NEW DELHI: At least four persons were killed when a police officer with the Railway Protection Force (RPF) allegedly opened indiscriminate fire inside a moving train in India's southwestern state of Maharashtra, official sources said. The shootout took place inside the Jaipur Express train, which was
LONDON: The Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been accused of intimidating and targeting relatives of prominent pro-Khalistan leaders who left India decades ago and hold British or other nationalities. The Sikh Federation (UK) said that families of its two prominent leaders in India have come
SRINAGAR: The authorities in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir have suspended the passports of some journalists and at least one Kashmiri political activist. According to the details, the Regional Passport Office in Srinagar has emailed at least two journalists and a political activist, among others,
BEIJING: In another major shakeup that is raising eyebrows worldwide, Chinese leader Xi Jinping has installed former deputy naval chief Wang Houbin and party central committee member Xu Xisheng as the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) Rocket Force unit heads. Former Rocket Force boss, General Li Yuchao
JEDDAH: The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) expressed grave concern over an increase in Islamophobia after a spike in incidents of Holy Quran burning in Nordic nations. Notorious people, with their governments' approval, have in the last few weeks desecrated the holy book in Sweden and
SRINAGAR: Moulvi Bashir Ahmad Irfani, General Secretary of All Parties Hurriyat Conference, has said that Kashmiris will observe August 5 as a Black Day in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir to send a clear message to India that New Delhi is an illegal occupier
MIRPUR: Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Chaudhry Anwar ul Haq and President Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry have expressed deep concern over the deteriorating human rights situation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu Kashmir (IIOJK). In a meeting held in Mirpur (AJK), both the leaders discussed
NEW DELHI: India’s Supreme Court came down hard on the Manipur police and demanded to see a complete break-up of the approximately 6,000 cases of murder, rape, arson, crimes against women, burning of villages, homes and places of worship the state government claimed to have
CAIRO: Rival Palestinian political leaders meeting in Egypt decided to form a committee on intra-Palestinian reconciliation, a move that one analyst doubted would end their 17-year rift. President Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh met for rare face-to-face talks in the coastal city of El
NEW YORK: The United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's preliminary data revealed a historic development — the highest-ever temperature recorded this week in the North Atlantic, surpassing its usual annual peak. This notable occurrence comes after the Mediterranean region also experienced a new record high