Students of the Kashmir University staged a silent march on Monday to show solidarity with Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students facing sedition charges for trying to offer funeral prayers in absentia for a slain Ph.D scholar-turned-militant commander.


Silent march in Kashmir University in solidarity with AMU students


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Security forces started a cordon and search operation on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district after presence of militants was suspected, police said.


Searches on in J&K's Kulgam


At least 18 Afghan army soldiers were killed and 10 others kidnapped in attacks carried out by the Taliban militant group against several military checkpoints in the western province of Farah, officials told Efe on Sunday.


18 Afghan soldiers killed in Taliban attacks on military checkpoints


At least 16 people were killed Saturday and 36 wounded in two attacks against Afghanistan's ongoing parliamentary election campaign ahead of next week's vote, authorities told Efe.


16 killed in 2 attacks on Afghan election campaigns


A explosion ripped through the bustling Pan Bazaar area here on Saturday injuring at least four people, police said.


4 injured in Assam blast, ULFA faction claims responsibility


At least 12 people were killed after a blast ripped through an election campaign rally in Afghanistan's Takhar province on Saturday, officials said.


12 killed in Afghan election rally blast


A militant was killed on Saturday in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.


Militant killed in J&K gunfight, another injured


Rome, Oct 13 (IANS/AKI) Italy has deported a Tunisian supporter of the Islamic State terror group, a Gambian who aimed to kill "white tourists and Christians" and a Moroccan who threatened passers-by at a synagogue in Florence with a knife, shouting "Allahu Akbar", the interior ministry said on Friday.


Italy expels Tunisian, Gambian, Moroccan extremists


The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has taken action against nine students who wanted to hold a condolence meeting for former PhD scholar Mannan Bashir Wani who jointed militancy in Jammu and Kashmir and was killed.


AMU acts against 9 students over Kashmir killing


External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday called for cooperation in counter-terrorism efforts and enhanced connectivity between member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO).


India calls for counter-terror cooperation, connectivity among SCO members


Life across the Kashmir Valley was affected by a separatist-called shutdown on Friday protesting the killing of a Ph.D scholar-turned-militant commander in a gunfight in Kupwara district.


Separatist-called shutdown over Ph.D scholar killing hits valley


Religious leaders on Thursday called for an end to "all forms of manipulation of religions" that lead to the activity of terrorist organisations in a joint statement signed at the end of the 6th Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions.


Religious leaders call for end to 'manipulation of religion' by terrorists


An Egyptian military court on Thursday sentenced 17 Islamists to death over accusations of bombing three churches in the country which claimed 82 lives, state news agency MENA reported.


Church bombings: Egypt's military court sentences 17 to death


Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Thursday the fact that a Ph.D scholar chose death over life has a strong message that unless a dialogue is started, local youth will continue to die.


Unless talks are held, bloodshed will continue: Mehbooba Mufti


Paris, Oct 11 (IANS/MAP) Morocco has all the assets to contribute effectively to the development and progress of the Euro-Mediterranean region, European leaders have said at a summit on terrorism and migration in France's Lyon city.


European leaders: Morocco key partner for EU


Two Kashmiri militants, including a Ph.D scholar, were killed in a gunfight with security forces on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kupwara district, police said.


Ph.D scholar among 2 militants killed in J&K


While a gunfight was on between holed up militants and security forces on Thursday in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district, clashes erupted between civilian protesters and the forces near the gun battle site, police said.


Clashes break out during J&K gunfight


Militants on Thursday fired at and injured one Special Police Officer (SPO) in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district even as a cordon and search operation was underway in Kupwara, police said.


Cop hit in militant firing in J&K


British security agencies are investigating pro-Khalistan activities following allegations of terror offences there, British High Commissioner to India Dominic Asquith said here on Wednesday.


Britain probing pro-Khalistan activities (Lead with corrected headline)



STORY: Britain investigating pro-Khalistan activities


An overwhelming majority of 79.8 per cent of voters exercised their franchise in the second phase of staggered municipal elections in Jammu division on Wednesday while a mere 3.4 per cent voted in the troubled Kashmir Valley.

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