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EU spurns 'guided tour' of Indian Kashmir
New DELHI (AFP): The European Union refused to take part in a rare diplomatic visit to Indian Kashmir starting Thursday (Jan 9) because they will not be allowed to meet detained local politicians, reports said.
India grants diplomats access to restive Kashmir for first time in months
SRINAGAR/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Foreign diplomats visited India-ruled Kashmir on Thursday for the first time since New Delhi stripped the region of special status in August, although some European nations and others declined the invite after being refused permission to travel independently.
India asks refiners to stop buying Malaysian palm oil after row
MUMBAI: India has informally asked palm oil refiners and traders to avoid buying Malaysian palm oil, government and industry sources said, following Malaysian criticism of India’s actions in the Kashmir region and its new citizenship law.
India asks refiners to stop buying Malaysian palm oil after political row
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: India has informally asked palm oil refiners and traders to avoid buying Malaysian palm oil, government and industry sources said on Tuesday, following Malaysian criticism of India's actions in the Kashmir region and its new citizenship law.
Facing criticism, Delhi police probe attack on students at elite university
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - New Delhi police are investigating how masked men burst into a leading university and attacked student protesters with sticks and rods, an officer said on Monday, the latest incident to ignite criticism of India's ruling Hindu nationalists.
Overload on train to Kashmir's internet oasis
BANIHAL (India): Every day the train to Kashmir's remote cyber oasis Banihal is packed as people travel for hours to get online in the disputed region where internet has been cut for five months. The mountain town of fewer than 4,000 people has six internet cafes, which are booming due to a security clampdown by the Indian government.
India's World T20 hero and cricket star Irfan Pathan retires
NEW DELHI: India all-rounder Irfan Pathan on Saturday (jan 4) retired from international cricket more than seven years after playing his last match for the national cricket team.
March of facial-recognition technology raises alarm in India
India is planning to create the world's largest facial-recognition database, with the technology already being widely used by police, airports and even cafes. Critics fear this violates human rights and will turn the country into a Chinese-style surveillance state.
Two Indian soldiers killed in Kashmir gunfight
SRINAGAR: Two Indian soldiers were killed Wednesday (Jan 1) in a gunfight with suspected militants along the border that divides the disputed territory of Kashmir between archrivals India and Pakistan, officials said.
Text messaging services to be restored in Kashmir after five months
KASHMIR: Mobile phone text messaging services were to be restored across India's Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday (Jan 1), five months after they were suspended during a clampdown on communications in the region.