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Taking exception to the ndia on Thursday launched Chinese objection, External % & Ia strong counter to China’s Affairs Ministry spokesper- objection to the bifurcation of son Raveesh Kumar said the Jammu & Kashmir into two J&K reorganisation is entirely Union Territories, which came India’s internal affair and the into existence at midnight. nation does not expect other Asking China to refrain countries to comment on such from commenting on matters matters. !"#R internal to India, New Delhi India also said China con- charged Beijing with illegally tinues to be in occupation of a acquiring Indian territories large tract of area in the Union from Pakistan Occupied Territories of Jammu & Kashmir (POK) under the so- Kashmir, and Ladakh. gainst the backdrop of called China-Pakistan bound- “It (China) has also illegally Arevelations about ary agreement of 1963. acquired Indian territories WhatsApp’s privacy breach, ! 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China had earlier objected & Kashmir into the Union External Affairs Minister S China’s Foreign Ministry favourable conditions for prop- peace and stability.” and termed the charges as !! to the revocation of special sta- Territories of Jammu & Jaishankar, who visited China spokesman Geng Shuang told er settlement of boundary Since the revocation of “attempts to malign the !%% ! + tus to the State of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh is entire- in August after the revocation the media here on Thursday. question.” Article 370, China, which in Government of India” and ! %%! %! Kashmir and formation of ly an internal affair of India,” he of Article 370 giving special sta- “China deplores and firm- On the Kashmir issue, the past stated that Kashmir “completely misleading.” . / % ! Ladakh as UT, saying some of said. tus to Jammu & Kashmir, and ly opposes that. India unilater- Geng said, “China’s position on issue should be resolved Information Technology !!$ ! the area involved Chinese ter- “We do not expect other informed his Chinese coun- ally changed its domestic laws the Kashmir issue is consistent between India and Pakistan, Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad $ !)!! ritory. Moreover, the latest countries, including China, to terpart the abrogation of spe- and administrative division and clear, this is a dispute left started referring to the UN on Thursday said, “The round of objection by Beijing comment on the matters which cial status was an internal mat- challenging China’s sovereign- from history and it should be charter and UNSC resolutions Government of India is con- came even though the Kashmir are internal to India, just as ter and sole prerogative of ty,” he said replying to a ques- properly and peacefully for a settlement. cerned at the breach of priva- “Those trying to make issue did not figure in the sec- India refrains from comment- India. He also made it clear tion. cy of citizens of India on the political capital out of it need ond informal summit in ing on internal issues of other this has no implication for “This is unlawful and void messaging platform to be gently reminded about Chennai between Chinese countries,” Kumar said. either boundaries of India or and this is not effective in any WhatsApp. We have asked the bugging incident in the President Xi Jinping’s and Asserting that the Union the Line of Actual Control way and will not change the , WhatsApp to explain the kind office of the then eminent Prime Minister Narendra Modi Territories of Jammu & (LAC). fact that the area is under of breach and what it is doing Finance Minister Pranab to safeguard the privacy of mil- Mukherjee during UPA " " lions of Indian citizens.” regime. Also a gentle reminder Union Home Ministry of the spying over the then R " officials said, “Some state- Army chief Gen VK Singh. -4> brought the girl to Puri from ments have appeared based on These are instances of breach Nimapara and kept her under reports in media, regarding of privacy of highly reputed &()* +, he Singhadwar police on detention. breach of privacy of Indian cit- individuals, for personal TThursday brought a minor Police kept the name and izens on WhatsApp. These whims and fancies of a fami- girl to custody for her involve- address of the girl secret attempts to malign the ly,” Prasad said. ment in making footages of the because of her minor age. Government of India for the In a statement he said that Jagannath Temple premises During interrogation, the reported breach are complete- there are specified rules for Major General of the which have gone viral in the girl admitted her wrong ly misleading.” sanction and supervision by AIndian Army is likely to TikTok networking site. doing. With Congress’ chief high ranking officials for inter- face court martial for alleged- A few days ago, a video of Police were not sure of spokesperson Randeep ception in both Central and ly sending pornographic ulterior views of Jagannath whether or not to arrest the Surjewala accusing the Modi State Governments in nation- video clips and obscene mes- Temple had gone viral in minor girl under criminal sec- Government of using services al interest.WhatsApp had said sages to National Cadet Corps TikTok site by sending the tions or allow her an excuse for of Israeli spyware Pegasus to it was suing NSO Group, an (NCC) girl cadets on their Puri police on their toes over confession. snoop the WhatsApp commu- Israeli surveillance firm that is mobile phones. The case per- security of the shrine. Reportedly, since the girl nications of Indian journalists reportedly behind the tech- tains to 2017-2018 when the Following an FIR, the had confessed her guilt of and human rights activists and nology that helped unnamed senior officer was posted in police after a search detected a recording in the temple and urging the Supreme Court to entities’ spies hack into phones Gujarat. minor girl living in Nimapada making it viral, police are hold the Centre accountable of roughly 1,400 users spanning A court of inquiry (CoI) area who is alleged to have shot thinking of acquitting her with over the issue, Prasad retaliat- across four continents, includ- was ordered into the matter picture of the inside view of the an undertaking from her fam- ed by indirectly attacking the ing diplomats, political dissi- after the NCC girls complained temple and then uploaded the ily that such work would not be Congress’ first dents, journalists and senior against the officer. same on TikTok site. 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He also deadlier in north India as com- report on adolescents released $ in national integration, Prime constitutional integration” of addressed young IAS officers at pared to rest of the country. in a high-level meeting at the ) " )! -! ) Minister Narendra Modi on the country. “Over 40,000 peo- a separate function in Kevadiya More than 480 million NITI Aayog, together with .)3 )!)" ! Thursday defended the new ple lost their lives in three called “Aarambh”. people or about 40 per cent of UNICEF India on Thursday. 4 !!$. system in Jammu & Kashmir decades of terrorism,” he said, While inaugurating the India’s population, reside in the was about twice as high as the years,” the study said.