Opposition leaders in Kashmir accuse
govt of sabotaging their campaigns
SRINAGAR (India), May 10: Opposition leaders in India's troubled Kashmir valley have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration of denying or cancelling permissions to hold campaign events, to help his party's "proxies". Omar Abdullah, a leader of the largest regional political party, the National Conference, said Modi's government was trying to sabotage his campaign ahead of voting in the first of Kashmir's three seats on Monday. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is skipping elections in Kashmir for the first since 1996, which analysts and politicians in the region say belies his narrative of integrating Kashmir with the rest of the country and bringing peace and normality to the valley ravaged by a 35-year-old uprising against India's rule. — Reuters
Heatstroke kills 61 in Thailand this year
BANGKOK, May 10: Heatstroke has killed 61 people in Thailand so far this year, more than in all of 2023, the health ministry said on Friday after weeks of scorching weather across the region. A wave of exceptionally hot weather blasted Thailand in recent weeks, prompting authorities to issue warnings about scorching hot weather on a near-daily basis. — AFP
Prince Harry, Meghan talk mental health on first Nigeria visit
ABUJA, May 10: Prince Harry and his wife Meghan on Friday attended an inaugural mental health summit at a school run by a local non-profit linked to their foundation in Nigeria's capital Abuja, as they kicked off their first trip to Africa's most populous nation. The couple were invited to Nigeria by the chief of defence staff. At Lightway Academy, run by a non-profit supported by their Archewell Foundation, Harry and Meghan were received with wild cheers and serenaded by dancers and singers. And it was time to talk about mental health, which carries deep-rooted stigma in conservative Nigeria. — Reuters
Paris officer fighting for life after police station shooting
PARIS, May 10: One of two officers shot and seriously wounded at a police station in Paris was fighting for his life Friday, the police chief of the French capital said. On Thursday night, a man arrested for allegedly attacking a woman with a box cutter seriously wounded the pair in the French capital's 13th district after grabbing one of their weapons. — Express Tribune
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