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India bans film in which rapist blames victim

India has banned the broadcasting of a controversial documentary in which one of the men convicted for gang-raping and murdering a female student is shown blaming the victim mainly because of her gender – a move the film’s maker called “arbitrary censorship”. Home Minister Rajnath Singh told parliament on Wednesday[…]

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Kashmir villagers flee amid cross-border firing

Thousands of villagers had fled from their homes on either side of a stretch of the India-Pakistan border where shooting continued intermittently Tuesday, officials said. At least 10 civilians and soldiers from both sides have been killed since the latest exchange of fire began on January 1. Four Pakistani civilians[…]

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Families flee as Pakistani, Indian forces exchange fire

Intense exchanges of fire between Pakistani and Indian border forces continued for a third day, officials said Friday, after three soldiers were killed on New Year’s Eve. Indian troops fired mortar shells and guns at Pakistani villages in Narowal district of central Punjab province, a military official said. Several hundred[…]

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Thousands line up to vote in Kashmir

Indian-administered Kashmir headed to the polls under tight security with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party eyeing power for the first time in the disputed Muslim-majority region. More than one million residents are eligible to vote on Monday in the first stage of staggered elections in the Himalayan region,[…]

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Dozens killed in Pakistan-India border blast

A suicide blast close to the Pakistan-India border has killed at least 55 people and left more than 150 wounded, police have told Al Jazeera. The explosion took place at the Wagah border crossing near Lahore. It happened at the end of a daily flag-lowering ceremony as people were moving[…]

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Fresh border clashes erupt in Kashmir

An elderly Pakistani man was killed by Indian troops as fresh cross-border firing rocked the disputed Kashmir region, officials said Wednesday. The 75-year-old was herding goats outside his home in the Chari Kot border village of Pakistani administered Kashmir on Tuesday when he was killed by “unprovoked” firing by Indian[…]

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