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In this combination photo of five photographs taken on Saturday, March 16, 2019, photo, models display creations of top Indian designers celebrating the Sari, a traditional Indian outfit, during the Grand finale of the Lotus make up India Fashion Week in New Delhi, India. Organized by the Fashion Design Council of India, more than 100 of India's top names in fashion and 50 models from India and overseas participated in the five day Lotus Makeup India Fashion Week which celebrated the sari, Indian women's most idiosyncratic garment, six yards of fabric that symbolize a centuries-old tradition. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

AP Photos: Saris stand out on Indian fashion runway

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An Indian family watches prime minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation on a television, in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Wednesday, March 27, 2019. India says it has successfully tested an anti-satellite weapon in an unexpected announcement just weeks before general elections. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in an address to the nation broadcast live on Wednesday that Indian scientists had earlier shot down a low earth orbit satellite with a missile, demonstrating India’s capacity as a “space power” alongside the U.S., Russia and China. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

India says it successfully test-fires anti-satellite weapon

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US seeks UN sanctions against Pakistan group head for attack

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

A woman checks the Facebook page of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 26, 2019. Facebook says it is preparing for Indian elections by working to limit false stories, videos and photos on its platform. Indian politicians increasingly are using social media to run campaign advertisements, share political songs and interact with young voters. Polling in the general election is to take place in seven stages from April 11 to May 19. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Facebook says it’s limiting false stories for India election

By RISHABH R. JAIN - Associated Press

Indian police blame Kashmir rebels for death of boy hostage

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Detroit museum festival showcases art, culture of India

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FILE- In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, file photo, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Yasin Malik, center, walks outside his home after he was detained by Indian police in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. India has banned a pro-independence group in its portion of Kashmir as part of a crackdown on separatist oganizations. A government statement Friday, March 22, 2019 says the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, led by Yasin Malik, has been declared as an &quot;unlawful association'' to curb the activities of secessionist organizations posing a threat to the country's unity and integrity. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, file)

India bans pro-independence group in Kashmir

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A tribute for mosque shooting victim Hossein Moustafa hangs on a wall at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, March 21, 2019. Thousands of people were expected to come together for an emotional Friday prayer service led by the imam of one of the two New Zealand mosques where 50 worshippers were killed in a white supremacist attack on Friday March 15. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Stories of the victims of the New Zealand mosque attack

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FILE - In this Feb. 19, 2007, file photo, Indian security personnel walk past the charred coaches of Samjauta Express train, or Friendship Express, which caught fire after a blast at Dewana, about 80 kilometers (50 miles) north of New Delhi, India. An Indian court has on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, acquitted four Hindu hardliners charged with triggering explosions in the train heading for India’s border with Pakistan 12 years ago, killing 68 people, mostly Pakistani nationals. (AP Photo/Mustafa Quraishi, File)

Indian court acquits 4 Hindus in blast on train to Pakistan

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A photo tribute for Christchurch mosque shooting victim Tariq Omar lies amid mounds of flowers across the road from the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand Tuesday, March 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Stories of the victims of the New Zealand mosque attack

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Illustration on the nuclear balace of India and Pakistan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir continues to simmer but neither country wants nuclear war

By Jed Babbin

Mourners paying their respects at a makeshift memorial at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, Saturday, March 16, 2019. New Zealand's stricken residents reached out to Muslims in their neighborhoods and around the country on Saturday, in a fierce determination to show kindness to a community in pain as a 28-year-old white supremacist stood silently before a judge, accused in mass shootings at two mosques that left dozens of people dead. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Stories of the victims of the New Zealand mosque attack

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2019, file photo, Indians offer sweets to each other as they celebrate reports of Indian aircrafts bombing Pakistan territory in Mumbai, India. A standoff with nuclear rival Pakistan appears to have given Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the head of India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, a boost ahead of national elections set to begin in April. Making the most of the confrontation with Pakistan and his party’s efforts to project him as a strong leader, Modi has been crisscrossing India addressing rallies and claiming that his government’s response to the suicide bombing shows that a “New India” is emerging. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Pakistan standoff helps India’s Modi shift focus from jobs

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2018 file photo, Indian Sikh pilgrims visit Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, the shrine of their spiritual leader Guru Nanak Dev in Kartarpur, Pakistan. Officials from India and Pakistan met Thursday, March 14, amid easing tensions to discuss opening a visa-free border crossing to allow pilgrims to easily visit the Sikh shrine just inside Pakistan.(AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary, File)

India, Pakistan officials meet to discuss border opening

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

In this Nov. 28, 2018, file photo, National Transportation Safety Committee investigator Nurcahyo Utomo holds a model of an airplane during a press conference on the committee's preliminary findings on their investigation on the crash of Lion Air flight 610, in Jakarta, Indonesia. China's civilian aviation authority has ordered all Chinese airlines to temporarily ground their Boeing 737 Max 8 planes after one of the aircraft crashed in Ethiopia. The Civil Aviation Administration of China said the order was issued at 9 a.m. Beijing time Monday, March 11, 2019, and would last nine hours. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File)

India’s civil aviation ministry grounds Boeing 737 Max plane

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Months before he faces a re-election vote, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has issued a decree allowing police, tax officials and other government agencies to monitor personal electronic devices without a court order. (Associated Press/File)

Narendra Modi’s data device decree sets off India privacy debate

By Siddhant Mohan - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 2019 file photo, Indian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar gives a press statement in New Delhi, India. India on Saturday demanded that Pakistan take concrete steps against terrorists operating from its territory, while at the same time returning its top diplomat to Islamabad amid an easing of tensions between the nuclear rivals. Kumar said Saturday, March 9, that a reported Pakistani crackdown this week on seminaries, mosques and hospitals belonging to outlawed groups and arrest of dozens of people was not enough. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

India returns key diplomat to Pakistan as tensions ease

By ASHOK SHARMA - Associated Press

In this March 3, 2019 photo, Hafiz Muzamil, speaks to The Associated Press in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Pakistan has taken over the headquarters of Jaish-e-Mohammad, a militant group that claimed to have carried out a suicide bombing in Indian Kashmir that killed more than 40 Indian soldiers in February 2019, and brought nuclear-armed India and Pakistan to the brink of war. Muzamil railed against India’s violent suppression of a 30-year insurgency in Kashmir -- India’s only Muslim dominated state -- and championed Jaish-e-Mohammad. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Popular support for militants complicates Pakistan crackdown

By KATHY GANNON - Associated Press

State Department spokesman Robert Palladino said Thursday that U.S. officials are well aware of recent counterterrorism arrests and other steps being taken by Pakistan, but suggested the administration remains wary of Islamabad's commitment against such groups as JeM. (Associated Press)

India says it told Pakistan of Jaish-e-Muhammad terror camp before airstrikes

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A Pakistani police officer stands guard outside a mosque belonging to a banned religious group in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Pakistan on Wednesday continued a crackdown on seminaries, mosques and hospitals belonging to outlawed groups, saying the actions were part of the government efforts aimed at fighting terrorism, extremism and militancy. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

India, Pakistan again target army posts, villages in Kashmir

By MUNIR AHMED and AIJAZ HUSSAIN - Associated Press