Human Rights

New Delhi, Aug 8; GANASHAKTI: The leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, said on Thursday that Kashmir has become like a "concentration camp" with additional troops deployment and snapped communication links, after the abrogation of provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution which accorded special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

Islamabad, Aug 9 (PTI) Pakistan has decided to ban all cultural exchanges with India, including all kinds of joint ventures between the entertainment industry of the two countries after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, a media report said on Friday.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Thursday launched a national slogan 'Say No to India', Dawn newspaper reported.

New Delhi, Aug 9 (PTI) CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday said he and his CPI colleague D Raja were detained at the Srinagar airport on Friday and denied entry into the city.

The Left leaders had gone to the Srinagar to meet their party colleagues.

Islamabad, Aug 9 (PTI) Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Friday dashed to China to discuss with the Chinese leadership Indo-Pak tensions after India revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.

Earlier this week, India revoked Article 370 to withdraw the special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the region into two Union Territories --Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh.

Pakistan termed the Indian action as "unilateral and illegal", and said it will take the matter to the UN Security Council.

Krishnanagar (WB), Aug 8 (PTI) The POCSO Court of Nadia district in West Bengal has sentenced a man to life imprisonment after he was found guilty of raping a minor in 2018.

In its order on Wednesday, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court judge Manash Basu also slapped a fine of Rs 20,000 on the man.

He had raped the girl when she was 14. The man repeatedly raped the minor, who was his neighbour's daughter, for two months since February 2018 after making her consume laced drinks and impregnated her.

Katihar (Bihar), Aug 8 (PTI) Two minor girls, cousins by relation, were killed after suspected sexual assault in Katihar district of Bihar, police said on Thursday.

Their mutilated, semi-nude bodies tied together with a "chunri" were found in a field in Chaukia Pahadpur Diyara village under Amdabad police station limits.

Bruises and cut marks were visible on the bodies including on their private parts, though rape could be confirmed only after post-mortem, police said.

New Delhi, Aug 8 (PTI) As Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday strongly defended his government's decision to revoke provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution for Jammu and Kashmir, a section of state residents alleged the way it was done was "extremely undemocratic".

Some even claimed that the Centre just wanted to win lands and "not hearts of Kashmiris".

MEXICO CITY, Aug 8 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Mexico’s government wants the United States to cooperate in helping to identify white supremacists that pose a threat to its citizens after a weekend shooting in El Paso, Texas that killed eight Mexican nationals.

A total of 22 people lost their lives in the shooting at a Walmart store, an event Mexico has vowed to investigate as an act of terrorism. It said it may also request the suspected perpetrator be extradited to Mexico for trial.

NEW DELHI, Aug 8 (NNN-BERNAMA) — India expressing regret over Pakistan’s move to downgrade its diplomatic relations with the former over the Kashmir dispute has called on the country to review its decision.

Islamabad on Wednesday announced a series of steps following New Delhi’s repeal of Article 370, a special provision in the Indian constitution that allowed a degree of autonomy to the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

Pakistan asked India to withdraw its high commissioner in Islamabad and said it will not send its own high commissioner-designate to India.

8 Aug 2019; MEMO: The Palestinian Authority (PA) yesterday condemned Israel’s approval of 2,300 settlement units in the occupied West Bank.

In a radio interview, the PA’s Foreign Minister Riyadh Al-Maliki said: “Israel got the support of the current American administration to escalate its settlement projects in the Palestinian territories.”