Srinagar, July 21, 2021 (PPI-OT):In occupied Kashmir, people could not offer Eid prayers at big mosques, today, on Eid-ul-Azha, one of the biggest Muslim festivals, due to continued military siege and restrictions imposed by the authorities. The authorities restricted people from offering in historical Jamia Masjid, Dargah Hazratbal, Eidgah and

New Delhi, July 21, 2021 (PPI-OT):India’s coronavirus death toll is up to 10 times higher than the nearly 415,000 fatalities reported by authorities, likely making it the country’s worst humanitarian disaster since independence, a United States research group said on Tuesday.   The Centre for Global Development studies estimate is

Srinagar, July 21, 2021 (PPI-OT):J and K POLICE have arrested two BJP workers and their two personal security officers (PSOs) for allegedly faking a militant attack in Kupwara district last week. The BJP workers had faked the attack to get enhanced security, the police said on Tuesday. Ishfaq Ahmad Mir,

Delhi, July 21, 2021 (PPI-OT):The cost of deploying a spyware like Pegasus is, even by conservative estimates, rather steep. According to estimates based on documents on the NSO Group’s commercial proposal acquired by The New York Times in 2016, the Israeli spyware maker priced its surveillance tools on a par

Delhi, July 21, 2021 (PPI-OT):The row over an alleged surveillance operation using the Pegasus spyware rocked Parliament Tuesday as the Opposition and some parties friendly to the ruling coalition, seeking answers from the government, disrupted proceedings in Lok Sabha and did not allow the treasury benches to transact any business

New Delhi, July 21, 2021 (PPI-OT):The phone numbers of former Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, Banjyotsana Lahiri and several prominent Indian activists are among those listed as the potential targets of Israeli spyware Pegasus. In the third part of its revelations from the international collaborative journalistic investigation

Srinagar, July 21, 2021 (PPI-OT):In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the residents of Kupwara district have criticized the authorities for failing to provide mobile connectivity. At a distance of 40 km from Kupwara district headquarters, Budnamal Balla and Budnamal Payeen area continually remain digitally cut off from mobile connectivity.

Delhi, July 21, 2021 (PPI-OT):India’s excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic could be as high as 49 lakh (4.9 million), according to a new study that provides further evidence that millions more may have died from coronavirus than the official tally. The report by the Washington-based Center for Global Development,