DH Evening Brief: India slams US report on religious freedom; Kashmiri Pandits continue to flee J&K amid targeted killings

India's foreign ministry on Friday responded to criticism from the US regarding religious freedom saying that the country values religious freedom and human rights and that it had noted the "ill-informed comments by senior USofficials".

. Notwithstanding government assurances of secure accommodations and postings, Kashmiri Pandits continue to leave the Valley in the backdrop ofrise in targeted killings of civilians in recent weeks.

. A minor girl was allegedly gang-raped by five teenagers in a car in Hyderabad's posh Jubilee Hills area on last Saturday.

. The trouble for the Congress Rajya Sabha candidates has begun surfacing in Rajasthan, Haryana and even Maharashtra. In Rajasthan, the Bharatiya Tribal Party has announced that its two legislators would be boycotting the Rajya Sabha polls.

. Both international and domestic buyers have rejected a series of tea consignments due to the presence of pesticides and chemicals beyond permissible limits, Indian Tea Exporters Association (ITEA) chairman Anshuman Kanoria said on Friday.

. Mangalore University Students Coordination Committee (Vidyarthi Samanvaya Samithi) has demanded Mangalore University and the constituent college of Mangalore University,University Collegeto give "justice" to the students who have been denied permission to attend classes wearing headscarves at University College in Mangaluru.

. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaugurated the groundbreaking ceremony of the third Uttar Pradesh Investors Summit and laid the foundation stone of 1,406 projects worth over Rs 80,000 crore.

. A group of government employees, mostly teachers, staged a sit-in here for the second day on Friday to press for their transfer from Kashmir to their home districts in the Jammu region following a string of targeted killings by terrorists in Kashmir.

. Gangster Lawrence Bishnoi has told investigators that his gang's members, including Canada-based Goldy Brar, hatched a conspiracy and killed Sidhu Moosewala, officials said on Friday.

. Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said he had a "super bad feeling" about the economy and that the electric carmaker needed to cut staff by around 10 per cent, according to an internal email seen by Reuters.

DH Evening Brief: India slams US report on religious freedom; Kashmiri Pandits continue to flee J&K amid targeted killings

'Vote bank politics in international relations': India slams US report on religious freedom

Kashmiri Pandits continue to flee Jammu and Kashmir amid wave of targeted killings

Minor girl gang-raped in car in Hyderabad, accused belong to 'influential families'

Rajya Sabha not a 'last gift' of the Gandhis to loyalists

High in pesticides, many countries send back Indian tea

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