Tue 22 August 2023: The launching ceremony of the book “Nelson Mandela on Kashmir” written by Salman Khan, the Chairman of Kashmiri Action Group based in South Africa, was held on Saturday in Rivonia, South Africa. The book covered the causes and consequences of the occupation of Jammu and Kashmir and the Kashmiris’ demand for […]
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Mon 21 August 2023: Pakistan’s imprisoned former Prime Minister, Imran Khan, is under constant CCTV watch in the jail where he is serving a three-year prison term in a graft case, his party claimed on Monday, Anadolu Agency reports. Citing a court document, which was not verified by either the party’s lawyer or Anadolu, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) […]
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Mon 21 August 2023: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Sunday responded to a social media user who claimed that his great grandfather was a Hindu Brahmin. It all started after a user on X, previously known as Twitter, alleged that the great grandfathers of Farooq Abdullah, Asaduddin Owaisi, […]
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Sun 20 August 2023: The Kashmir Walla, an independent news website based in Kashmir, has been blocked in India by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology under the IT Act, 2000, said the news portal. “When we contacted our server provider on Saturday morning to ask why thekashmirwalla.com was inaccessible, they informed us that […]
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Sat 19 August 2023: Shah Mahmood Qureshi, the leader of the opposition in Pakistan, was taken into custody on Saturday, according to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, just hours after he announced legal action if the election was delayed. Party spokesperson Zulfi Bukhari told Reuters the specific reason for the detention of Qureshi, twice Pakistan’s […]
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Sat 19 August 2023: When Arnaz Banu arrived for a function organised by her school to honour Class 10 and Class 12 on Independence Day, she expected to be the first to be called on stage. After all, with a score of 87% in Class 10, she was the topper. That was not to be. […]
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Sat 19 August 2023: New Delhi: The Supreme Court has made it clear that hate speeches against any religion need to be “treated alike” and “dealt with as per law”, independent of the offender’s faith, Hindustan Times reported. Hearing a batch of petitions on Friday, August 18, a division of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice S.V.N. […]
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Thu 17 August 2023: Authorities in Pakistan have launched a probe and arrested at least 146 people in the Punjab province a day after a Muslim mob torched five churches and attacked dozens of houses belonging to the local Christian community over claims of blasphemy, the province’s top police official has told Al Jazeera. “We are continuing […]
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Thu 17 August 2023: As Kim Jong-kil tends to the large, short-haired dogs kept in rusty cages on his farm, he reflects on his family’s 27-year involvement in the dog meat industry. However, amidst increasing attempts by politicians and activists to ban the business, Kim is now passing the operation on to his children. The […]
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A trader from Zambia sits outside a clothing wholesale market, August 2013, in Guangzhou, home to one of the largest black communities in Asia, peopled by traders from around the world. (AFP/Getty Images) Thu 17 August 2023: Human Rights Watch has found racist content targeting Black people is becoming increasingly prevalent on China’s social […]
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