Top stories of the day from Jammu and Kashmir and rest of the world.
Published by DPA With their numbers massively pared down for the second year in a row due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, thousands of Muslim pilgrims began a stoning ritual as part of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. While normally some 2.5 million Muslims from all over the world would be
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Published by Al-Araby Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been accused of “treason” and compromising national security by the country’s largest opposition party after it alleged he used spyware against its former leader, Rahul Gandhi. Governments around the world are facing allegations they used the Israeli-based NSO Group – maker of the Pegasus spyware –
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Published by Al-Araby A tripartite plan presented by European officials, which would extend Iran’s “breakout time” and make a revival of the Iran nuclear deal more feasible, has been rejected by Iran, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal. The proposed deal would have lengthened the time that Iran would need to produce
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Published by Al-Araby Representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban met in Doha for talks on Saturday, AFP correspondents said, as violence rages in the country with foreign forces almost entirely withdrawn. The two sides have been meeting on and off for months in the Qatari capital, but the talks have lost momentum as
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Newscraving Desk: Srinagar, The J&K Animal Husbandry and Fisheries department has called for ban on slaughter of cows, calves, camels on the occasion of forthcoming Eid-ul-Adha in the Union Territory. In this regarding Director Planning, J&K Animal Husbandry and Fisheries Department has addressed a communication to Divisional Commissioners of Jammu as well as Kashmir and
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Newscraving Desk: Srinagar The authorities have asked administrative secretaries to initiate process to identity employees who are “ineffective in work or not fit to continue” after completion of 22 years of service or having attained 48 years of age. In October last year, the J&K government had amended Article 226 (2) of the Jammu and
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Newscraving Desk: Srinagar, July 16: Two rebels were killed while as two paramilitary personnel of Central Reserve Police Force were injured in an encounter at Alamdar Colony, Danmar, area of Central Kashmir’s Srinagar on Friday. Officials sources said that during the gunfight two CRPF personnel were also injured, who have been identified as SI Bupinder
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Published by Reuters By Umar Farooq ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani meets regional leaders for talks in Uzbekistan on Thursday as deteriorating security in his country raises fears of a new Afghan refugee crisis with neighbouring Pakistan already ruling out taking any more. Several million Afghans have been displaced within their country over
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Published by Reuters MUMBAI (Reuters) – The failure of China and India to resolve the standoff over their disputed border in the western Himalayas, despite an agreement last year, is not in the interest of either side, India’s foreign minister told his Chinese counterpart on Wednesday. In accordance with last year’s pact, military commanders on
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Published by Al-Araby A month after Masrat (real identity withheld) went to her parent’s home – having been beaten up by her husband after confronting him over a suspected affair with his own cousin – Masrat’s husband returned to see her, to have sex. Masrat had spent nearly a year in a toxic marriage that
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