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Masked protesters, reportedly linked to Unity of Fields, stormed Columbia University's library, renaming a reading room in honour of Bassel al-Araj. Flyers distributed by the demonstrators described al-Araj as a "militant intellectual," while also containing factual inaccuracies. Al-Araj was a Palestinian activist killed by Israeli forces in 2017, who claimed he was part of a terror cell.

KANPUR: Members of the All-India Conference of Intellectuals have condemned Masood Rahmani's remarks made in favour of the Muslim fundamentalist organisation, Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI).

On the road to Mokukchung: It looks so peaceful as we pass Wokha village on the way to Mokukchung. Fed on a diet of stories of violence and killing between the two factions of the NSCN — the Isaac-Muivah group and the Khaplang faction, such peace seems bizarre.

CHANDIGARH:Sikh intellectuals have urged the union government and other states to furnish the names and other details related to the arrest and release of Sikh militants in the past.

SRINAGAR: United Jihad Council (UJC), an amalgam of 14 militant outfits based in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, has castigated Sajad Lone, chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Peoples’ Conference, for his alleged remarks against militant leaders who have fled to Pakistan.

Bodoland People's Progressive Front (BPPF) president Rabiram Narzary demanded seizure of illegal arms in BTAD.Narzary said Bodos had been the worst sufferers of such arms in the region for a long time.

Elusive Ulfa commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah should not come for talks; rather he should “remain safe” till the peace process reaches a meaningful point, feels the outfit’s pro-talks leader Mrinal Hazarika. Guwahati: Elusive Ulfa commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah should not come for talks; rather he should...

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed solidarity with Palestine on Wednesday, as tensions escalated between Israeli forces and Hamas militants, leading to the death of scores. "I am PM of Pakistan and #WeStandWithGaza #WeStandWithPalestine," Khan tweeted. He also shared American anti-imperialism intellectual Noam Chomsky's quote on Israeli treatment of Palestinians.

The round-table conference on J-K, which for the first time brings political leaders, intellectuals of states together, began on Saturday.

Mahmuda Aktar, 33, was targeted by the gunmen at around 6:45 AM (local time) while she was on her way to drop her first-grader son to a nearby bus stop for school in Chittagong, about 275 kilometres from here.

Concern was expressed over the deteriorating situation in Iraq as the militants have unleashed a reign of terror in that country and killed hundreds of innocent people.

SRINAGAR: Ten groups of former militants have come together under the banner of the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Party to contest the assembly elections.

A Hindu ashram worker was on Friday hacked to death by unidentified assailants while he was out for the morning walk, days after another priest was killed by suspected ISIS jihadists in Bangladesh which has seen a string of brutal attacks by Islamists on religious minorities and secular activists.

HYDERABAD: Union Minister of state for Home Vidyasagar Rao on Thursday accused Pakistan of sending mercenaries into Jammu and Kashmir and reiterated India's resolve to curb and crush such acts of militancy.

IS claimed responsibility for the killing of Ananda Gopal Ganguly. The terror group said it "assassinated" the priest while he was going for prayers, the SITE monitoring group quoted the terror group's Amaq news agency. He was attacked at around 9:30am by 3 bike-borne men.

Talking is always better than shooting. So I welcome the amicable Musharraf-Manmohan summit, and the Srinagar-Muzzafarabad bus service.

NEW DELHI: The government should thoroughly probe the overseas funding of Hurriyat Conference and other separatist outfits in Jammu and Kashmir and get it stopped immediately, Omar Abdullah, minister of state for external affairs said here on Thursday.

GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, upbeat after successfully hosting Congress president Sonia Gandhi and 13 other chief ministers recently, said on Tuesday that the Centre and the militants should hold talks as "it is the right time and right atmosphere for the same."

"There is no concept of same sex marriages in Gurmat and no Gurdwara management committees' should solemnize same sex marriages," said Jathedar of Sikh's supreme temporal seat- Akal Takht- Giani Gurbachan Singh

The United States believes that elements of Islamic State are connected to operatives in Bangladesh, Secretary of State John Kerry said on a visit to the South Asian nation that has faced a wave of attacks by Islamist militants.