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IIOJK records one more COVID death, 134 fresh positive cases

Srinagar, July 20, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), one more person died due to COVID-19. With the reporting of one more Covid death from Chest Disease Hospital Srinagar, the death toll in territory has reached to 4,571. Meanwhile, 134 fresh positive cases have pushed the tally

Rahul Gandhi terms targeted surveillance “illegal and deplorable”

New Delhi, July 20, 2021 (PPI-OT):After appearing on a leaked list of “potential” or actual targets for spying by Israeli company NSO’s Pegasus spyware, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has termed the targeted surveillance “illegal and deplorable”. “If your information is correct, the scale and nature of surveillance you describe

PM Imran’s number among those targeted by Israeli spyware: report

Srinagar, July 20, 2021 (PPI-OT):At least one number once used by Prime Minister Imran Khan was among the tens of thousands of smartphone numbers, including those of activists, journalists, business executives and politicians from around the world, that were revealed to have been targeted by Israeli spyware. A report in

Elderly man sets himself ablaze in Bandipora, dies

Srinagar, July 20, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, an elderly man committed suicide by setting himself ablaze in Bandipora district. The 70-year-old man set himself on fire in Quilmuqam area of the district. The family shifted him to a Bandipora hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead,

Congress demands probe into Modi, Shah’s role in Pegasus snooping

New Delhi, July 20, 2021 (PPI-OT):Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Randeep Singh Surjewala held the Narendra Modi government guilty of “treason”, claiming that the “Centre’s spyware has dismantled national security”, after it emerged former party President Rahul Gandhi, among others, was one of the potential targets of

Kashmir Times editor challenges “colonial” sedition law in Supreme Court

New Delhi, July 20, 2021 (PPI-OT):Two journalists from Jammu and Kashmir and Meghalaya have moved the Supreme Court to challenge the constitutional validity of the sedition law. The two journalists are Patricia Mukhim a Meghalaya-based columnist and the editor of the Shillong Times, the other one is Anuradha Bhasin who

Ticking time bomb: 22,000 Mumbai slums are landslide-prone

Mumbai, July 20, 2021 (PPI-OT):A day after 35 people died in a wall collapse triggered by a landslide, Mumbai officials started evacuating people from vulnerable areas.   With 22,000 slums housing over 1.50 lakh people in landslide-prone zones, activists however fear such makeshift evacuations are only delaying a major disaster