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Islamabad —  Afghanistan’s hardline Taliban leaders have threatened to militarily suppress unprecedented violent public protests in a northeastern border region against a nationwide ban on poppy cultivation. The unrest erupted last Friday when the Taliban’s anti-narcotics forces began destroying poppy fields in Badakhshan province, prompting angry farmers to resist ...

At least 30 people are required to unroll the carpet. Photo: Special Arrangement The famous Hazratbal dargah in Srinagar is attracting locals for a rare spectacle this week — the washing and clipping of the largest carpet woven in Kashmir by far. The intricate marvel is 72 ft. in ...

People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha seat, Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra. | Photo Credit: Nissar Ahmad A door-to-door campaign and open-field canvassing by Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, 34-year-old Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha seat, has kicked off an unusual bustle in the once militancy-dominated pockets ...

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in healthGet our free Health Check emailScientists have discovered rare gene differences that could raise the risk of obesity by as much as six times.The study identified genetic variants in two genes that have ...

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – In his first speech in the main city of Indian-administered Kashmir since scrapping its semi-autonomous status in 2019, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed the move had brought development and prosperity to the region’s residents. “I am working hard to win your hearts,” Modi told a ...

NEW DELHI: Yashasvi Jaiswal has now joined the ranks of India's former batting maestros Sachin Tendulkar, Ravi Shastri and Vinod Kambli, courtesy of his unbeaten onslaught of 179 runs on the opening day of the second Test against England at the ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium.In Vizag on Friday, Jaiswal showcased ...

Chandigarh, January 27: A 47-year-old man got a new lease of life after his rare kind of bone cancer was treated successfully with limb salvage surgery by doctors at Max Hospital recently. Dr. Rajat Gupta, sr consultant orthopedic oncology said that the patient had a pain in the left ...

SRINAGAR — In his 17 years of managing a hotel in Gulmarg, a picturesque town in Indian-administered Kashmir, Manzoor Ahmad has never seen a season without snow.But this year, things are different: the snow-clad mountains in the region are oddly brown and barren."This is unprecedented," Ahmad, 50, says, and ...

Experts say that the absence of snowfall this winter will lead to water scarcity and derail the economy. Source link

KARACHI: Abdul Wahid drops a round mixture of minced meat, maize flour, and spices into a pot sizzling with hot ghee in front of him. A couple of minutes pass before his assistant flips the finished kebabs onto a plate while a waiter attends to eager customers lining up ...