Jammu & Kashmir
Kashmir: ‘Idea is to give immediate democracy’; Centre defends J&K delimitation
Srinagar, Dec 02: The Supreme Court has reserved the judgment in a plea challenging the J&K delimitation even as the Centre justified the exercise saying the idea was to give “immediate democracy” to the Union Territory. Under the amended Article 82 of the Constitution, 2026 was the year for delimitation to readjust seats in the […]
Europe
$20,000 dropped in street and returned in Switzerland
When an elderly man suddenly realised that he was missing more than $20,000 in cash just withdrawn from a Swiss bank, he assumed he had been robbed. Instead, a couple found the wad of notes, stuffed into an envelope and dropped in the street, and went to his home to return the cash in full, […]
Ukraine Urges EU to Sanction Russian Missile Production
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said Thursday he had called on the European Union to sanction Russia’s missile production industry. Kuleba tweeted that Russia’s missile production “must be put to a halt.” He said he communicated the message in a meeting with EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell and also thanked the EU for defense […]
International News
Concern rises as new Turkish media law squeezes dissent
A new law gives Turkiye fresh ammunition to censor the media and silence dissent ahead of elections in which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan plans to prolong his two decades in office, journalists and activists say. Since 2014, when Erdogan became president, tens of thousands of people, from high-school teens to a former Miss Turkiye have […]
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