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A Hindu pilgrim touches in obeisance an image of Hindu deities Rama, Sita and Lakshman in Ayodhya, India , Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019. India's security forces were on high alert ahead of the Supreme Court's verdict Saturday in a decades-old land title dispute between Muslims and Hindus over plans to build a Hindu temple on a site where Hindu hard-liners demolished a 16th century mosque in 1992, sparking deadly religious riots. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Hindus rejoice, Muslims deplore India court ruling on temple

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

Sikh pilgrims visit the shrine of their spiritual leader Guru Nanak Dev, at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur, Pakistan. Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan has inaugurated a visa-free initiative that allows Sikh pilgrims from India to visit one of their holiest shrines. Khan opened the border corridor on Saturday as thousands of Indian pilgrims waited to visit the Kartarpur shrine. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Pakistan opens visa-free border crossing for India Sikhs

By ASIM TANVEER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 1990, file photo, Indian security officer guards the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya, closing off the disputed site claimed by Muslims and Hindus. India’s top court is expected to pronounce its verdict on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019, in the decades-old land title dispute between Muslims and Hindus over plans to build a Hindu temple on a site in northern India. In 1992, Hindu hard-liners demolished a 16th century mosque in Ayodhya, sparking deadly religious riots in which about 2,000 people, most of them Muslims, were killed across India. (AP Photo/Barbara Walton, File)

India’s court set to deliver verdict on temple dispute

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, left, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pose for a group photo at The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Nonthaburi, Thailand, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Wason Wanichakorn)

China-led Asian trade bloc pushes ahead as India drops out

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An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard outside the civil secretariat of the Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir during the annual reopening of the former state's winter capital in Jammu, India, Monday, Nov. 4, 2019. India on Thursday formally implemented legislation that removes Indian-controlled Kashmir's semi-autonomous status and began direct federal rule. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

1 dead, 25 hurt in grenade blast in India-controlled Kashmir

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Delhi's sky line is seen enveloped in smog and dust in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. An expert panel in India's capital has declared a health emergency due to air pollution choking the city, with authorities ordering schools closed until Nov. 5. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s capital restricts cars as people choke in dirty air

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

In this June 1, 2017, photo, protesters gather outside the White House in Washington to protest President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate change accord. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) **FILE**

Trump formally starts withdrawal from Paris climate pact

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

India, US to enhance cooperation in combating terrorism

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, walks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel as they arrive for a delegation level meeting in New Delhi, India, Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. Merkel is on a three-day visit to India. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India, Germany agree to boost industrial cooperation

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

In this Sept. 13, 2019 photo, Pushpa Devi sits by the bed of her son Aryan Singh, 7, being treated for encephalitis at a hospital in Community Health Center in Chauri Chaurah in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Cases of encephalitis, or inflammation of the brain, in Uttar Pradesh, India's most populated state with millions of rural poor, have dropped sharply. Doctors and state government officials credit a new network of rural clinics and a massive immunization and cleanliness drive in seven districts with the highest caseloads of the disease that's often deadly. An independent physician says there's no way to independently verify the government's claims, but that a decline is visible. (AP Photo/Usman Ahmad)

India’s worst-hit state for encephalitis turning a tide

By BISWAJEET BANERJEE - Associated Press

An Indigo plane lands amidst evening smog at the Delhi airport in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. Two days after Diwali festival, Delhi's air quality continued to hover between the 'very poor' and 'severe' category. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

New Delhi schools shut because of toxic smog

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FILE - In this Aug. 9, 2019, file photo, an Indian national flag, left, flies next to a Jammu and Kashmir state flag on the government secretariat building in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. India on Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 formally implemented legislation approved by its Parliament in early August that removes Indian-controlled Kashmir's semi-autonomous status and begins direct federal rule of the disputed area amid a harsh security lockdown and widespread public disenchantment. The most visible changes are the absence of Kashmir's own flag and constitution, which were eliminated as part of the region's new status. The Kashmiri flag, a symbol of its semi-autonomy, had always fluttered alongside India's national flag at the main government secretariat. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)

No Kashmiri flag, constitution under Indian-imposed changes

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN and ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

A Kashmiri village council candidate Ghulam Hassan Rather shows the indelible ink mark on his finger after casting his vote, outside a polling station on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Village council elections are being conducted Thursday in Indian-controlled Kashmir, but the absence of mainstream local politicians leaves worry the polls will install puppets of the central Hindu-nationalist government that revoked the disputed region's semi-autonomous status in early August. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

India holds Kashmir elections despite lockdown, boycott

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press

Giant cutouts of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, right, and Maharashtra state Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis stand outside the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party and its ruling alliance partners are leading in elections in two key Indian states where voters cast ballots on Oct. 21. Modi’s BJP and its ally Shiv Sena are leading in the western state of Maharashtra, home to India’s financial capital Mumbai. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Tough challenge for Modi’s party in 2 key state elections

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

India, Pakistan to allow visa-free access to Sikh shrine

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

SpiceJet chairman and managing director Ajay Singh, left, and Sheikh Khalid bin Saud Al Qasimi, a son of Ras al-Khaimah ruler Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, right, pose for photographs during a news conference in Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. India's low-cost airline SpiceJet announced plans Wednesday to build its first international hub in the United Arab Emirates, offering a pledge of support to Boeing Co. by saying it would use now-grounded 737 MAX aircraft in the operation once regulators approve the planes for flight. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

India’s SpiceJet to open hub in UAE with Boeing 737 Maxs

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019, file photo, Alice Wells, acting Assistant Secretary of South and Central Asian Affairs, testifies during a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on administration policy in Afghanistan, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Trump administration remains concerned about the ongoing crackdown in India-administered Kashmir, the restive Himalayan region stripped of its special constitutional status in August, but supports India's development &quot;objectives&quot; there, Wells said in a statement Tuesday, Oct. 22, ahead of a congressional hearing in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

US diplomat: Kashmir human rights a concern for Washington

By KRITHIKA VARAGUR - Associated Press

People carry a five kilometer, or about three mile, long representation of a Kashmiri flag during a rally to express solidarity with Indian Kashmiris, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019. Tensions between Pakistan and India, two nuclear-armed countries, has increased since Aug. 5, when India downgraded the autonomy of its side of Kashmir and imposed tighter controls on the area. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistanis hoist miles-long Kashmir flag in solidarity march

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A Kashmiri woman walks past paramilitary soldiers standing guard near the site of a gunbattle in Bijbehara, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Indian police officer Parvaiz Ahmed said Indian security forces killed three militants in an exchange of gunfire in southern Kashmir, following intelligence that a group of militants was hiding in Bijbehara town. Indian-administered Kashmir has experienced unrest and sporadic anti-government protests since New Delhi revoked its special status. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Kashmir clash: India, Pakistan exchange fire

By Aijaz Hussain - Associated Press

A Kashmiri woman walks past paramilitary soldiers standing guard near the site of a gunbattle in Bijbehara, south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Indian police officer Parvaiz Ahmed said Indian security forces killed three militants in an exchange of gunfire in southern Kashmir, following intelligence that a group of militants was hiding in Bijbehara town. Indian-administered Kashmir has experienced unrest and sporadic anti-government protests since New Delhi revoked its special status. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

India, Pakistan exchange fire in Kashmir, killing 9

By AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press