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Press freedom under siege: Pakistan falls to 158th in global rankings
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The drop places Pakistan just one spot above the lowest category in RSF's rankings. Pakistani media reports attribute this decline to mounting political interference, financial strain on media organisations, and a surge in violence against journalists.
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"Only understanding between us will bring solutions": Tribal leader calls
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Kom Tribes Organisation - Valley (KTO-V) president Haopu Kom on Saturday stressed that understanding among different communities in Manipur is essential to find a solution to the ongoing situation in the state.
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Pakistan: Baloch Yakjehti Committee announces public seminar in Turbat aga
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The Baloch Yakjehti Committee has announced a major public seminar to protest the ongoing enforced disappearances and state violence in Balochistan.
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Complaint filed against Sonu Nigam for allegedly hurting sentiments of Kan
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
President of the Bengaluru city district unit of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike (KRV) - a pro-Kannada organisation lodged a police complaint against singer Sonu Nigam, saying that his statements have deeply hurt the sentiments of the Kannadiga community, incited hatred among various linguistic c
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Israel strikes near Syrian Presidential compound amid Druze-Sunni clashes
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Israel confirmed fresh airstrikes on Damascus in the area of the Syrian presidential compound on Friday morning in a warning to President Ahmed al-Sharaa as sectarian violence between Druze and Sunnis continued.
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TMC MP Yusuf Pathan urges Amit Shah to act over assaults on Bengal workers
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The MP's letter details disturbing accounts of systematic violence against workers from West Bengal, particularly those from his constituency of Berhampore, Murshidabad.
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Pakistan Human Rights Commission highlights decline in civic freedoms, det
Updated : 11 months ago IST
In his remarks at the launch of annual report, HRCP chairperson Asad Iqbal Butt highlighted continued state-sanctioned violence in 2024, with at least 379 officially reported new cases of enforced disappearance, two extrajudicial killings of persons suspected of blasphemy and 4,864 staged po
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"We don't accept that sort of violence against innocent people": US lawmak
Updated : 11 months ago IST
American lawmaker Rich McCormick strongly condemned the heinous terror attack which took place in Pahalgam on April 22. He highlighted how US President Donald Trump had taken a hard stance on terrorism in this regard.
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Pahalgam attack: Indian students at Harvard protest Pakistani delegates' v
Updated : 11 months ago IST
"We are students at Harvard Kennedy School, deeply disturbed by the recent targeted terrorist attack in Pahalgam, India, on April 22, 2025. Survivors confirm that attackers demanded religious identification and recitation of Islamic prayers--those who failed or identified as Hindu were kille
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Pakistan: Blast at Peace Committee Office kills seven in South Waziristan
Updated : 11 months ago IST
At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen injured after a blast targeted a peace committee office in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's South Waziristan district. Police confirmed the explosion occurred during a meeting. No group has yet claimed responsibility.
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Explosion in northeastern Nigeria kills 26, injures 3
Updated : 11 months ago IST
At least 26 people were killed and three others injured after two vehicles detonated an improvised explosive device in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state. The blast occurred along the road between Rann and Gamboru Ngala, an area plagued by extremist violence. No group has claimed responsibil
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"Not in my name...": CM Omar Abdullah says people in JK condemn Pahalgam a
Updated : 11 months ago IST
"I have never seen people come out to protest against an attack like this... people said not in my name," Abdullah said while addressing a special session at the Jammu and Kashmnir legislative assembly today.
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