khan: I won’t start a nuclear war
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan would not use nuclear weapons first, Prime Minister Imran Khan said today, amid tensions with arch-rival India after New Delhi revoked the special status of its part of the disputed Kashmir region. “We both are nuclear-armed countries. If
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Imran Khan leads demonstration on Kashmir in Pakistan
SRINAGAR, India/ISLAMABAD: Cities around Pakistan came to a standstill yesterday as tens of thousands of people poured onto the streets in a government-led demonstration of solidarity with the disputed region of Kashmir, after India revoked its autonomy this month. The
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BJP stalwart Arun Jaitley dies at 66
Arun Jaitley, the former finance minister and a stalwart of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), passed away today. He was 66. Arun Jaitley was ill for the last two years. In 2018, Arun Jaitley underwent a kidney transplant surgery, following
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Kashmir protesters defy restrictions, clash with security forces
SRINAGAR: Security forces used tear gas against stone-throwing local residents in Indian Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar yesterday, after a third straight week of protests in the restive Soura district despite the imposition of tight restrictions. Paramilitary police tried to
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India tightens grip on Kashmir amid calls for protests by separatists
SRINAGAR: Authorities in the main city of Indian Kashmir tightened security ahead of Friday prayers after separatists called for a protest march to a UN office, with streets bristling with paramilitary personnel and some blocked by checkpoints. Posters appeared overnight
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Incarcerated Kashmir separatists urge protests over loss of autonomy
SRINAGAR: Separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir have urged people to defy a ban and join a mass march after Friday prayers this week, the first such call since the federal government revoked the region’s autonomy, stirring anger in the region
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