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The Ministry of External Affairs has warned Indian citizens against accepting offers to join the Russian Army, emphasising that doing so was “fraught with danger”. The advisory came a day after a media report said at least 15 Indians were stranded in Ukraine and forced to fight alongside the Russian military.

India has taken up the matter with Russian authorities in New Delhi and Moscow, “asking that this practice be ended and that our nationals be released”, said ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal.

In July, the ministry said 127 Indian citizens had joined the Russian armed forces since the war on Ukraine began in February 2022. Of the total, 98 Indians had returned to India, while 13 were still deployed. Twelve of them were reported missing by the Russian side. Read on.

The death toll in Nepal from the violent protests against corruption and the government has increased to 35.

On Wednesday, the country’s health ministry said that more than 1,000 persons were injured in the clashes on Monday and Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the Nepali Army, which has taken control of the country’s internal security, relaxed prohibitory orders and allowed public movement for a few hours in the Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur districts. Read on.

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A Jammu court has rejected a plea by the National Investigation Agency to conduct a polygraph test, or a lie detector test, on two men arrested in connection with the Pahalgam terror attack. The “involuntary administration of scientific techniques such as narco-analysis, polygraph examination test” would violate the accused person’s right against self-incrimination, the court held.

Invoking “compelling public interest” cannot justify the violation of constitutional rights, it added

The two men were arrested in June for allegedly harbouring the terrorists who carried out the attack in Pahalgam on April 22. Read on.

Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh has claimed that he and other leaders were allegedly placed under house arrest in a government guest house in Srinagar. The action was taken to prevent them from protesting the detention of the party’s sole Jammu and Kashmir MLA Mehraj Malik.

Malik was detained on Monday under the Public Safety Act for one year on charges of disturbing public order, making him the first sitting legislator in the Union Territory to be held under the preventive detention law. The alleged action against Singh came as prohibitory orders are in place after protests and clashes broke out in Doda over Malik’s detention.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has criticised the alleged action, calling it harmful for democracy. Read on.

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