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India to divide Kashmir to tighten grip on restive state
Oct 30, 2019 07:09India will formally split up disputed Jammu and Kashmir State into two federal territories on Thursday, aiming to tighten its grip on the restive region that has been in the grip of a harsh security clampdown for nearly three months.
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India complains to world aviation body after Pakistan's rebuff to Modi
Oct 29, 2019 15:21The United Nations' aviation agency has asked Pakistan for more information about an overflight request from India, it said on Tuesday, after Islamabad denied permission to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to cross its airspace on an overseas tour.
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Pakistan observes black day against India’s 'Kashmir occupation'
Oct 28, 2019 07:19Pakistanis observed black day on Sunday to show solidarity with people in Indian-administered Kashmir.
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Pakistan bars Indian PM from using its airspace over Kashmir
Oct 27, 2019 08:44Islamabad has rejected India’s request to allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plane to use Pakistan’s airspace, citing New Delhi’s “human rights violations” in India-controlled Kashmir.
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India citizenship bill targeting Muslims
Oct 25, 2019 04:47India is known as a secular and the world’s largest democracy. The country has hosted persecuted refugees from countries such as Tibet, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar for decades, but now refugees in the country are being granted asylum based on their faith. Since the ruling BJP came to power in 2014, it promised to throw what is calls “illegal immigrants or termites” out of the country.
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Tehran hosts intl. local games expo
Oct 25, 2019 03:03It’s playtime! This international game festival in Tehran showcases local and mostly ancient games indigenous to different nations.
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India holds local elections in Kashmir amid boycott by many political parties
Oct 24, 2019 10:52The Indian government has held local elections in Indian-controlled Kashmir amid a boycott by most political parties, which have branded the vote as “undemocratic.”
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Pakistanis protest against India’s crackdown in Kashmir
Oct 21, 2019 09:52Pakistanis have staged another protest in Islamabad against India’s crackdown in Kashmir.
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India, Pakistan exchange fire over de facto Kashmir border
Oct 20, 2019 08:58Indian and Pakistani forces have exchanged mortar shells and rifle fire in the disputed Kashmir region, leaving multiple casualties on both sides.
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India, China and contours of the Asian Century
Oct 19, 2019 18:01India and China, two economic powerhouses of Asia are not only the key drivers of the economic renaissance that Asia is undergoing in the global economy but central to redefining the global economic order and heralding the Asian Century as well.