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NEW DELHI, May 17: Asia is witnessing new tensions in land and sea as agreements were dishonoured and rule of law disregarded while terrorism has started to consume those who have long practised it, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday, amid China's military continuing posturing along the ...

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Haroon Khan huddled with his friends on the lawn of a polling station in the heart of Nowhatta, a part of the city of Srinagar that is known for its anti-India sentiments. Khan had just emerged from a small room after casting his vote in ...

JAMMU, May 14: Border Roads Organisation (BRO) on Tuesday said that the construction of pivotal infrastructure project National Highway-144A connecting Akhnoor with Poonch reached a significant milestone today as the breakthrough ceremony for the Sungal Tunnel took place. Road Akhnoor-Poonch, “The Golden Arc Road” is a very old and ...

Islamabad, Pakistan – It’s summertime, and mango season in Pakistan. But 25-year-old Amber* can’t stand the sight of the fruit, one of the country’s most famous exports. Mangoes remind her of her jailed husband, Mohammad Zameer*. “My husband loves mangoes,” says the mother of three children from her home ...

Voting is often the only chance that many of India's marginalised groups get to express themselves. As national elections approach, Scroll's reporters fanned out across the country to talk to groups with little socio-political power as part of a series called the View from the Margins. The aim: try ...

Mukhtar Ansari, the gangster-turned-politician, who always insisted to be addressed as Mokhtar (His identity proof documents carry his name as Mokhtar), had been a key player not only in the underworld but also politics of eastern UP for over 30 years irrespective of the party in power. He also ...

Pakistan’s new interior minister, Mohsin Naqvi, has reportedly emphasized the need for improved laws to regulate internet free speech as the disruption of social media platform X continues into its fifth week. According to a report in news agency AFP. although Islamabad has not explicitly confirmed responsibility for nationwide ...

On a sombre morning in March 1990, Siddhartha Gigoo, then a teenager of 16, along with his younger sister Henna and a neighbouring family left their home in Kashmir in a truck. Unbeknownst to them, this journey marked the beginning of what was to be a long exile, for ...

Do you dream of sun-kissed islands, while your budget only allows a hop around the block? Don’t let the luxury vloggers fool you—there’s plenty to see in India beyond the same ol’ Shimla-Goa-New Delhi circuits. Today’s National Tourism Day crossword is designed to give you long weekend ideas for 2024. ...

Pic: Shakeel/Excelsior SRINAGAR, Jan 24: Even as intense dry cold gripped Kashmir and Jammu recorded below normal temperatures on Wednesday, the MeT department said that the long dry spell was likely to end by this weekend.The Meteorological (Met) department has forecast snow/rain in plains as ...